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height=3></td><td width=552></td><td width=3></td></tr><tr><td height=646></td><td width=552 height=646 valign=top align=left><p align=left><font face="Poor Richard" color=#000000 size=5><B>News and Media <br></B></font><BR><BR><font face="Poor Richard" size=3>For press information please contact:<BR> <BR> The British Memorial Garden Trust, Inc.<BR> 212 861-1871 <BR> <a href="mailto:info@britishmemorialgarden.org">info@britishmemorialgarden.org</A><BR> <BR><BR> <font face="Poor Richard" size=3>Click on any heading to go directly to that item, or scroll the page to see all:<BR><BR> <img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"> <a href=#121>May 31, 2009: <B>Herald Dispatch</B>: Prince Harry visits NY</A><BR> <img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"> <a href=#120>May 30, 2009: <B>Mail Online</B>: Princes William and Harry follow their father</A><BR> <img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"> <a href=#119>May 30, 2009: <B>AOL News</B>: Prince Harry plays polo in New York</A><BR> <img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"> <a href=#123>May 29, 2009: <B>NewYorkology.com</B>: Prince Harry visits British Garden</A><BR> <img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"> <a href=#122>May 29, 2009: <B>Daily Supplier</B>: Prince Harry takes to Hanover Square</A><BR> <img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"> <a href=#118>May 29, 2009: <B>New York Times</B>: Prince Harry, in his mother's footsteps</A><BR> <img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"> <a href=#117>May 29, 2009: <B>ABC 7 News</B>: Prince Harry makes 1st US visit</A><BR> <img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"> <a href=#116>May 29, 2009: <B>Times Online</B>: Prince Harry pays tribute to 9/11 victims on NY visit</A><BR> <img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"> <a href=#115>May 29, 2009: <B>The London Paper</B>: Prince Harry lays wreath at Ground Zero</A><BR> <img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"> <a href=#114>May 29, 2009: <B>People</B>: New Yorkers agree: Prince Harry has his mother's charm</A><BR> <img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"> <a href=#113>May 29, 2009: <B>New York Times</B>: Britain's Prince Harry on first visit to New York</A><BR> <img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"> <a href=#112>May 29, 2009: <B>Lime Life</B>: Prince Harry takes to Hanover Square</A><BR> <img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"> <a href=#111>May 29, 2009: <B>BBC News</B>: Prince Harry set to visit NYC</A><BR> <img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"> <a href=#110>May 28, 2009: <B>Associated Press</B>: Big Apple readies to greet a royal little brother</A><BR> <img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"> <a href=#109>May 28, 2009: <B>New York Daily News</B>: Prince Harry set to make first formal visit</A><BR> <img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"> <a href=#108>May 14, 2009: <B>The Hindu</B>: Harry to visit 9/11 victims 'on first overseas engagement'</A><BR> <img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"> <a href=#107>May 14, 2009: <B>Mail Online</B>: Queen funds Prince Harry's trip to New York</A><BR> <img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"> <a href=#106>May 13, 2009: <B>Associated Press</B>: Britain's Prince Harry to visit New York</A><BR> <img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"> <a href=#105>May 13, 2009: <B>UK in the USA</B>: Prince Harry to visit New York City</A><BR> <img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"> <a href=#104>May 13, 2009: <B>NY 1</B>: Prince Harry to make NYC Appearance</A><BR> <img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"> <a href=#103>May 13, 2009: <B>New York Times</B>: Ground Zero on Prince's Itinerary</A><BR> <img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"> <a href=#101>March, 2009: <B>Princescharities.org</B>: British Memorial Garden recognized</A><BR> <img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"> <a href=#100><B>Travelogged</B>: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyllllandysiliogogogoch </A><BR> <img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"> <a href=#102>March, 2009: <B>British Memorial Garden</B>: The longest Welsh place name </A><BR><BR> <BR> <img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"> <B>Voices 9/11 Living Memorial: </B>: <a href="http://www.voicesofsept11.org/dev/memorials.php?mem_id=4" target="_blank">British Memorial Garden at Hanover Square, NY </A><BR><BR><BR><BR> <CENTER><img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"><img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"><img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"> </CENTER><BR><BR> In addition to the 2009 news coverage listed on this page, review our: <BR><BR><BR> <a href="newsitems08.html" target="_blank"><img height=25 width=550 border=0 src="2008news.jpg"></A><BR><BR> <a href="newsitems07.html" target="_blank"><img height=25 width=550 border=0 src="2007news.jpg"></A><BR><BR> <a href="newsitems06.html" target="_blank"><img height=25 width=550 border=0 src="2006news.jpg"></A><BR><BR> <a href="newsitems05.html" target="_blank"><img height=25 width=550 border=0 src="2005news.jpg"></A><BR><BR> <a href="newsitems04.html" target="_blank"><img height=25 width=550 border=0 src="2004news.jpg"></A><BR><BR> <a href="newsitems03.html" target="_blank"><img height=25 width=550 border=0 src="2003news.jpg"></A><BR><BR><BR> <CENTER><img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"><img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"><img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"> </CENTER><BR><BR> <BR> <a name=121></A><I>May 31, 2009</I><BR><BR><img width=409 height=50 border=0 src="heralddispatch.jpg"><BR><BR><B>PRINCE HARRY VISITS NY</B><BR><BR><I>Associated Press</I><BR><BR> <img width=550 height=557 border=1 src="magnolia6_harry.jpg"></font><BR><font face="Poor Richard" size=2><I>Britain's Prince Harry throws a shovel of dirt at the base of magnolia bush planted in The British Garden at Hanover Square in New York, Friday, May 29, 2009</I></font> / <font face="Poor Richard" size=1>AP Photo/Richard Drew</I></font><BR><BR><font face="Poor Richard" size=3> While in New York on Friday, May 29, 2009, Prince Harry visited the British Garden at Hanover Square, the World Trade Center site, the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and he took a tour of the Veterans Administration Harbor Healthcare System. <BR><BR> <BR><CENTER><img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"><img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"><img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"> </CENTER><BR><BR> <a name=120></A><I>May 30, 2009</I><BR><BR><img width=350 height=66 border=0 src="mailonline.gif"><BR><BR><B>PRINCES WILLIAM AND HARRY FOLLOW THEIR FATHER'S CARBON FOOTPRINTS</B><BR><BR><I>By Katie Nicholl, edited by Nathan Kay</I><BR><BR> <img width=468 height=419 border=1 src="magnolia5_harry.jpg"></font><BR><font face="Poor Richard" size=2><I>Prince Harry planted a tree at the British Memorial Garden in Hanover Square, New York last week</I></font><font face="Poor Richard" size=3><BR><BR> Their father Prince Charles is famous for championing green issues  now Princes William and Harry are following his example by planting trees at Highgrove and in Windsor Great Park to offset their carbon emissions.