• April 24, 2006
• Vol. 65
• No. 16

Rites of Spring

Prince Harry Parties at a Strip Club with His Chums Just Before His Girlfriend Comes to Town

School's out—and Britain's princes are in the mood to cut loose. Just days shy of his April 12 graduation from Sandhurst military academy, Harry, 21, made headlines with his 3 a.m. jaunt to the Spearmint Rhino strip club in Berkshire on April 7. Although Harry enjoyed the show with his pals, he drew the line at a private lap dance, telling club dancer Mariella Butkute, "I love my girlfriend too much," according to a report in Britain's Sunday Mirror. Harry may need more than words, though, to get back in the good graces of Zimbabwean sweetie Chelsy Davy, 20, who flew in from Cape Town, where she is a student, to London's Heathrow airport April 11 so she could attend Harry's graduation ball the following evening. Wearing a dark blue sleeveless top and blue jeans tucked into knee-high black boots, the blonde beauty was escorted by five armed officers as she marched, grim-faced, through the airport, ignoring photographers' questions about her royal boyfriend's escapades. (Note to Harry: Nothing says I'm sorry like a nice tiara.)

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Prince William traded his camouflage for the latest in street chic as he finished up his first term at Sandhurst. William, 23, joined his mates for a playful group photo April 8 on the military academy's grounds. Sporting gold chains, a flipped-up cap and a bit of attitude, the prince did his best to embody hip-hop cool. Says a palace source: "It was a fun photograph." And more fun is in the offing: William will join girlfriend Kate Middleton, 24, for a Caribbean vacation later this month.