He may be a royal, but there’s no fussing about here! At a welcome home press conference today, Prince Harry, 29, was reunited with fellow Team UK members who took part in the Walking With the Wounded South Pole 2013 expedition, and it was revealed that he apparently has a skill for building latrines.
According to his team member, actor Dominic West, The Prince “was very much part of the team, he seemed to specialize in building latrines, he build this incredible castellated structure with blocks to keep out the wind and it even had a loo roll holder.” Who knew Harry was so handy! He is working hard, literally, to prove he’s just like everyone else.
This expedition, which took place in December, was organized to raise awareness for wounded soldiers. Three teams, including 12 injured servicemen, from the UK, U.S., and the Commonwealth took part in the two week, 320-kilometre trek to reach the South Pole.
Despite gruelling conditions, spirits were high as the teams reached their final destination. Team UK member, Duncan Slater, 34, a former sergeant who became the first double amputee to reach the South Pole during the trip, said how he used his prosthetic legs to help in the celebrations: “They took some champagne out to the pole and I used my legs as a primitive ice bucket and wedged the bottle in there and passed it around – I don’t know how we did it but it went down quite well.”
Clearly The Prince got on well with his team, and is not shy of tackling a challenge. Having just announced his retirement as an Apache attack helicopter pilot, he can relate to veterans on a personal level. His tour of duty in Afghanistan is not something everyone experiences, nor every royal at that. We’re increasingly seeing him mature and assert his passion for causes close to his heart, such as this charity:
“Inspiring others is one of the cornerstones of this charity, to demonstrate to those who have experienced life-changing injuries that everything is possible,” Prince Harry said, “Our wounded, injured and sick do not want pity, they simply want to be treated the same way they were before they were injured.”
The trek, which initially started off as a competition race between teams but was called off due to extreme weather conditions, was filmed for a documentary that will reportedly be screened this spring.
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