Prince Harry comments on his visit to Botswana
Prince Harry has admitted his regular trips to Botswana leave in him hot water with his father, the Prince of Wales.
The 25-year-old royal said he regularly spends time in the nation, which is famed for its spectacular scenery, and confessed that his travels away from home leave Charles worried.
The Prince, who has spent the past month backpacking through some of the area’s national parks, joked about the Prince of Wales’s “worries” about his youngest son’s love affair with Africa as he addressed guests at a reception in Botswana. Prince Harry is known to like the water safari options and has been seen several times on the riverboat, Kubu Queen.
Cruising in Botswana: Chelsy Davy on the top deck where she and Prince Harry sleep under the stars
Botswana’s trade minister, Dorcas Makgatho-Malesu, pulled the Prince’s leg about his passion for trekking through some of Botswana’s more remote parkland, saying: “I was wondering when he would come into town, because we often hear that he is somewhere in the bush, so today certainly is a good day for us.”
The princes’ busy schedule for the week includes visits to the Tusk Trust wildlife charity in Botswana, of which Prince William is patron, and to projects in Lesotho run by Sentebale, the charity Prince Harry helped found to educate and support children in one of southern Africa’s poorest countries. Harry arrived in the African nation ahead of his brother Prince William for a six-day joint charitable tour that will also see them both visit Lesotho. The princes will then head to South Africa for England’s World Cup group match against Algeria.
Prince Harry, who is understood to have spent part of his backpacking holiday with his girlfriend, Chelsy Davy, has funded the cost of his stay himself, while Prince William’s travel costs are being largely funded by the Football Association, of which he is president.
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