Prince Harry
I thought this was the most subtle way to open this celebratory slideshow.
Prince Harry
Yes, you are. (This was courtesy of the German Invictus Games team. Good for you for throwing such a successful and meaningful event, dude.)
Harry and Kate and a Dignitary
So much pointing and expressions of great delight here in Brussels for the WWI centenary. Even the Belgian Dignitary there is like, "YOU are CHARMING. Even I am thinking about running away with you! My wife will completely understand! Let's do it!"
Prince Harry
2014's Official Hot Harry Photo and June in the Unauthorized Hot Princes of the World calendar that I am totally not making using tape and cardboard right now.
Prince Harry and a Dog
"Shh, dog. I'm about to give a speech."
Harry and William and a Baby
This baby could not be LESS INTERESTED, but I hope that its parents use this photo for their holiday card, because it is one big pile of SQUEE as far as I am concerned. I enjoy that William is shaking its chubby little hand.
Prince Harry and a -- Nay, THE -- Goat
It goes without saying that Goat will be using this as HER holiday card this year, as well.
Prince Harry and a Sheep
This looks so much as if he's counseling the sheep: "Then what did she say? That silly stupid cow, I can't believe it. What's that? Oh, no, I'm sorry, I misunderstood you. That silly stupid horse! I never."
Prince Harry
Don't worry. It's still there.
Harry and Kate
His face here totally says, "I workshopped that joke. Practice pays off once again. She will love me yet. WAIT. I didn't mean to say that out loud. I didn't, did I? Please tell me I only thought that."
Harry, Wills, and Kate
All kidding aside, the three of them together is PR gold for the royal family. The real life I Wanna Marry Harry situation is going to involve, I suspect, some hardcore vetting from Wills and Kate. Too bad that show didn't hire their lookalikes to interview the contestants over a VERY POORLY LIT dinner.
Wills and Harry
This is like thirty seconds from a headlock.
Prince Harry
HIGH FIVES!
Prince Harry Visits The Colosseum
Even now, that girl is thinking, "you complete monsters, if you'd TOLD ME Prince Harry was coming for a tour, I would have done it all differently! Why didn't I wear a v-neck that day? WHY???"
Prince Harry
I feel like there's a pep talk being given here. "Your knee socks are adorable, dude. She will TOTALLY want to eat lunch with you again today. Let's go kick a ball around and show off a little. Girls love that! I think."
Prince Harry
Does anyone know for sure that Harry did NOT take this pygmy hedgehog home in his carry-on?
Prince Harry
Brief break in the Adorable Shenanigans With Cute Children and Animals for Uniformed Hotness.
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AND back to Adorable Shenanigans.
Prince Harry
I love this little kid. He is just PURE UNMITIGATED JOY.
Prince Harry
One has worn a top hat to Royal Ascot. I'm fairly sure he's about to do a magic trick with that umbrella, for Zara's amusement.
Prince Harry
Like I was going to deny you The Shot of The Abs.
Prince Harry
"Okay, everybody, huddle up. I have some wisdom to impart. When you are in Vegas, and someone you're trying to impress with your wicked strip billiards game swears they've left their phone in their room, trust, but VERIFY."
Prince Harry
All hail the white polo pants.
Prince Harry
And the camo. (I believe this is at least partially the ensemble we also see on his Surprisingly Decent Waxwork.)
THE BEARD!
I miss this beard. I miss it a lot.
Wills and Harry
This, of course, is the promo still from their sitcom (and also a photo that I Wanna Marry "Harry" photoshopped hideously). I can hear the voiceover now: "He's uptight! He's out of control! He's married! He can't settle down! He's got a whole lot of responsibilities! He won't take responsibility...for anything! Coming this Fall, on FOX, The Prince and the Palaver!"
Harry and Kate and Wills
"Harry. I've told you twenty times. I'm not going to high five you on the balcony of Buckingham Palace."
"Will you do it when HE is King? Come on. Come on, Kate. Promise me we'll high five when William is King. No one will care. We'll all be SO OLD."
"I'll think about it."
Harry and Kate and Wills
In case you forgot the best thing that ever happened. Weirdly, Harry seems to be the LEAST into this, while Kate is obviously DELIGHTED and Wills is giving a MAJOR amount of flair.
