Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex

**Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex** <small>KCVO </small> (Henry Charles Albert David; born 15 September 1984) is a member of the British royal family. He is the younger son of Charles III, and Diana, Princess of Wales and is the younger brother of William, Prince of Wales, and is fifth in the line of succession to the British throne. Harry was a pupil at Eton College.

Harry launched the Invictus Games in 2014, and remains patron of its Foundation. He also gives patronage to several other organisations, including the HALO Trust, the London Marathon Charitable Trust, and Walking with the Wounded.

## Early life

Harry was born in the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, London, on 15 September 1984 as the second child of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Diana, Princess of Wales.

## Education and military service

Like his father and brother, Harry was educated at independent schools. He started at Jane Mynors' nursery school and the pre-preparatory Wetherby School, both in London.

He was a helicopter pilot in the military, during the War in Afghanistan. During the same year that his book was published, he said to media that he killed enemies in Afghanistan.

## Marriage

Prince Harry began dating Meghan Sussex in June 2016. They became engaged in November 2017. The couple married at Windsor Castle on 19 May 2018. The couple's first child, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, was born on May 6, 2019. In November 2020, Markle revealed in an opinion piece for _The New York Times_ that she suffered a miscarriage in July of that year. On 4 June 2021, the couple's daughter Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor was born in Santa Barbara, California.

## Titles

- 15 September 1984 – 19 May 2018: His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Wales
- 19 May 2018 – present: His Royal HighnessThe Duke of Sussex
    - In Scotland: His Royal Highness The Earl of Dumbarton
    - In Northern Ireland: Baron  Kilkeel

## Ancestry

|rowspan="8" align="center"|**Prince Harry of Wales**|rowspan="4" align="center"|**Father:** Charles, Prince of Wales|rowspan="2" align="center"|**Paternal Grandfather:** Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|align="center"|**Paternal Great-grandfather:** Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark|
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|align="center"|**Paternal Great-grandmother:** Princess Alice of Battenberg|||||||
|rowspan="2" align="center"|**Paternal Grandmother:** Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|align="center"|**Paternal Great-grandfather:** George VI of the United Kingdom|||||
|align="center"|**Paternal Great-grandmother:** Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon|||||||
|rowspan="4" align="center"|**Mother:** Diana, Princess of Wales|rowspan="2" align="center"|**Maternal Grandfather:** John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer|align="center"|**Maternal Great-grandfather:** Albert Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer,|||
|align="center"|**Maternal Great-grandmother:** Cynthia Hamilton|||||||
|rowspan="2" align="center"|**Maternal Grandmother:** Frances Burke Roche|align="center"|**Maternal Great-grandfather:** Maurice Burke Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy|||||
|align="center"|**Maternal Great-grandmother:** Ruth Gill|||||||

## Relationships

He has a brother. As of 2022, Harry has said that he is not satisfied with the relationship with his brother.

In 2023, he attended the coronation of his father (Charles III); At that ceremony, Prince Harry was put on row 3. (Row 3 included the king's brother, Andrew Mountbatten Windsor.)

## Other websites

- The Duke of Sussex profile at the official website of the British Monarchy
- The Duke of Sussex profile at the official website of the Prince of Wales

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## Infobox (person)

- **embed**: yes
- **signature**: File:Prince Harry's signature.svg


## Infobox (military person)

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- **serviceyears**: 2005–2015 (active service)
- **rank**: #Military ranks, See list
- **servicenumber**: 564673
- **awards**: Operational Service Medal for Afghanistan


## Infobox (royalty)

- **name**: Prince Harry
- **title**: Duke of Sussex (#Titles and styles, more)
- **image**: Prince Harry at the 2017 Invictus Games opening ceremony.jpg
- **caption**: Prince Harry at the 2017 Invictus Games opening ceremony
- **birth name**: Prince Henry of Wales
- **birth place**: St Mary's Hospital,  London, St Mary's Hospital, London, England, UK
- **full name**: Henry Charles Albert David
- **house**: House of Windsor, Windsor
- **father**: Charles III
- **mother**: Lady Diana Spencer