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Forty photos to mark Prince Harry’s 40th birthday
40 ImagesThe Duke of Sussex was born on September 15, 1984.
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Prince Henry Charles Albert David, born on September 15, 1984, was the second son of Princess Diana and King Charles and a younger brother to Prince William. He quickly became known as Harry.Credit:Kensington Palace
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A one-year-old Prince Harry with his doting mother, the late Princess Diana. Credit:Syndication International
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Weekends at the polo were a regular affair for the young family with Princess Diana pictured here on the sidelines of a game with Harry, 2, and William, 4.Credit:Syndication International
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He may have been a prince, but three-year-old Harry was not immune to the delights of toilet roll binoculars. He attended nursery school in London’s Notting Hill.Credit:Chris Wood, Express Newspapers
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A four-year-old Prince Harry dressed as a goblin for a school play, strolling hand-in-hand with a classmate.Credit:Steve Wood, Express Newspapers
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King Charles, then the Prince of Wales, with Diana, Harry and William at the family’s country home, Highgrove, in picturesque Tetbury, in 1986.Credit:Tim Graham/Getty Images
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Prince Harry followed his older brother to Wetherby School in Notting Hill. He is pictured here on his first day, aged 5, being dropped off by his mother. Credit:Alamy
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Prince Harry’s cheeky nature was on display from a very young age. He was captured poking his tongue out for the cameras on the Buckingham Palace balcony, surrounded by other young royals, and the late Princess Margaret, in 1988.Credit:AP
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Princess Diana was always keen to take her sons away on fun-filled beach holidays. Harry is among a group of children playfully burying the princess in the sand on Necker, Richard Branson’s private luxury island.Credit:Getty Images
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Harry’s interest in the military began at a young age, captured here dressed in a mini soldier’s uniform as an eight-year-old. He went on to serve in the army for 10 years before founding the Invictus Games for wounded service personnel.Credit:AP
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A 14-year-old Prince Harry was all smiles getting to meet some of the world’s biggest pop stars - the Spice Girls. To his left is Mel B and Emma Bunton, with Victoria Beckham and then-Prince Charles to his right.Credit:AP
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Princess Diana was killed in a car crash in Paris on August 31, 1997. Prince Harry walked behind his mother’s coffin through London alongside the late Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, his brother, Prince William, Earl Spencer, and his father.Credit:Getty Images
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Prince Harry, like his brother William, attended Eton College. Here he escapes with the ball during the school’s annual St Andrew’s Day tournament. Credit:REUTERS
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On one of many family ski trips, Prince Harry spends time with his father and brother at Klosters in Switzerland, 2005.Credit:Getty
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Prince Harry’s first public girlfriend was Chelsy Davy. The pair attended the ICC Cricket World Cup in 2007 and were together on-and-off from 2004 to 2011.Credit:Getty Images
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Prince Harry has spoken passionately about his love for Africa, often spending time in children’s homes, including this one in Lesotho, South Africa.Credit:POOL
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Like many members of his family, including Queen Elizabeth, Prince Harry has a passion for animals, particularly horses. He spent part of his gap year in Tooloombilla, Queensland, with his horse, Guardsman.Credit:PA Images via Getty Images
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Following in his mother’s footsteps, Prince Harry spent time with children and planted trees at the Mants’ase Children’s Home in Lesotho, where he spent two months as a 19-year-old on a break from schooling.Credit:AP
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English model and actress Cressida Bonas and Prince Harry dated for two years, attending We Day UK in 2014, the same year their relationship ended. Years later, Bonas attended Prince Harry’s wedding to Meghan, Duchess of Sussex.Credit:Getty
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Known as Captain Wales in the British Army, Prince Harry served as an Apache helicopter pilot with the Army Air Corps. In 2013, Harry ended his 20-week deployment.Credit:AP
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Prince Harry and Prince William urge on runners at the end of the 2017 London Marathon.Credit:AP
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With a passion for sport, Prince Harry has never been afraid to get involved himself. He raced his brother Prince William and Princess Catherine during a training event to promote their charity Heads Together in 2017. Credit:AP
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The Invictus Games is the only international sporting event for wounded, injured and sick servicemen and women. Prince Harry is a proud patron of the event.Credit:Getty
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In 2016, Prince Harry joined fellow soldiers at their passing-out Sovereign’s Parade at Sandhurst Military Academy. His grandmother the Queen was proudly in attendance. Credit:Getty Images
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Prince Harry, Prince Phillip and Prince William attend the 2015 Rugby World Cup final together.Credit:Getty Images
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On April 29, 2011, Prince William married Kate Middleton, who became Princess Catherine. On the balcony of Buckingham Palace, Prince Harry joined Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and Pippa and James Middleton to greet the crowd of thousands waiting for a glimpse of the newlyweds.Credit:WireImage
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Prince Harry was told he needed to ask his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, for permission to marry Meghan, now the Duchess of Sussex.Credit:AP
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On November 27, 2017, Prince Harry and Meghan announced their engagement. Harry proposed during what the couple referred to as a “typical night for us”, roasting a chicken in their former Nottingham Cottage home.Credit:AP
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Harry and Meghan were married on May 19, 2018, at St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle.Credit:AP
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Just months after their wedding and pregnant with their first child, Harry and Meghan toured Australia, spending most of their trip in Sydney for the 2018 Invictus Games. Credit:PA Pool
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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, and Prince Harry with their son Archie after his birth in 2019.Credit:PA
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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex stepped down as senior members of the royal family in January 2020.Credit:Getty
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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex sat down for an interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2021. The controversial and much-watched conversation covered many topics, including accusations of racism within the royal family.Credit:Harpo
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On what would have been their mother Princess Diana’s 60th birthday on July 1, 2021, Prince Harry and Prince William reunited to unveil a statue they had commissioned in her honour.Credit:AP
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Despite tensions, the royal couples presented a united front at Windsor Castle, two days after the death of Queen Elizabeth, on September 10, 2022.Credit:AP
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On September 19, 2022, Prince Harry, and his cousin Peter Phillips follow the Queen’s funeral cortège, borne on the state gun carriage of the Royal Navy.Credit:Getty Images
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Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex pose with their son Archie Harrison after announcing they were expecting a baby girl, to be called Lilibet, a nickname of Queen Elizabeth II.Credit:Misan Harriman/Getty
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Prince Harry’s candid memoir, Spare, was published in January 2023 and quickly became a record-breaking success.Credit:AP
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Prince Harry attends the coronation of his father King Charles III and Camilla, the Queen Consort, at Westminster Abbey on May 6, 2023.Credit:AP
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In August 2024, Harry and Meghan attend a folkloric presentation at Centro Nacional de las Artes Delia Zapata during a visit to Colombia. The couple currently live in Montecito, California. Credit:Getty Images
