Prince Harry's still the royal joker! The 30-year-old Prince was up to his usual mischievous antics on Friday, May 15, when he planted a bright purple handprint on the forehead of a veteran royal photographer during an appearance in Auckland, New Zealand.
Harry, who was visiting the Turn Your Life Around Trust for at-risk youths in the south of the city, turned a somber photo opportunity into a moment of hilarity when he decided to plant his painted hand, not onto the mural in front of him, but onto snapper Arthur Edwards' bald head!
The room erupted into hysterical laughter as Edwards and the other official photographers realized what the cheeky Prince had done. With a broad smirk on his face, Harry then quickly got back to business, and continued decorating the handprint poster in front of him with imprints of his purple royal palm.
Prince Harry plonks a purple handprint on @arthurjedwards's head at #TYLA #RoyalVisitNZ https://t.co/5r39EPal7p
— Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) May 15, 2015
The visit to the youth center had already been a lively one for Prince William's younger brother, entailing high energy games of pool, table football and ping pong with a group of teenagers.
It was a day packed with appointments for the busy Prince. In addition to the youth center, he also visited Southern Cross Campus school, and the Auckland Spinal Rehabilitation Unit at Middlemore Hospital where he met a group of former rugby players who were now confined to wheelchairs. Later in the day, he held official audiences with New Zealand politicians, Prime Minister John Key and Labor leader Andrew Little.
Harry’s tour of New Zealand is nearly at an end, and and the Prince has had a blast. "I've heard so many wonderful things about Kiwis from The Queen, from my Father, and more recently from my brother and sister-in-law," the young royal told Auckland fans and dignitories as his day drew to a close "I can't believe it's taken me over 30 years to get here, but I am delighted that I've finally made it," he added.
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On Saturday, May 16, the popular royal will fly out of the country to return to the UK, where he will finally meet his new niece, Princess Charlotte of Cambridge.
