Harry, 20, has often been depicted as the wilder of Diana's sons.
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Oh, now he's Diana's son. It's always the mother's fault.
Posted on 10/21/2004 2:41:00 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
LONDON, England -- Prince Harry was hit in the face by a camera during an overnight scuffle outside a nightclub that left a photographer with a cut lip.
The 20-year-old was leaving Pangaea in London's West End early Thursday when photographers attempted to take pictures of him.
A spokesman for Clarence House, the office of Harry's father Prince Charles, said the third in line to the throne was defending himself when the incident happened at around 3 a.m. (0200 GMT)
"Prince Harry was hit in the face by a camera as photographers crowded around him as....
"In pushing the camera away, it's understood that a photographer's lip was cut."
The photographer, Chris Uncle, gave a different version of events and claimed the prince "deliberately lashed out."
Uncle, 24, told London's Evening Standard newspaper that he reported the incident to police shortly afterwards and was considering whether to make a formal complaint.
"Prince Harry looked like he was inside the car and we were all still taking pictures. Then suddenly he burst out the car and lunged towards me as I was still taking pictures," said Uncle, who works for the Big Pictures agency said.
"He lashed out and then deliberately pushed my camera into my face. The base of the camera struck me and cut my bottom lip.
"At the same time he was repeatedly saying 'Why are you doing this? Why don't you just leave me alone?'"
Uncle said the prince's protection officers then pulled Harry off and pushed him back into the car.
Another photographer who was outside the club said the prince had no reason to react as he did.
"In this situation he wasn't under any threat. The photographer who he went for is the mildest-mannered photographer," the UK's Press Association quoted the photographer as saying.
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Good on you, Harry!
Yep. Bush's fault.
Blairs fault! LOL
Halliburton.
If the photographer was standing after the incident, Harry needs to find a good dojo, post haste.
I hope he is ok but he should take this as a sign: he really needs to drop that perpetual 'thoughtful, pouty' look he has been doing for the last decade or so.
If there's one thing I don't care for it's that 'Great Gatsby' act that is not uncommon in people who otherwise have a lot going for them! :-)
If there's one thing I don't care for it's that 'Great Gatsby' act that is not uncommon in people who otherwise have a lot going for them! :-)"
Please explain what you mean by: "'...thoughtful, pouty' look..." and "...'Great Gatsby' act..." and why you feel he should drop the look and the act. Thanks. :)
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Oh, now he's Diana's son. It's always the mother's fault.
"thoughtful, pouty look" - consistently pensive, displeased, bored, pouty. (In other words, what I said).
"Great Gatsby act" - see above
I don't care for it because it's ok once in a while, but he has been consistently doing it for most of his teens and it's stale and old. :-)
Thank you for posting that photo, Cincinatus' Wife! He's a good looking man, looks like he's played a fair amount of the blood sport rugby, and maybe he doesn't need to enroll in a local dojo.
Actually, what really happened is that the photographer's lip gave a good left hook to his own camera.
Some of those paparazzi are like a pack of wild dogs.
ROFLOL! IS there such a thing amongst the paperazzi?
I enjoyed the movie "Paparazzi." The bad guys got it in spades. It was produced by Mel Gibson and he makes a funny cameo appearance ala Alfred Hitchcock.
LOL
Booze, Drugs, Sex and Violence.
Prince Harry is The Rock'n'Roll Royal!
The next few years are going to be very entertaining.
Harry's appearance is of strength, competence and energy yet he appears to be sober unlike many young men today.
It certainly isn't Prince Charles' fault, if the rumors are true!
Oh my....
Well, they do have their mother's good looks.
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