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A Tale of Two Princes

Thursday October 28, 2004 06:00 AM EDT

Always affectionate, Harry kissed an unidentified girl in 2001. Photo by: ANTONY JONES / UK PRESS
A Tale of Two Princes| Prince Harry, Prince William
A wakeup call came in 2001, when then 16-year-old Harry was caught smoking pot and drinking (the legal age in Britain is 18). Charles enlisted William's help to get Harry to visit a drug rehab center in London for a Scared Straight!-style session. Charles isn't as concerned about the Pangaea flap. After the scuffle, "his father was quite supportive and sympathetic," spokesman Harverson told the BBC.

Harry is also likely to get an earful from William, who keeps in close cell-phone contact. "We ring each other quite a lot," Wills said last year. Though they rarely see each other while at school, the pot scandal drew them closer, sources say, and Harry has since consulted William for advice. "If William says Harry should not be doing something, he might balk at it, but he does pay attention," says the palace source.

Soon Harry will have less time to party. After one more gap-year adventure – a trip next month to live on a farm in Argentina that breeds polo ponies – Harry will enter Sandhurst military academy, Britain's equivalent of West Point, in January for its one-year program before joining an Army regiment. His hair buzz-cut, the prince will rise at 5 a.m. to do chores – ironing, shining his boots, even scrubbing toilets – before long days of drilling. No special treatment here: "He'll be thrown into the mix like everyone else," says a former cadet.

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