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Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Prince Harry charms children in a South African classroom

Visit to Lesotho charity and even gets an 'official' chalk portrait.


On a three-day visit to Lesotho, a tiny kingdom in the heart of South Africa, Touring projects that are being supported by his charity, Sentebale(‘forget me not’). And also set the charity up in 2006 with a member of Lesotho’s own royal family.
With a toothy grin and prominent ears it may not be the most flattering Royal portrait.
But Prince Harry was delighted with the sketch on a South African classroom chalk board.
As a royal you have to take everything in your stride and his morning's work included a lesson in sign language, cooking up a batch of doughnuts - and proving something of a storm on the dance floor.
The third in line to the throne was a natural with the children he met today at the Kananelo Centre for the Deaf in Lesotho, which is supported by his charity, Sentebale (‘forget me not’).


After a brief introduction to the school and its work, it was back to the classroom for Harry who was never a natural scholar and was definitely in 'mufty' for the day, wearing low-slung jeans,  scuffed desert boots and a white cotton shirt.

'Now I am going to be a student for the day?' He asked.
'I can tell you I'm going to remember none of this.'

The prince joined an English class, who has written warm words of welcome on their blackboard - including 'we love you Prince Harry'.
He  was taught a series of phrases in sign language by 14-year-old Nandos Chabalalan including the words for family, father, mother, brother, sister and baby.
The prince also managed to sign 'my name is Harry' and wiped his brow theatrically as he managed to pull it off.


His companion, Prince Seeiso of Lesotho, with whom he co-founded Sentebale, had him in stitches as he asked the children to teach the red-headed  royal the word for ginger.

The pair proved to be quite the comedy act as Harry quickly retorted; 'What about the word for bald!'
Still the 28-year-old was nothing less than game as he played along with the giggling children, showing his genuine affinity with the youngsters as he helped to pluck sobbing Limpho Nekoana, whose named means gift, out of the class when he became distressed and giving him a comforting cuddle.
As one young pupil walked around eating a sweet and smiling, the prince joked about his own schooldays at Eton; 'At my school you couldn't just walk around like that.'
 







Next it was on to a home economics class where a group of children were being taught to make 'fat cakes', a local doughnut style delicacy.



Before leaving Harry was even persuaded to take part in a dance with some of the children, falling to his knees with mock embarrassment and shaking his shoulders.

The Prince demonstrated he had a remarkably good sense of rhythm - much more so than his father - as he shimmied in time to the traditional whoops and wails of the youngsters.
The 28-year-old has always said that Africa is one of the few places in the world he can ‘truly be himself’.

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