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Prince Harry, Handing Out Keys to the Palace

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It’s been a busy past couple of days for Prince Harry. Just last week he was playing volleyball with injured troops, but now anyone can talk about is whether he and now-public girlfriend Cressida Bonas are going to get married. First she came with him to a Free the Children charity luncheon, then they went to a rugby match together, and now all the media can do is remind us that Harry is 29, which is almost 30 — prime time for a royal engagement. Vanity Fair reports that Harry has even given his girlfriend of two years a key card to Kensington Palace, which does seem quite romantic. True, it was less than a month ago that the tabloids were sure Harry and Cressida were on the outs, but, in fairness, it’s always been difficult to know what to expect from the younger prince. According to an impressively timed new biography of the prince by Mirror royal correspondent Marcia Moody (hat tip Daily Beast), at age 6, Harry told William, “You’ll be king and I won’t, so I can do what I like.” On that note, stay tuned.

Prince Harry, Handing Out Keys to the Palace