<BR><BR> The pair have large carbon footprints due to their use of private flights, cars and motorbikes.<BR><BR> They also compensate for their emissions by donating to the website Climate Care, which is supported by Charles. It promotes tree planting and sustainable energy projects.<BR><BR> A source tells me:  Charles persuaded Harry and Wills to offset their carbon footprints by donating to charity and by planting trees.<BR><BR>  The RAF already offsets the 60-plus hours the Princes clock up while training in helicopters at RAF Shawbury, but their father thought it was about time they started taking responsibility for their personal carbon footprints. <BR><BR> Earlier this month Prince Charles and his sons appeared in a film with an animated frog to promote the Prince s Rainforest Project. They were supported by stars including Harrison Ford, Robin Williams and Pele.<BR><BR> Charles s carbon footprint is included in his annual accounts and was calculated at 3,425 tons of CO2 in 2007. And aides revealed it costs about £10 for every ton the Prince offsets.<BR><BR> My source adds: 'Charles thought it was important for the boys to start championing his environmental causes to continue his legacy after he has gone. <BR><BR> This was evident last week when Harry, 24, flew to New York to raise funds for his African charity Sentebale. <BR><BR> It is thought he will offset the trip by planting trees  and even began his visit by planting a magnolia in the British Memorial Garden in Manhattan s Hanover Square on Friday.<BR><BR> A Clarence House spokesman said:  This is a private matter but the Princes take their responsibility to the environment very seriously. <BR><BR> <BR><CENTER><img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"><img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"><img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"> </CENTER><BR><BR> <a name=119></A><I>May 30, 2009</I><BR><BR><img width=131 height=30 border=0 src="aolnews_logo.gif"><BR><BR><B>PRINCE HARRY PLAYS POLO IN NEW YORK</B><BR><BR><I>By Verena Dobnik, with Alicia Quarles</I><BR><BR> <a href="http://news.aol.com/article/prince-harry-new-york/502542" target="_blank"><img width=447 height=394 border=1 src="nbcvid_harry.jpg"></A><BR><BR> Prince Harry reminded New Yorkers on Saturday how much his mother had loved their city, then climbed onto a pony for a rousing game of polo to raise money for impoverished children in Africa.<BR><BR> On a brilliantly sunny day on Governors Island in New York Harbor, the 24-year-old prince drew a crowd that included stars like Madonna, actresses Kate Hudson and Chloe Sevigny, and rapper LL Cool J, but also lots of ordinary New Yorkers out for a rare sight: a polo game in the city.<BR><BR> "You see this out in the Hamptons, but not so much in the city," said Vincent Hodgins of Manhattan, who brought his two sons to watch the prince play.<BR><BR> The Veuve Clicquot Manhattan Polo Classic was a fundraiser for Sentebale, the charity that Harry has set up with Prince Seeiso of Lesotho to help poor children and AIDS orphans in that small African nation surrounded by South Africa.<BR><BR> "Prince Seeiso and I both lost our mothers when we were very young," Harry said in brief remarks before the match. "We set up Sentebale in their memory, and because my mother loved this city, it makes this occasion all the more poignant for me."<BR><BR> His team, named after the charity, proceeded to defeat the opposing Black Watch team 6-5. Harry assisted on the winning goal in the last seconds, drawing the biggest cheer of the afternoon. Both teams included prominent polo stars like Argentine Nacho Figueras, also a Ralph Lauren model, who played for Black Watch.<BR><BR> It was the second and final day of Harry's first official visit to the United States, which began with a sober visit Friday to the site of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack. On Saturday morning, the prince toured Harlem's Children Zone, a community organization that offers families social and educational services. He and Prince Seeiso chatted with students working preparing for a Regents Exam.<BR><BR> "Who's the best pupil?" Harry asked the ninth-graders. "I was always the worst!"<BR><BR> Harry, the son of Prince Charles and Princess Diana, is third in line to the British throne, after his father and older brother, William. He's been dubbed the "party prince," and his New York trip seemed designed partly to counter that image with a focus on his charity work.<BR><BR> "I won't bore you with statistics, but please believe me when I say that Lesotho is a mere microcosm of what is so wonderful, but also so tragic about Africa today," he said before the match, reading from notes. "This beautiful kingdom has been ravaged by HIV/AIDS and poverty, leaving thousands of children without their parents."<BR><BR> The event was free to the public, but guests in the VIP tent on the opposite side of the field had paid from $50,000 a table down to $500 a head to picnic on the lawn. In true polo-watching fashion, there were more hats than at an Easter parade; for the women, they were topped by flowers, feathers and even butterflies climbing up a wire trellis.<BR><BR> Harry, though, was casual before the match in a navy blue blazer, open-collared shirt and white jeans, and loafers. And Madonna, accompanied by her sons, Rocco and David, was positively dressed down: She wore jeans and a denim jacket as she chatted with designer Marc Jacobs.<BR><BR> In the bleachers, Mike Hallman, visiting the city from Cary, N.C., enjoyed the match with his family. "My kids have never seen polo before," he said. Added his 9-year-old son, Jason: "It's pretty exciting. I have never seen a prince."<BR><BR> Another spectator who'd never seen a polo match was LL Cool J.<BR><BR> "Hopefully, it'll be quite good," Harry told the singer during the reception.<BR><BR> "Are you going to win?" LL Cool J asked. "Mmmm. I don't know. Hopefully it's fixed," joked Harry.<BR><BR> The prince also said his visit had been "wonderful."<BR><BR> "It's been a whirlwind," he told The Associated Press. "I haven't had a chance to let the jet lag set in, and it's time to go already."<BR><BR> But his trip wasn't over after the match: Leaving Governor's Island, the prince took a Coast Guard cutter up the Hudson River to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum on Manhattan's west side.<BR><BR> He spent about 30 minutes waving to visitors, inspecting the World War II aircraft carrier and checking out the cockpit of a retired British Airways Concorde jet. Museum president Bill White said the staff presented the prince with a section of the 1943 carrier's original wooden flight deck.