Prince Harry
Prince William’s wedding will be a stage for his brother as well, as the younger royal appears before the world more mature than his tabloid days. Jacob Bernstein on how far Harry has come.

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Princess Diana with bouncing baby William and a newborn Harry in 1984.
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Diana offers Harry a glass of water at an open air ceremony to mark the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe in Hyde Park, London, in 1995.
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The Royal Family in the White drawing room of Windsor Castle, on the day of Prince William's Confirmation, in 1997.
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Diana and Harry jet around Saint-Tropez in the French Riviera in 1997.
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From the left, Prince William, Earl Charles Spencer, Prince Harry, and Prince Charles approach the gun carriage with the coffin of Princess Diana on September 6, 1997.
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Mucking it up during a polo test in Richmond, Australia, in 2003. The young England team won 6-4 to win the Mountbatten Memorial Trophy.
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Harry takes part in an exercise at the Army's Regular Commissions Board at Westbury, England in 2004. Clarence House confirmed that the Prince passed the Board.
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The front page of The Sun newspaper on January 13, 2005 shows Harry caught in a moment of particularly poor judgment. The prince apologized for wearing the Nazi uniform to a fancy dress party.
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The boys prepare to hit the slopes with dad in Monbiel, near the Swiss resort of Klosters, Switzerland, in 2005.
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On an exercise in Britain in 2005, the 21-year-old prince prepares for his future tour in Afghanistan.
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Harry marches during a review parade at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, in Camberley in 2005.
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Cuddling up with Mutsu Potsane, aged 6, left, and Lintle, right, at an orphanage in Lesotho in 2006. Harry was preparing to launch his own children’s organization in the country.
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Sitting pretty with his girlfriend Chelsy Davy at the Cricket World Cup Super 8s match in Antigua in 2007.
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During a break in their duties in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, in 2008, Harry and his fellow soldiers squeeze in a dusty game of rugby.
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Chatting with his brother’s now-fiance at a ceremony at Windsor Castle in 2008, in which William was installed in the Most Noble Order of the Garter.
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William, right, and Harry ride their motorbikes as they pose for photographers on the eve of the start of the Enduro Africa charity ride in Port Edward, South Africa, in 2008.
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The prince is greeted by children from the Mophane Primary school, in Gaborone, Botswana, earlier this year. Both he and Prince William visited charity projects they oversee in Botswana, Lesotho, and South Africa.
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