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Hmmm... i can't help but feel a tiny bit sorry for him...
Harry scuffles with photographer
Prince Harry scuffled with a paparazzi photographer outside a nightclub early Thursday, further feeding his growing public image as a rebellious party boy.
A royal official said the 20-year-old prince was hit in the face with a camera in the late-night fight, while the photographer contended that Harry struck him in the lip without provocation.
The red-headed Harry has long been known as the wilder of Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana's two handsome sons, smoking marijuana, drinking while still underage and frequenting London's trendiest nightclubs.
His older brother, William, 22, second in line to the throne, presents a more serious public face, studying geography at St Andrew's University in Scotland and running this summer in a charity race.
Harry, who plans to enroll next year at a military college, has endured a bout of bad publicity lately. Last week, his representatives fended off a former teacher's allegations that she helped him cheat on an art exam at Eton, the exclusive secondary school he attended. A tribunal rejected the accusation.
"Harry Snaps," blared a headline in London's Evening Standard newspaper.
Prince Charles' office at Clarence House said Harry, the third in line to the throne, cut a photographer's lip after pushing a camera away during a scuffle outside the pricey Pangaea club in central London's Piccadilly area at about 3am. (1200 AEST).
"Prince Harry was hit in the face by a camera as photographers crowded around him as he was getting into a car," a spokesman said on customary condition of anonymity. "In pushing the camera away, it's understood that a photographer's lip was cut."
The photographer, Chris Uncle, 24, said he had done nothing to provoke Harry.
"Prince Harry looked like he was inside the car and we were all still taking pictures," The Evening Standard newspaper quoted him as saying. "Then suddenly he burst out (of) the car and lunged towards me as I was still taking pictures. He lashed out and then deliberately pushed my camera into my face.
"The base of the camera struck me and cut my bottom lip," Uncle said. "At the same time he was repeatedly saying 'Why are you doing this? Why don't you just leave me alone?"'
Uncle said he had reported the scuffle to police and was considering filing a formal complaint. London's Metropolitan Police said they were aware of the incident, but had received no complaint.
Big Pictures, the agency for which Uncle works, declined to comment.
James Taylor, 18, another photographer outside the club, told the Standard it looked like Harry had been pushed and hit his head as he got into the car, and then "he literally lunged at this photographer," shouting and swearing as bouncers and bodyguards held him back.
"I've covered Harry before and never seen him like this," Taylor said.