<BR><BR> The prince's visit began Friday morning with a prayerful stop at ground zero. There, he spent about 15 minutes quietly speaking to a half-dozen relatives of 9/11 victims.<BR><BR> Harry then attached a wreath to a chain-link fence overlooking the Sept. 11 memorial under construction, bowing his head in silence for a few minutes. He also visited the firehouse across the street that houses Engine 10 and Ladder 10, which lost five members on Sept. 11, talking and laughing with firefighters there.<BR><BR> Later Friday, Harry formally named the British Memorial Garden in Hanover Square downtown to honor the 67 British victims of the terrorist attack. He also visited Manhattan's Veterans Affairs Medical Center, touring a clinic that treats veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and the prosthetics facilities. <BR><BR> <BR><CENTER><img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"><img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"><img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"> </CENTER><BR><BR> <a name=123></A><I>May 29, 2009</I><BR><BR><img width=550 height=76 border=0 src="newyorkology.jpg"><BR><BR><B>PRINCE HARRY VISITS BRITISH GARDEN IN LOWER MANHATTAN</B><BR><BR> <img width=550 height=335 border=1 src="harry_cgh.jpg"><BR></font><font face="Poor Richard" size=1><I>Picture credits: Amy Langfield/NewYorkology</I></font><font face="Poor Richard" size=3><BR><BR> Prince Harry today visited Hanover Square in Lower Manhattan, officially naming it the British Memorial Garden, which serves as a tribute to the 67 Britons who died in the World Trade Center attacks in 2001.<BR><BR> On Saturday he will play in a polo match on Governors Island, which will be open to the public. There will be free viewing areas, as well as paid VIP areas, with proceeds benefiting the American Friends of Sentebale, a U.S.-based charity that supports at-risk children in Lesotho, Africa.<BR><BR> The trip is HRH Prince Henry of Wales first-ever formal visit to the United States.<BR><BR> Earlier Friday, he laid a wreath at the site of the World Trade Center. <BR><BR> <BR><CENTER><img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"><img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"><img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"> </CENTER><BR><BR> <a name=122></A><I>May 29, 2009</I><BR><BR><img width=350 height=28 border=0 src="dailysupplier_logo.jpg"><BR><BR><B>PRINCE HARRY TAKES TO HANOVER SQUARE</B><BR><BR><I>Posted by DeLaXvELLi</I><BR><BR> <img width=250 height=400 border=1 src="harry_supplier1.jpg"> <img width=250 height=400 border=1 src="harry_supplier2.jpg"><BR> <img width=250 height=400 border=1 src="harry_supplier3.jpg"> <img width=250 height=400 border=1 src="harry_supplier5.jpg"> <BR><BR> It may be his first official visit to the US, but Prince Harry is already making a name for himself in the States.<BR><BR> As previously reported, the young prince first stopped by Ground Zero and Ladder 10 firehouse to remember the lives lost on 9/11 and to meet the ones who were lucky enough to survive.From there, the 24-year-old headed over to Hanover Square to plant a magnolia tree in the newly-dedicated British Garden, telling the crowd,  I m very happy to be in this beautiful garden in the heart of N.Y.C. My family is so proud to be so closely associated with [the garden]. <BR><BR> Being his charming self, Prince Harry laughed and smiled while the crowd watched him dig in the dirt to make room for the tree. <BR><BR> <BR><CENTER><img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"><img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"><img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"> </CENTER><BR><BR> <a name=118></A><I>May 29, 2009</I><BR><BR><img width=379 height=64 border=0 src="nytimes_logo.gif"><BR><BR><B>PRINCE HARRY, IN HIS MOTHER'S FOOTSTEPS</B><BR><BR><I>By Ralph Blumenthal</I><BR><BR> <img width=550 height=302 border=1 src="magnolia4_harry.jpg"></font><BR><font face="Poor Richard" size=2><I>Prince Harry planted a tree at the British Garden at Hanover Square, which memorializes Britons killed in the attack on the World Trade Center</I></font><font face="Poor Richard" size=3><BR><BR> It wasn t exactly what the British press had flown 3,500 miles to see: Prince Harry upstaged by a tree.<BR><BR> But there was the seething mass of news people penned behind police barricades, there was the tree  a Magnolia  Elizabeth, just planted in a downtown Manhattan memorial garden  and there was His Royal Highness, Princess Diana s younger son, third in line to the throne and a veteran of the Afghanistan war, shoveling soil, half-hidden behind the leaves.<BR><BR>  Harry, we can t see you! voices brayed.  Come around front! <BR><BR> The young prince obliged, happy no doubt to be making the kind of news that would not leave his family cringing. <BR><BR> Twenty years and four months after his mother enraptured New York with her own royal visit, Prince Harry, 24, arrived in a city fought over by his forebears, with a ginger toe-dipping in the waters of international relations, centering on acts of charity and a commemoration of the Sept. 11 attacks. It was a somber visit clearly designed to temper the prince s tabloid reputation as a hearty partier with a penchant for gaffes, like making derogatory videos and wearing Nazi regalia to a costume party. Flag-waving crowds lined up to cheer him, with adoring young women particularly plentiful. One was Roseanne Krylowski, 25, a Rutgers University student, who waited in the financial district with a sign that said  NYC e& Prince Harry. <BR><BR>  I m hoping to have a detailed conversation that ends with him asking for a date, she said. <BR><BR> Within hours of arriving from London on Friday on a commercial ticket that was privately paid for by his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, the strawberry blond prince, in a dark blue suit, blue-and-white striped shirt and the maroon-and-blue striped regimental tie of the Household Division, laid a wreath at the site of the World Trade Center. <BR><BR> He spoke to firefighters and relatives of 9/11 victims and looked over blueprints for the site s reconstruction.  Big question, he asked at one point.  When is this supposed to be finished? <BR><BR> Then he dedicated the British Garden at Hanover Square, between Stone and Pearl Streets, which is a memorial to the 67 British people killed at the trade center. He planted the magnolia there and attended a private meeting with victims families. <BR><BR> The garden, paved in Scottish stone with markings to evoke the British Isles, is under the patronage of his father, Prince Charles, who visited in 2005.  So you ll be able to tell him the progress, said Camilla Hellman, president of the garden trust.<BR><BR>  Very, very well done, said Harry, who spoke sparingly.<BR><BR> In the afternoon, accompanied by a British soldier, Joe Townsend, 21, who lost his legs in Afghanistan, Prince Harry, who is training to be a helicopter pilot like his elder brother, William, toured the Veterans Affairs Hospital on East 23rd Street.