Prince Harry Visits America
Never let it be said that we Americans are anything but hospitable. Here, we were like, "Prince Harry is visiting. Hmm, what do we think he would like? I KNOW. HAVING A CHEERLEADER CLIMB ON HIM. SOLD."
He, on the other hand, is obviously thinking, "Keep hold of yourself, Henry. DO NOT GET INTO A SCANDAL WITH AN AMERICAN CHEERLEADER."
Prince Harry
His Royal Highness will NOT be breaking into the major leagues any time soon.
Prince Harry and Missy Franklin
I LOVE this picture of Harry meeting US swimmer Missy Franklin. Her face says it all. If she were ten years older, I would totally be agitating for Missy Franklin to Marry Harry. She's so vivacious and cheery and sporty (obviously) and spirited and smart. They would be lucky to have her. (ILY, Missy.)
Prince Harry and Michelle Obama
Michelle is like, "he IS cute. Even if he's applauding for himself."
Prince Harry
Come back ANY TIME.
Prince Harry, Sophie Hosking, and Kate
I am going to posit that this, right here, this very picture, captures the absolute apex of Harry's hotness.
Prince Harry
"God. Reading is so hard. Where is Kate to explain how this works to me?"
Wills, Kate, Harry
I enjoy that Wills is totally ignoring the fact that his wife is, like, gently picking insects off the back of his brother's neck. These are three people who have spent a lot of time together.
Harry, a stuffed kangaroo, Kate
The kangaroo, though stuffed, will surely fit in well with the rest of Harry's menagerie.
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I also really miss the summer Olympics, you guys. PS: Forearms.
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ROYAL LEVITATION! (Plus a sighting of The Traditional Wales Brother Casual Belt.)
Wills, Kate, Harry
WAIT. Is this photo proof that Harry does own a waistcoat other than his favorite yellow one? (It certainly proves that he loves a flyover, as that's what they're all looking at, but we already knew that.)
Kate and Harry
"I love you, Kate. I MEAN, um, I love Foo, Kate. I just really think the Foo Fighters are geniuses. Dave Grohl, man. He is my everything. YES. That is what I meant to say. GOTTA GO."
Prince Harry
I might have downloaded this photo more than once for you.
Prince Harry
It's just very striking. Is all.
Prince Harry
"Phew, it's still all there. Super."
Harry, Kate, Wills
This was at Zara's wedding, and I cannot believe it's the only instance of The Yellow Waistcoat in lo these many slides. He only wears it to EVERY WEDDING EVER. We've also got to talk about the lids in this shot. Kate's is spectacular; then behind her you can see Sophie Wessex clutching Prince Edward with a beige satellite dish strapped to her head, and that's Bea in the blue (which is secretly kind of great). Everyone brought out her HAT for this thing.
Wills, Kate, Harry
TUXES! And, not for nothing, one of my favorite dresses of Kate's, ever. (It's McQueen, of course.) Great bling, too (per What Kate Wore, it was a wedding gift. That link also shows the original of this dress, which was QUITE SHEER INDEED). Thanks for allowing that sidebar, Harry.
Wills and Harry
WEDDING UNIFORMS.
Harry and Pippa
"Tell me, Pippa, how DO you get so tan? Do you just...roll around in whatever it is? How does it work?"
Harry and Wee Child
Obviously, Harry would ride in the children's carriage.
Prince Harry and a Puppy
The photographer credit on this picture is a "Kirsty Wigglesworth," which is just too apt. That puppy is a wigglesworth.
Prince Harry
This reminds me of one of my favorite scenes in A Room With a View, wherein Julian Sands is falling out of a tree whilst in the midst of proclaiming his creed, and his line goes something like, "TRUTH! BEAUTY! AHHHHHHH!"
Prince Harry
He's just handsome.
Prince Harry
This is 2009, when H and W were both taking their military helicopter training courses. How convenient to have a Pen Holder on one's sleeve.
Prince Harry
"REALLY hope I don't end up like this one."
Prince Harry
NO ONE has ever been happier about being Commodore in Chief, Small Ships and Diving than Harry. HE LOVES DIVING.
Prince Harry
Sweaty, sweaty polo. (He's 22 here, so allow yourself to feel slightly but not irredeemably pervy.)
Wills and Harry
This one is fully ten years ago and I feel like we need to talk about how many bracelets Harry is wearing. I like to think that Wills is leaning over and saying, "I love you, but you're over-accessorized, mate."
Prince Harry
HAPPY BIRTHDAY.