Prince Harry Visits Brazil

"No, see, I think Thomas has taken the Gutenberg Bible and he's holding onto it until he needs to blackmail Lord Grantham about it. But don't get me started on Lady Edith and that pig farmer. It's the worst idea. Oh, is this the rainforest? It's quite green."

Prince Harry Visits Brazil

"I don't know how Kate does this in heels all the time."

Prince Harry Visits Brazil

I hope when he comes back, they let him come visit his tree. I actually hope that everyone who plants a tree on one of these things gets tree updates on the regular. Pictures of the trees growing every six months, for example.

Prince Harry Visits Brazil

It's not a Prince Harry State Trip if he doesn't get to go kick a ball around with some children, but this looks more like they're about to burst into a choreographed dance routine. Wait. Can we make that happen?

Prince Harry Visits Brazil

"I understand why she likes to recycle her clothes, Harry. I'm just saying, I think the public would love to see a new dress at the next informal event. I'm thinking a print, maybe? Please pass along my thoughts."

Prince Harry Visits Brazil

This is so wistful. It's so, "ah, I remember when I TOO was a guitar in a glass case, longing to be taken out and strummed."

Prince Harry Visits Brazil

Via Getty: "Prince Harry greets a police officer as he visits the Open Arms Project, which helps reduce crime and drug abuse in the Cracolandia area outside Sao Paulo." From what I could tell, this portion of the trip was probably pretty intense; many, many people came out and it's an extraordinarily depressed part of Sao Paulo with a high percentage of crack addicts (I guess crack is extremely cheap there and a very serious issue; the article to which I linked in the opener of the post is quite sobering). Good on you, Harry, for not just going to World Cup games and drinking with models.

Prince Harry Visits Brazil

I just thought this was a great photo. As usual, the photographers who've been sent out on this tour have been doing really good work. It must be professionally enjoyable for them to get out in new surroundings. Sure, half the time it's still tree-planting, but it's tree-planting in the AMAZON.

Royally Played: Prince Harry in Brazil

I believe it's a law of the universe that at least one member of the royal family MUST be planting a tree literally at all times, or the earth will spin off its axis and careen into the sun. That said, the world needs trees, and if it's okay with the Lorax, it's okay with me. Since last we checked with Harry, he's visited underprivileged kids (the story is actually very touching) and also met with drug addicts in various stages of recovery (the story about that also references Diana, and it's really quite compelling), and also of course put on a blue suit and went to a party to look at things under glass. [Photos: Getty]