<BR><BR> He visited a prosthetics section, shaking the artificial hand of a gulf war veteran, Paul Yarbrough, and jokingly wincing at the strong grip:  Owww! <BR><BR> He met behind closed doors with other wounded veterans, and afterward, John Loosen, the chief of prosthetics, said the prince spoke of their camaraderie.  He commented on how he felt people who didn t do what they did don t understand, he said. <BR><BR> On Saturday morning, Harry is scheduled to visit the Harlem Children s Zone with Prince Seeiso of Lesotho, a kingdom-enclave within South Africa, who is his co-patron in a charity called Sentebale.<BR><BR> And in the afternoon, the prince, an accomplished polo player, is to take part in a match on Governors Island sponsored by Veuve Clicquot, the Champagne label, with proceeds going to American Friends of Sentebale. <BR><BR> He plans to leave for home right after the match. The schedule left little time for personal amusement  which seemed to be the point.<BR><BR> Peter Brown, a British publicist in New York who once ran the Beatles management company and advised the Consulate on Princess Diana s visit in February 1989, said it all sounded familiar. When he was helping to plan Harry s mother s trip, the directive was clear:  She must at no time look like she was enjoying herself. <BR><BR> Diana managed to enthrall anyway, wowing an audience at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and attending a banquet at the World Financial Center. But she also toured the Henry Street Settlement on the Lower East Side and cuddled children with AIDS  pointedly without donning gloves  in the pediatric unit at Harlem Hospital Center. <BR><BR> Her second son, who was 4 at the time of his mother s visit, won high marks from some for his performance on Friday.  It s easy to be rude to the royal family but they ve been hugely supportive, said Alex Clarke of London, who lost her 30-year-old daughter, Suria, an employee of Cantor Fitzgerald, in the trade center attack.<BR><BR> Suffering a twinge of disappointment was Ms. Krylowski, the Rutgers student, who was standing behind a barricade that Harry did not stop at.  I won t be a princess after all, she said. <BR><BR> Also keeping hope alive for some more reportable news were members of the British press.<BR><BR>  He s got 24 hours to go, said Jonathan Hunt, a British journalist at the Fox News Channel in New York.  He could still do anything. <BR><BR> <BR><CENTER><img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"><img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"><img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"> </CENTER><BR><BR> <a name=117></A><I>May 29, 2009</I><BR><BR><img width=180 height=120 border=0 src="abc7_logo.gif"><BR><BR><B>PRINCE HARRY MAKES 1ST US VISIT<BR><BR></B> <img width=550 height=309 border=1 src="magnolia3_harry.jpg"></font><BR><font face="Poor Richard" size=2><I>Britain's Prince Harry helps plant a tree during an official naming of the British Garden at Hanover Square <BR>in New York Friday</font> / <font face="Poor Richard" size=1>AP Photo/Chris Hondros, Pool</I></font><font face="Poor Richard" size=3><BR><BR> Prince Harry bowed his head in prayer at ground zero Friday, then toured the Sept. 11 attack site and shook New Yorkers' hands in his first official visit to the United States.<BR><BR> "Big question -- when is this supposed to be finished?" the 24-year-old prince asked two officials showing him rebuilding plans of the World Trade Center site.<BR><BR> The prince laid a wreath of peonies, yellow and white roses at a spot on the site overlooking the Sept. 11 memorial under construction, then bowed his head for several minutes.<BR><BR> Attached to the wreath was his handwritten note, reading "In respectful memory of those who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001, and in admiration of the courage shown by the people of this great city on that day." It was signed, "Harry."<BR><BR> Harry spoke for about 15 minutes with relatives of four 9/11 victims in his first New York City stop. He was to visit a garden memorializing Sept. 11 victims and a veterans center in Manhattan later Friday.<BR><BR> "It's a very kind gesture on his part," said Chip Callori, whose brother, Joseph Amatuccio, was killed at the trade center on Sept. 11, 2001. "For him to realize that this is a sad but important part of our history."<BR><BR> The prince then visited a firehouse across from ground zero, while hundreds of New Yorkers strained for a glimpse of him behind police barricades. He broke away from his security detail to a street around the corner to look at a bronze memorial to 343 firefighters killed at ground zero.<BR><BR> He then chatted with some tourists and shook several hands before going to his next stop.<BR><BR> Gov. David Paterson and Christopher Ward, executive director of the agency that owns the trade center site, attended the prince's visit.<BR><BR> "It's a very special visit," Ward said. "Obviously, the history of the United States and our partnership in fighting wars around the world makes it even more special."<BR><BR> The prince was to formally name the British Garden in downtown's Hanover Square to honor the 67 British victims of the terrorist attack, then visit the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Manhattan to tour the prosthetics facilities and a clinic that treats people with post-traumatic stress disorder.<BR><BR> A British soldier who lost both legs in an explosion in Afghanistan was to attend the ceremony in New York.<BR><BR> Harry, the younger son of Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana, is third in line to the British throne. <BR><BR> <BR><CENTER><img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"><img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"><img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"> </CENTER><BR><BR> <a name=116></A><I>May 29, 2009</I><BR><BR><img width=460 height=70 border=0 src="timesonline_logo.gif"><BR><BR><B>PRINCE HARRY PAYS TRIBUTE TO SEPTEMBER 11 VICTIMS ON NEW YORK VISIT<BR><BR></B><I>By Christine Seib</I><BR><BR> <img width=385 height=185 border=1 src="paterson_harry.jpg"></font><BR><font face="Poor Richard" size=2><I>Prince Harry and David Paterson, the New York Governor, talk to relatives <BR>of people killed in the World Trade Centre attacks <BR></I></font><BR><font face="Poor Richard" size=3> Prince Harry, who is known in New York as the Party Prince, was in more sombre mood for his first official engagement overseas today. <BR><BR> Less than two hours after landing in New York, the 24-year-old Prince was whisked to the World Trade Centre (WTC) site to lay a wreath to commemorate almost 3,000 people who died in terrorist attacks there on February 26, 1993 and September 11, 2001. <BR><BR> Harry arrived at the site in downtown Manhattan in glorious sunshine, dressed in a dark blue suit with maroon striped tie. <BR><BR> Bypassing the cheering crowds, he walked briskly through a tunnel, emerging into the sunlight where the towers once stood. He glanced upwards, seemingly taking in the enormity of the structures felled in the attack, and said simply:  Wow . <BR><BR> For the first engagement of his trip  paid for privately by the Queen  Harry inspected the building site where seven buildings, including the collapsed twin towers, had stood, and met local fire fighters. <BR><BR> Monica Iken lost her husband Michael Patrick Iken, who was at work on the 84th floor of the second tower when it collapsed, only 11 months after they married and a day after Michael's 38th birthday. His body was never recovered. <BR><BR> Mrs Iken said that it meant "so, so much" that Prince Harry's time in the army gave him a personal connection to the WTC.  