He’s put in plenty of hours perfecting his moves in some of London’s most exclusive nightclubs and it finally paid off yesterday, with Prince Harry using his daggy dance skills to delight a group of African schoolchildren.
Harry arrived in the tiny kingdom of Lesotho on Tuesday, and yesterday travelled to the Kananelo Centre for the Deaf.
After spending time learning sign language with several of the school’s pupils, Harry headed outside for some impromptu dancing.
His mistimed and awkward grooving thrilled the kids, who screeched with laughter as he gyrated around, busting out some of his best dad dancing moves.
Prince Harry meeting schoolkids.
Harry, 28, is in Africa visiting projects set up by his charity Sentebale. He told reporters he feels he can “truly be himself” on the continent, and it showed yesterday.
The third in line to the throne seemed completely relaxed as he travelled around meeting locals, displaying the same ease with children his mother Princess Diana was famous for.
Diana was on Harry’s mind too, and he paid an emotional tribute to his mother at a HIV/AIDS fundraising dinner in Johannesburg last night.
“I hope that my mother will be proud,” Harry said.
Prince Harry learning sign language at the Kananelo Centre for the Deaf.
The prince is expected to return to the UK tomorrow. He has been in Lesotho for two days, touring the country with close friend and charity co-founder Prince Seeiso, who Harry met while travelling on his gap year in 2006.
Harry and Seeiso set up Sentebale — which means “forget me not” in the country’s native language Sesotho — in the same year.
The name was chosen to pay tribute to Harry’s mother Diana who devoted much of her time to raising money for AIDS research.
Harry last travelled to Lesotho in 2010 along with his brother William, when he told reporters he could see himself living in the area.
