21/10/2004

Prince Harry involved in fracas outside nightclub

The media glare is back on Prince Harry today after a nightclub fracas involving the prince left a photographer with a bleeding lip.

Prince Harry, who is expected to enter Sandhurst military academy next year, was leaving the Pangaea nightclub in London's West End when the incident occurred. According to reports, the prince was hit in the face with a photographer's camera as he attempted to get into a car. Palace officials have said that, when the prince pushed the camera away, a photographer's lip was inadvertently cut.

However, the photographer involved has claimed that the prince "deliberately lashed out" and injured his face.

The third in line to the throne has recently been the centre of media attention, after a former art teacher at Eton claimed that she had helped the royal cheat in his A level coursework.

(gmcg/mb)

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