He knows this is where the whole War on Terror started," she said. <BR><BR> After the WTC, it was on to the British Garden in Manhattan s Hanover Square, where crowd of more than 1,000 people cheered as the Prince arrived. Women wearing elaborate hats leant from the first-floor windows of India House opposite the square, which was established in 1730. <BR><BR> Harry officially named the garden before holding a private meeting with families of Americans and the 67 Britons killed on September 11. <BR><BR> Camilla Hellman, president of the British Memorial Garden Trust, is an old hand at royal visits  The Princess Royal, the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall, and the Duke of York have all visited the garden, which is replete with London-style bollards, paving from Scottish and Welsh quarries and benches part-made in Northern Ireland. <BR><BR> Ms Hellman was thrilled to see the Prince.  The fact that Prince Harry s been able to join us when we re naming the park means a great deal to us, it gives it added significance, she said. As part of the ceremony Harry planted a tree called a Magnolia Elizabeth in the park. <BR><BR> The Prince s escapades have made headlines in the US press in the past, including his 2005 apology for wearing a Nazi swastika armband to a costume party. The New York Post, which dubbed him the Party Prince, usually prefaces his name with the words  bad boy and references to his  party-hearty lifestyle . <BR><BR> New Yorkers admired his mother, the Princess of Wales, and associate him with her love of socialising and ability to touch ordinary people. David Patrick Columbia, the co-founder of NewYorkSocialDiary.com, a website that chronicles the city s rich and powerful people at play, expected Harry to receive a rapturous welcome. <BR><BR>  He s young, he s nice-looking, he acts like a devil-may-care kind of kid, Mr Columbia said.  People adored Diana here and he's her son; she seemed real and one gets the impression that he s like his mother. <BR><BR> The Prince's soldiering background, in which he deployed alongside US forces in Afghanistan, also endears him to New Yorkers. <BR><BR> After the memorial garden, the Prince, who is training to be a helicopter pilot, was driven to a Veterans Affairs Medical Centre in Manhattan where, joined by Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, he toured the post-traumatic stress disorder clinic and tested some prosthetic limbs.<BR><BR> Joe Townsend, 21, a British soldier who lost both legs after stepping on a Taleban anti-tank mine in Helmand Province last year, accompanied the Prince on his trip to New York. <BR><BR> In case the Prince should find the temptations of the city that never sleeps too strong, the British Consulate organised a private reception for him with British business interests in the evening, before he went to a dinner with  family friends . <BR><BR> Harry is likely to be disappointed tomorrow, however, if he expects the 2009 Veuve Clicquot Manhattan Polo Classic, held on Governors Island, a ferry-ride from Manhattan, to be a social scene equivalent to that of the UK. <BR><BR> Veuve Clicquot is ferrying in 400 guests for the match, including the actresses Kate Hudson and Chloe Sevigny and rapper Kanye West. <BR><BR> Mr Columbia warns that polo in the US does not attract a great deal of interest outside those that can afford to play and their family and friends. But the match is for a good cause: Sentebale, a charity founded by Harry and Prince Seeiso of Lesotho to help the African nation s vulnerable children. <BR><BR> Harry will have to miss the after-party tomorrow night at Pink Elephant, a Manhattan nightclub popular with starlets and anyone else willing to pay the $20 door charge and brave the selective entry policy. The Prince was booked on a scheduled red-eye straight back to London. <BR><BR> <BR><CENTER><img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"><img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"><img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"> </CENTER><BR><BR> <a name=115></A><I>May 29, 2009</I><BR><BR><img width=405 height=70 border=0 src="thelondonpaper_logo.jpg"><BR><BR><B>PRINCE HARRY LAYS WREATH AT GROUND ZERO<BR><BR>Prince visits site of September 11 attacks in New York, meeting New York state governor David Paterson, firefighters and families of victims</B><BR><BR><I>By Lara Deauville</I><BR><BR> <img width=300 height=245 border=1 src="bmg_harry.gif"></font><BR><font face="Poor Richard" size=2><I>Prince Harry speaks during an official naming of <BR>the British Garden in Hanover Square<BR></font><font face="Poor Richard" size=1>Getty Images</I></font><BR><BR><font face="Poor Richard" size=3> Prince Harry today laid a wreath at Ground Zero in New York as he paid tribute to the victims of the September 11 attacks.<BR><BR> Harry bowed his head and observed a minute's silence after placing the memorial on the fence where the World Trade Center once stood before it was targeted by terrorists in 2001.<BR><BR> He was then taken on a brief tour of the construction site before meeting firefighters from a nearby station who were involved in the rescue attempt.<BR><BR> The wreath, made up of yellow roses and peonies, carried a personal message signed by the visiting royal.<BR><BR> It read: "In respectful memory of those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001, and in admiration of the courage shown by the people of this great city on that day."<BR><BR> Harry arrived at the site of the World Trade Center in downtown Manhattan in glorious sunshine, dressed in a dark blue suit with maroon striped tie. Waiting for him was a crowd of well-wishers, many of whom were female admirers.<BR><BR> Amy Wip, a 20-year-old student from New Jersey, said: "He is a very good-looking prince, about the same as his brother. They're both very handsome. I have no preference."<BR><BR> Bypassing the cheering crowds, he walked briskly through a tunnel, emerging into the sunlight where the towers once stood. He glanced upwards, seemingly taking in the enormity of the structures felled in the attack, and said simply, "Wow".<BR><BR> He then met New York state governor David Paterson, thanking him briefly for having him over.<BR><BR> Before laying the wreath on the wire fence, he spoke to families of those killed in the attack.<BR><BR> Monica Iken, a 39-year-old New Yorker who lost her husband Michael in the atrocity, said it was fantastic Harry was making the effort to attend the site.<BR><BR> She said: "It is great he wanted to come here and show that people still care, and it shows respect to our loved ones that died on that day."