After an education at schools in the United Kingdom and spending parts of his gap year in Australia and Lesotho, Harry chose a military career , through officer training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Blues and Royals of the Household Cavalry Regiment - serving temporarily with his brother- and completed his training as a tank commander . In 2007-2008 he served for 77 days on the front line in the war in Afghanistan , although that was withdrawn following the publication of the story in an Australian magazine . He returned to Afghanistan for a deployment of 20 weeks duration in 2012-2013 with the Army Air Corps.
Harry was born in St. Mary 's Hospital in Paddington , London , England, on September 15, 1984 . He was baptized on December 21, 1984 in the chapel of St. George at Windsor Castle by the then Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie . Groomsmen were Harry Prince Andrew, Duke of York ( his paternal uncle ) , Lady Sarah Armstrong -Jones ( his paternal cousin, once removed ), Lady Vestey , Mrs. William Bartholomew, Bryan Organ , and Gerald Ward, a former household Cavalry.
Diana loved Harry and his elder brother William to have a broader range of experiences than previous royal children and took both to venues that ranged from Disney World and McDonald's to AIDS clinics and shelters for the homeless .
Harry 's parents divorced in 1996 and her mother died after a car crash in Paris the following year. Harry and William were staying with her father at Balmoral Castle at the time , and the Prince of Wales told his children about the death of his mother after reports confirmed the same . At his funeral his mother , Harry , after twelve years , accompanied his father , brother, paternal grandfather , and maternal uncle in walking behind the funeral cortege from Kensington Palace to Westminster Abbey.
Chelsy Davy, the daughter of a businessman in South Africa, was referred to as the bride of Harry in an interview conducted for his 21st birthday, and Harry said he would "love to tell everyone how amazing it is, but once you start talk about it, I do not open my left ... there is truth and there are lies and unfortunately I can not get through the truth. "In early 2009, it was reported in the media that the pair had parted ways after meeting for five years.
Prince Harry later started a relationship with British high society Cressida Bonas, granddaughter of Edward Curzon, sixth Earl Howe.