Prince Harry might be a royal, but he showed he is just like any other young man yesterday when he joked about his private parts during a swim in the Arctic Ocean.
The 26-year-old prince was on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen training for his upcoming trek to the North Pole.
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As part of his preparations, Harry and his companions took a dip in the frigid ocean. Donning a bright orange immersion suit, the third in line to the throne jumped in. “It’s quite tight on the balls!” he said.
Harry floated around in the 1°C water, laughing while splashing his swimming companions. When asked how the water was, he joked: “That’s a silly question … it’s warm. It went up my nose.”
Harry will join wounded British servicemen for the first five days of their 320km trek to the North Pole on Friday. The expedition has been organised by the Walking with the Wounded charity, of which Harry is the patron.
He was joined in the arctic waters by the charity’s co-founders Ed Parker and Simon Dalglish.
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Harry and the other trekkers will face temperatures as low as minus 45°C on their journey. They will need to wear their orange suits to cross cracks in the ice, so they are protected if they fell into the freezing water.
Walking with the Wounded hopes to raise £2 million ($3.1 million) from the trek to support injured servicemen and women.
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