<BR><BR> After observing a minute's silence, the prince took a step back and bowed again.<BR><BR> He was then taken to see designs of the proposed building which will replace the World Trade Center.<BR><BR> The prince seemed to show genuine interest in the architectural designs, pointing out areas of interest and how high the Empire State Building would be in comparison.<BR><BR> Inquiring about the cost of it all, the prince said: "The current economic climate doesn't help, so where is the money coming from?"<BR><BR> Seemingly reassured with the answer he received, Harry then left the site.<BR><BR> Before doing so he was presented with a hard hat with the word "Harry" emblazoned on its front.<BR><BR> He was also handed a badge with the American flag shaped into the Twin Towers.<BR><BR> As he left he was asked what he made of plans for the site.<BR><BR> He replied: "It is fantastic to see what is going on and hopefully they will be happy with the result."<BR><BR> The Prince then walked a short distance to greet firemen of Ladder Company 10.<BR><BR> Shaking hands with members of the service, he stopped as he met a firefighter with red hair, exclaiming: "A fellow ginger," to laughter.<BR><BR> The 24-year-old Prince then travelled the short distance to Hanover Square where he toured the British Memorial Garden.<BR><BR> The small cultivated area in Manhattan commemorates the British victims of the September 11 attack. At the official naming ceremony for the garden he was introduced by New York parks commissioner Adrian Benepe.<BR><BR> Mr Benepe said the garden represented a "classic British style", turning to glance at the Prince as he did so.<BR><BR> In brief remarks, Harry said: "It was a great privilege."<BR><BR> He added: "My family are so proud to be so closely associated with (the garden) and its purpose in honouring the memory of the 67 British people that died here on September 11 2001."<BR><BR> He then planted an Elizabeth magnolia tree at the site.<BR><BR> "Shall I take my jacket off?" the Prince joked as he picked up a shovel.<BR><BR> After four or five attempts to shovel in the earth he turned to his hosts and said: "It is a bit untidy, I'm sorry about that." <BR><BR> <BR> <CENTER><img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"><img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"><img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"> </CENTER><BR><BR> <a name=114></A><I>May 29, 2009</I><BR><BR><img width=220 height=105 border=0 src="people_logo.jpg"><BR><BR><B>NEW YORKERS AGREE: PRINCE HARRY HAS HIS MOTHER'S CHARM</B><BR><BR> <img width=240 height=320 border=1 src="magnolia2_harry.jpg"></font><BR><font face="Poor Richard" size=2><I>Prince Harry<BR></font><font face="Poor Richard" size=1> Chris Jackson / Getty</I></font><BR><BR><font face="Poor Richard" size=3> On his first official visit to the U.S., Prince Harry made Ground Zero his first stop. At the World Trade Center site in lower Manhattan, he laid a wreath of peonies and roses, both yellow and white, with a handwritten note attached. "In respectful memory of those who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001, and in admiration of the courage shown by the people of this great city on that day," it read. He signed it simply, "Harry." <BR><BR> The 24-year-old prince then bowed his head for several minutes at a spot overlooking the memorial site. After paying his respects, he met with the families of four 9/11 victims and toured both the site and the local firehouse. As he studied the plans for rebuilding the site, he asked an official, "Big question, when is this supposed to be finished?" <BR><BR> On a tight schedule during his two-day visit, the prince then departed to cries of "Bye, Harry!" from passersby and continued on to Hanover Square to plant a magnolia tree in the newly-dedicated British Garden. "I'm very happy to be in this beautiful garden in the heart of N.Y.C.," he told the crowd. "My family is so proud to be so closely associated with [the garden]." <BR><BR> As he piled dirt on the tree's roots, he laughed good-naturedly at the photographers who were angling for the best shot. When he turned his rear to the British press, he quipped, "You've got the best view!" <BR><BR> Asked by PEOPLE as he exited the garden how he liked New York, Harry, accustomed to London rain, replied, "It s beautiful! The sun's shining!" When another reporter asked if he'd return to the city, he said, "I hope so!" <BR><BR> Before retreating to nearby India House for a private reception, Harry stopped to talk to onlookers. "I was awestruck," Nancy George said of her brief chat with the prince. "I always knew he was personable because of his mom but I didn't expect him to be so open and forward. He's very likable, very personable." <BR><BR> "He seemed like such a normal guy, very friendly very gracious," said Maura Sayers, who helped draw his attention by waving a British flag. "He definitely has his mother's charm." <BR><BR> On U.S. soil for the first time since he was a child, Harry is in town to play in the Veuve Clicquot Manhattan Polo Classic on Governor s Island. His goal is to raise money for Sentebale, the charity he co-founded to help the people of the impoverished southern African nation of Lesotho. <BR><BR> <BR> <CENTER><img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"><img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"><img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"> </CENTER><BR><BR> <a name=113></A><I>May 29, 2009</I><BR><BR><img width=379 height=64 border=0 src="nytimes_logo.gif"><BR><BR><B>BRITAIN'S PRINCE HARRY ON FIRST VISIT TO NEW YORK</B><BR><BR><I>By Ralph Blumenthal and Sewell Chan</I><BR><BR> <img width=480 height=312 border=1 src="groundzero_harry.jpg"></font><BR><font face="Poor Richard" size=2><I>Britain s Prince Harry bowed his head after dedicating a wreath of flowers at ground zero on Friday.<BR></font><font face="Poor Richard" size=1>Stephen Chernin/Associated Press</I></font><BR><BR><font face="Poor Richard" size=3> Paying his first visit to New York City, Prince Harry visited ground zero on Friday and planted a small magnolia tree at the British Memorial Garden in Lower Manhattan. The 24-year-old prince, whose late-night exploits and partying have occasionally embarrassed the British monarchy, was on his best behavior, while under close scrutiny by dozens of British journalists who traveled to New York for the occasion. <BR><BR> Prince Harry, who is third in line to the British throne, arrived at the World Trade Center site about 12:35 p.m. and stayed for about half an hour. He spoke with family members of four 9/11 victims: John Lennon, Michael Iken, David S. Berry and Joseph Amatuccio.  It s a very kind gesture on his part, Chip Callori, Mr. Amatuccio s sister, said of the prince s visit,  for him to realize that this is a sad but important part of our history. <BR><BR> He laid a wreath of peonies and yellow and white roses, bowed his head for several minutes at a spot overlooking the 9/11 memorial under construction. <BR><BR> After examining blueprints of the ground zero reconstruction, the prince visited the Engine 10/Ladder 10 firehouse opposite ground zero, sometimes breaking away from his security detail to shake hands with members of the crowd who strained to see him from behind police barricades. <BR><BR> Maria Jimenez, of Houston, rushed over with her camera to snap a few pictures of the prince.  