As he worked the room at a swanky cocktail party for the great and the good in Colorado over the weekend, Prince Harry was handed a glass of Pimm’s by a waiter. Eyeing his drink, a smiling Harry innocently told a fellow guest: ‘I didn’t realise you had Pimm’s in America.’ Quick as a flash, his principal private secretary, Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton, moved in and spirited the glass away. It was a telling vignette. Having a ball: Prince Harry plays volleyball at the opening of the Warrior Games in Colorado Springs Down and out: Harry was playing for the UK against an American team
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Prince Harry competed for Britain in Warrior Games sitting volleyball match
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Met wounded veterans in competition for injured servicemen and women
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Part of tour around U.S. that has generated 'Harrymania'
In truth, however, Harry seems to be doing a perfectly good job of charming the pants off @placeholder without the help of his royal image-makers.