Posted on 01/12/2005 5:54:55 PM PST by wagglebee
Prince Harry has apologised after being pictured on the front page of The Sun in a Nazi uniform which he wore to a fancy dress party.
The newspaper showed the Prince, with a cigarette and drink in hand, wearing a swastika armband.
The 20-year-old said: "I am very sorry if I caused any offence or embarrassment to anyone."
In a statement released by Buckingham Palace, he added: "It was a poor choice of costume and I apologise."
On Harry's shirt collar was the badge of Wehrmacht - the German defence force.
The Prince was at a fancy dress party in West Littleton, Wiltshire last Saturday for the 22nd birthday party of his friend Harry Meade.
The 250-guest party had a native and colonial theme.
Prince William was reportedly present dressed in lion and leopard skin print top and tight black leggings.
Doug Henderson, Labour MP for Newcastle upon Tyne North and a former armed forces minister, said Prince Harry should not now be allowed to become a British Army officer.
"After the revelations this evening I don't think this young man is suitable for Sandhurst," he said.
The Sun said Harry's outfit of beige shirt and trousers and Nazi insignia which was the "talk of party guests".
However, Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romain, a spokesman for the Reform Synagogues of Great Britain, said the incident should not be blown out of proportion
"The fact that the palace has issued an apology indicates that this was a mistake by the Prince," he said
"But having being given, the apology should now be accepted."
A spokesman for the Board Of Deputies Of British Jews said: "The board is pleased that he's apologised for the incident.
"It was clearly in bad taste, especially in the run up to holocaust memorial day on the 27th of this month, which the Royal Family will be taking a leading role in commemorating."
It is the latest in a long catalogue of unsavoury incidents involving the Prince. Last year he was pictured attacking a photographer outside a nightclub. There were also accusations that he cheated in exams to get into Sandhurst.
Revelations about Harry's use of soft drugs, alcohol and cigarettes have also hit the headlines.
You got that right: The Royal We
-ccm
Ever heard of the British Free Corps? A unit of the SS, recruited among British POW's, some of which got the DEATH PENALTY for treason, after the war. I had to think of that, all of a sudden....
Ever heard of the British Free Corps? A unit of the SS, recruited among British POW's, some of which got the DEATH PENALTY for treason, after the war. I had to think of that, all of a sudden....
Two different articles in this case, but why on Earth do so many people here feel compelled to act as Posting Police? Has to be one of the most annoying tendencies I've ever encountered on an Internet board and I've been participating in them since way back in the Prodigy days. SHEESH.
MM
I went to see 'The Producers' on Broadway. Lots of swastikas. No one upset.
This boy must not have normal intelligence. This would be tacky for any college kid, but for someone from the British royal family to do this is beyond stupid.He has to have had endless advice about being appropriate.
What was he thinking? A prince has all sorts of advisors and aides. Where were they?
People in the Prince's position simply have to understand they can't fool around with symbols like the Nazi swastika--even at a costume ball..
Many young adults from prominent families act out a bit, as do most kids. Most don't show this level of stupidity.
The kid is a real oaf.
As big an idiot as his father. (Chuck)
The House of Hanover was renamed the House of Windsor during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II's grandfather George V when World War I made it quite unfashionable to have a German monarch. Thus, George V was both the last Hanover monarch and the first Windsor monarch.
Oh yes, for you purists, I do realize there were three place-holding Stuart monarchs after James II, the last Stuart descendent alive when the Stuarts were first booted out, was given his walking papers in 1688. His father, of course, was the notorious Charles I, who forfeited his head as well as his throne in 1649.
You said IT, MM! I too often why it's sooooo necessary for others to jump right on some poor innocent soul who happens to post a duplicate/related article as one already posted. Where that "compelling impulse" comes from, I'll never understand! SHEESH is right!
It's a different article, for crying out loud.
And besides, lots of people, including me, did not see the other one!
It bugs the heck out of me when posters feel the need to act as police on the threads.
I do think the practice evolved from the early days when people tried to save bandwidth, but all the same, it's gotten out of hand.
Aw, give him a break, he was probably taught revised history: The Germans were just misunderstood and the French are really very lovely people. Both countries love England and the Euro is the best thing since sliced bread.
Or, on second thought, maybe he is just a complete idiot as you said.
Since Hitler bombed the crap out of his country and killed a whole lot of Brits
I'm betting on that he is a complete idiot
You're telling nobody saw him before he left and told him how inappropriate this would be? Is this what the best education money can buy gets ya?
Jews, as a rule, don't push Judaism onto people. We're generally not out to convert people, as Born Agains are.
The House of Hanover became the House of Saxe - Coburg after Victoria married Albert. This became the house of Windsor at the time of Geo V.
Frankly the only house they should be in is the jailhouse.
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