I m very excited, she said.  We don t get very many opportunities to see a prince in Texas. <BR><BR> As he left the site, Prince Harry spoke briefly with reporters.  It was just very nice to see all the people who lost their loved ones here, just a small group of them, he said.  It s just fantastic to see what s going on and hopefully everyone will be happy with the results. I m sure they will be. <BR><BR> At Hanover Square in Lower Manhattan, the site of the British Memorial Garden, a crowd of maybe 50 people had gathered by noontime to await the prince.<BR><BR> Jonathan Hunt, a British television journalist for the Fox News Channel, said he was struck by the modest size of the gathering, compared with the thousands of people who lined the streets to see Prince Harry s mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, during a visit to Chicago in the mid-1990s that Mr. Hunt covered. <BR><BR>  He s good box office, but I doubt he ll be allowed off the leash, Mr. Hunt said of Prince Harry. <BR><BR> In 2005, the prince apologized after a newspaper published a photograph of him wearing a black-and-red swastika armband to a friend s costume party. In January, the prince apologized again after the release of a videotape in which he called a fellow officer cadet from Pakistan a  Paki, a derogatory term in Britain for Pakistanis.<BR><BR> Among those awaiting the prince was Roseanne Krylowski, 25, of South Plainfield, N.J., who is a history student at Rutgers University. She held a sign that said  New York e& Harry. <BR><BR>  I m hoping to have a detailed conversation that ends with him asking for a date, Ms. Krylowski said, adding that she had a boyfriend.<BR><BR> The prince finally arrived at Hanover Square around 1:30 p.m., in a black sport utility vehicle. He was wearing a blue suit, a blue striped shirt, a red-and-blue striped tie and polished black cap-toe shoes, and his strawberry hair was uncombed as usual. <BR><BR> The prince s arrival was met with some waves and cheers. He was greeted by Camilla Hellman, president of the British Memorial Garden Trust, who introduced Prince Harry to the city s parks commissioner, Adrian Benepe. <BR><BR> Ms. Hellman reminded the prince that his father, Prince Charles, and stepmother, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, had visited in November 2005.  So you ll be able to tell him the progress, she said. She pointed out a wrought-iron fence with 67 finials that will be painted gold in honor of 67 Britons who died in the 9/11 attack. <BR><BR> Mr. Benepe said the Elizabeth magnolia tree the prince would be planting was one of more than 200,000 planted so far in a program to plant a million trees.<BR><BR>  It s a great privilege to be here, Prince Harry said, reading from a printed text. He walked a few steps to the tree, lifted a a gold-painted shovel and threw three shovelfuls of dirt onto the planted roots. He turned the other way at the request of photographers. <BR><BR> <img width=190 height=260 border=1 src="magnolia_harry.jpg"></font><BR><font face="Poor Richard" size=2><I>Prince Harry peeked out from behind a <BR>magnolia bush before planting it in <BR>Hanover Square<BR></font><font face="Poor Richard" size=1>Timothy A. Clary/A.F.P./Getty Images</I></font><BR><BR><font face="Poor Richard" size=3> He was escorted across the street, where several people waited, carrying small Union Jacks that had been handed out earlier.<BR><BR> Several women yelled out,  We just love you! <BR><BR> Prince Harry went over to Elaine Karowitz, a Guardian Life employee who was holding a flag, and asked if she was British. When she said no, he asked,  Why are you here? She replied,  To see you. <BR><BR> At about 2 p.m., the prince went into a private reception at India House across the street, emerging to cheers about 2:25, when he left for a visit to the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Manhattan. <BR><BR> There, the prince visited the psychiatric care area  for veterans dealing with post-traumatic stress  and then the prosthetics section.<BR><BR> Paul Yarbrough, a Gulf War veteran and double amputee who turns 42 on Saturday, was busy practicing with his two state-of-the-art prosthetic arms, ready for Prince Harry s arrival. A prosthetics technician, Christopher Fantini, and a therapist were coaching him, telling him not to be nervous. He was practicing writing his name, and picking up scissors  and he was sweating profusely.<BR><BR> The prince met with Mr. Fantini and with Sergeant Yarbrough, who demonstrated picking up a piece of candy, drinking from a bottle, picking up a drill, drilling a screw into a block of wood, and, finally, writing his name on a piece of paper, which he then cut with scissors and handed to Prince Harry. <BR><BR> As he readied to leave, the staff of the prosthetics section gave Prince Harry a book,  Lone Survivor, about a veteran of the Afghanistan war.<BR><BR> The final stop was a closed door meeting with about a half-dozen wounded veterans from a group known as Wounded Warriors. <BR><BR> <BR> <CENTER><img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"><img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"><img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"> </CENTER><BR><BR> <a name=112></A><I>May 29, 2009</I><BR><BR><img width=191 height=85 border=0 src="limelife_logo.jpg"><BR><BR><B>PRINCE HARRY TAKES TO HANOVER SQUARE</B><BR><BR> <img width=420 height=300 border=1 src="limelife_harry.jpg"><BR><BR> It may be his first official visit to the US, but Prince Harry is already making a name for himself in the States.<BR><BR> As previously reported, the young prince first stopped by Ground Zero and Ladder 10 firehouse to remember the lives lost on 9/11 and to meet the ones who were lucky enough to survive.<BR><BR> From there, the 24-year-old headed over to Hanover Square to plant a magnolia tree in the newly-dedicated British Garden, telling the crowd, "I'm very happy to be in this beautiful garden in the heart of N.Y.C. My family is so proud to be so closely associated with [the garden]."<BR><BR> Being his charming self, Prince Harry laughed and smiled while the crowd watched him dig in the dirt to make room for the tree. <BR><BR> <BR> <CENTER><img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"><img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"><img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"> </CENTER><BR><BR> <a name=111></A><I>May 29, 2009</I><BR><BR><img width=121 height=64 border=0 src="bbc_logo.bmp"><BR><BR><B>PRINCE HARRY SET TO VISIT NYC</B><BR><BR> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8073135.stm" target="_blank"><img width=513 height=323 border=1 src="bbcvid_harry.jpg"></A><BR><BR> Prince Harry is visiting New York on his first official overseas engagement. The visit will be paid for by Queen Elizabeth. <BR><BR> The third in line to the British throne will visit the scene of the 9/11 attacks and meet veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.