How sad, then, to hear him say wistfully: "I don't want to sit around in Windsor. But I generally don't like England that much and, you know, it's nice to be away from all the press and the papers."



Who could really blame him? Since he was born, Harry has been centre stage. His life is played out in public, his every move scrutinised, debated and criticised. Such is his poor publicity that he must surely believe people back home have exhausted their patience with him and his party antics.



"And yet I don't truly believe that Harry dislikes England at all," says Brian Hoey, royal commentator and author of a biography on Prince William. "I genuinely believe he just didn't articulate his feelings all that well. I think what he actually meant was that he didn't like the environment in which, because of his royal position, he is forced to live.