Prepare For Possible Harry Mania!

Media Circus May Unfold When British Prince Makes First Official U.S. Visit, Even Though He Has Serious Things On Agenda

(CBS)  Britain's Prince Harry makes his first official visit to the United States starting Friday.

He plans to talk about serious issues and raise money to help African children but, reports CBS News correspondent Elizabeth Palmer, the paparazzi almost certainly have other plans.

In 1998, she says, Harry and his brother, Prince William, the sons of Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana, arrived in Canada as teen idol heartthrobs.

Ten years later, a grown-up Harry is arriving in New York as one of the world's most eligible bachelors.

Harry is, Palmer observes, notorious in Britain for partying, drinking, and even fighting photographers.

In the daytime, Palmer points out, he serves as an officer in the British military.

But, as she puts it, "Every modern prince needs a cause," and Harry's is a charity called Sentebale, which he helped set up in the tiny African kingdom of Lesotho.

"It was sort of based around what my mother had been doing. I wanted to sort of carry that on," Harry has said.

Diana made headlines when she used her celebrity to raise AIDS awareness. Now, Harry is focusing on the thousands of AIDS orphans in Lesotho.

"He's got," concedes Sentebale's Harper Brown, "a tabloid reputation for being a bit of a playboy. That certainly isn't how he comes across when he comes to visit. He's extremely caring, very in-touch with what the needs are, and very determined to have an organization that makes a difference on the ground."

Sentebale helps fund residential homes where AIDS orphans get food, education, and even an occasional visit from the prince, whose mission in New York -- between parties, Palmer points out -- is to raise money for the children of Lesotho.

[Kauramarjit]

I believe that Prince Harry's mission with the Lesotho kids is a very beneficial project. He should just avoid public comments. Everybody is entitled to his/her share of mistakes but that only enriches us to be more careful in the future. What he should do right now is improve so that he may never make the same mistakes again.The trouble with being in the public eye is that even the smallest mistake becomes a big issue. We have made a mistake by making a big issue out of nothing. The trouble with people nowadays is that they expect everyone to be perfect. What I can say is never give up. Always look on the bright side of things as they come.
Who knows you might just find a pot of gold at the end of every rainbow.
Good luck and best wishes in the future.
Bye.
Yours sincerely
Amarjit Kaur

[sam-kiley]

bonjour,
le prince harry viendra aux USA, parler je cite de questions graves entre autres amasser des fonds pour les enfants d'afrique, quel beau geste, aprés tout n'est-il pas le digne fils de diana, la princesse au grand coeur, qu'elle repose en paix, et...

"bienvenue harry"
au revoir

[cmp271]

Harry is a good kid. How would you feel if your Mum was "bumped off" by the elite, had to grow up in Williams shadow, had to deal with a Father who always cheated on your Mum then married her after your Mum dies, grew up in a dysfunctional controling household that is actually a business? NO wonder he parties, and acts up. What is he running away from?

I hope Harry turns himself into the nice young man his Mum hoped he would be and can be. He does not look like Charles, he resembles the Spencers.

William looks like Andrew and Edward-he also inherited the bald spot on the back of his head. Let's hope he and Kate get married soon. She is pushing 30 now, children need to be produced to carry on the business!

Good luck in America Harry. I wish you were coming upstate to western New York. That gorgeous red hair of yours-must be the milkman's???

Get counseling for co-dependency, it will help explain alot.

[valh1]

Every story I read on CBS, TheMasses is commenting about waterboarding people. Talk about obsessed!

[vittoria1]

rational_1, look closer. Prince Harry is coming to resemble Prince Charles more and more each day. I've been amazed by some of the recent pictures I've seen. Prince Harry has always looked more like a Windsor than his brother, anyway, though lately, Prince William has begun looking less like his mother than he once did. He's got that Windsor "toothiness" and the no-longer blonde thinning hair.

[craftycandi]

Man, I thought they were talking about Harry Potter!! lol

[mswolfestock]

'ey, 'arry, ye bloody daft bloke -----

Yer Mum would be SO PROUD of ya, Lad.

[rrozsa]

Well said, rational_1. It's about time we had a party animal in the tabloids for a while other than Paris, Lindsay, or Britney. And unlike Britney, he won't have to fake the British accent.

[rational_1]

Harry is, Palmer observes, notorious in Britain for partying, drinking, and even fighting photographers.

Hey, how can you not like a guy like that? Hope he lands a few on those paparazzi.

Lucky for him he doesn't look much like his father.