<BR><BR> Laura Trevelyan reports. <BR><BR> <BR> <CENTER><img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"><img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"><img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"> </CENTER><BR><BR> <a name=110></A><I>May 28, 2009</I><BR><BR><img width=170 height=40 border=0 src="ap.gif"><BR><BR><B>BIG APPLE READIES TO GREET A ROYAL LITTLE BROTHER</B> <BR><BR><I>By Verena Dobnik</I><BR><BR> He's a 24-year-old Londoner whose grandmother offered to pay for his trip to New York.<BR><BR> On Friday, Prince Harry will start his first official visit to America, with plans including a stop at the World Trade Center site, meetings with wounded veterans and a polo match.<BR><BR> "Prince Harry is well known and respected in the United States for having deployed alongside U.S. forces in Afghanistan," said Alan Collins, the British consul general in New York.<BR><BR> Third in line to the British throne, the red-haired prince is a much-watched member of the royal family on both sides of the Atlantic. His party-boy image, romantic escapades and brushes with scandal regularly make newspaper headlines. Several years ago, Harry had to apologize for wearing a Nazi swastika armband to a friend's costume party.<BR><BR> But the younger son of the late Princess Diana and Prince Charles plans, no doubt, to be on his best behavior representing his country's crown during his two-day New York visit.<BR><BR> His grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, is paying privately for Harry's travel and that of his staff, easing the young prince into his royal role. He's in line for the throne behind his older brother, William, and his father, Charles.<BR><BR> At midday Friday at the World Trade Center site, Harry is to meet with relatives of four people who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. They'll be joined by New York Gov. David Paterson and officials of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the agency that oversees development at ground zero.<BR><BR> "It's a testament to our loved ones that royalty from another country is coming and expressing interest," said Monica Iken, who lost her husband, Michael, a 37-year-old bond broker.<BR><BR> "When Harry goes to ground zero, he can see how much progress has been made at this construction site," said Iken, who founded September's Mission, a nonprofit organization devoted to building a positive legacy in the aftermath of Sept. 11.<BR><BR> Later Friday, the prince will formally name the British Garden in downtown Hanover Square to honor the 67 British victims of the terrorist attack.<BR><BR> Harry also will visit the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Manhattan, where he will tour the prosthetics facilities and a post-traumatic stress disorder clinic. He will be joined by Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans.<BR><BR> A British soldier who lost both legs in an explosion in Afghanistan will accompany Harry on his American trip. Joe Townsend, 21, stepped on a Taliban anti-tank mine last year in Helmand Province, about the same time the prince was commanding troops nearby.<BR><BR> Harry is training to be an Army helicopter pilot and was the first member of the royal family to serve on the front line since his uncle, Prince Andrew, fought in the Falklands in 1982.<BR><BR> On Saturday, Harry is to participate in the only recreational event on his public schedule  the Veuve Clicquot Manhattan Polo Classic on Governors Island in New York Harbor, where he'll face off against Argentinian polo player and heartthrob Nacho Figueras.<BR><BR> The match will benefit American Friends of Sentebale, a U.S.-based charity that supports impoverished children in Lesotho, Africa, where the prince has worked and produced the documentary film "The Forgotten Kingdom."<BR><BR> Earlier Saturday, Harry is to see the Harlem Children's Zone, a community organization that offers families social and educational services. The prince will be accompanied by Sentebale's co-founder, Prince Seeiso of Lesotho. <BR><BR> <BR> <CENTER><img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"><img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"><img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"> </CENTER><BR><BR> <a name=109></A><I>May 28, 2009</I><BR><BR><img width=213 height=33 border=0 src="nydn_logo.gif"><BR><BR><B>PRINCE HARRY SET TO MAKE FIRST FORMAL VISIT TO NEW YORK CITY</B> <BR><BR><I>By Sarah Armaghan and Carrie Melago</I><BR><BR> <img width=240 height=352 border=1 src="princeharry_dn.jpg"></A></font><BR><font face="Poor Richard" size=2><I>Prince Harry</I> </font><BR><BR><font face="Poor Richard" size=3> He should expect nothing less than the royal treatment.<BR><BR> From Harlem to Governors Island, the city is preparing for Prince Harry's first formal trip here Friday. <BR><BR> The 24-year-old son of Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana has a jam-packed 36-hour schedule that includes visiting veterans and a school, laying a wreath at Ground Zero and planting a tree at a British-designed park. <BR><BR> "To have him visit us is lovely. It means a lot to everybody," said Camilla Hellman, president of the British Memorial Garden Trust. "It's a great honor." <BR><BR> Parks Department workers were painting lampposts and pruning trees at the British Memorial Garden in Hanover Square in lower Manhattan, where the prince will preside over a naming ceremony. <BR><BR> Red-headed Harry, typically known for his hard-partying ways, will plant an Elizabeth Magnolia tree at the park, which commemorates the 67 British victims of Sept. 11. <BR><BR> The young man third in line for the throne will also visit the World Trade Center site and meet with four families who lost loved ones in the attacks. <BR><BR> "It's a privilege to be asked to be a part of it," said Monica Iken, whose husband died on Sept. 11, 2001. "I'll be pleased to show off the progress we're making." <BR><BR> Also Friday, Harry will tour a prosthetics lab and meet with Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center.<BR><BR> Accompanied by Prince Seeiso of the tiny African kingdom of Lesotho, Harry will visit the Harlem Children's Zone Saturday morning before the only light-hearted event of his trip - competing in the Veuve Clicquot Manhattan Polo Classic. <BR><BR> The Governors Island event benefits Sentabale, a charity that helps impoverished children in Lesotho. <BR><BR> Transplants from Great Britain are particularly excited for His Royal Highness' visit. <BR><BR> "We'd love to have him for some drinks," Alan Bossman, 44, a banker originally from England, said while he watched Manchester United play yesterday. <BR><BR> "Tell him drinks on me." <BR><BR> <BR> <CENTER><img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"><img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"><img width=40 height=20 border=0 src="img3.gif"> </CENTER><BR><BR> <a name=108></A><I>May 14, 2009</I><BR><BR><img width=400 height=46 border=0 src="hindu.gif"><BR><BR><B>HARRY TO VISIT