Prince Harry talks to dad
2004-10-22 21:03
London - Prince Harry has spoken to his father, Prince Charles, about his scuffle with a paparazzi photographer outside a nightclub, the princes' office said on Friday.
The Evening Standard newspaper reported that Harry had expressed contrition over the incident outside the Pangaea club early on Thursday morning.
"Of course he has spoken to his father, but any conversation will remain private," said a spokesman for Clarence House, the office of Charles and his sons.
A royal official said Harry, 20, was hit in the face with a camera during a scuffle outside the trendy club and pushed back at a photographer.
Photographer Chris Uncle, who suffered a split lip, contended that Harry struck him without provocation.
Uncle said he had reported the incident to police and was considering filing a formal complaint.
Newspapers splashed photos of an angry, red-faced Harry across their front pages Friday - several under the headline "Harry Potty."
Harry, who plans to enroll next year at a military college, has long been known as the wilder of Charles and the late Princess Diana's two handsome sons, in contrast to his university-student brother Prince William, 22.
Harry has been photographed drinking in London's trendiest nightclubs and two years ago was sent by his father to observe a drug rehabilitation center after being caught smoking marijuana.
- AP