Prince Harry went incognito during a recent trip to Aspen … quietly dropping his title to keep a low-profile.
In case you missed it, the Duke of Sussex enjoyed a vacation to Aspen with a pal last week. During their visit to the snowy Colorado city, Harry and Nacho Figueras competed in the St. Regis Snow Polo Championship. The pair were surrounded by celebrities at the competition, but Prince Harry went relatively unnoticed.
Prince Harry apparently wanted to keep a low profile in Aspen
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“Harry was introduced as Harry Wales, with no royal title mentioned,” an insider told Page Six of the name he competed under. “He was there to play polo with his best friend Nacho,” the source went on. “No titles, just fun.”
Why Harry chose the name Wales is unclear, however. As well as being a Prince, Harry uses the Duke of Sussex title, and he and Meghan Markle formally use Sussex as their last name. You’d assume, then, that Sussex would be his first choice.
That said, perhaps Sussex would be too obvious and, let’s not forget, Wales was Harry’s original surname. He was born His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Wales and went by the name Harry Wales while serving in the British military. This is because royal convention dictates that princes and princesses use their father’s territorial designation as a last name.
For that reason, Harry’s brother, Prince William, also used Wales as his surname during military service. Now Prince William actually is the Prince of Wales – following King Charles’ ascension to the throne – and his three children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis, go by the Wales surname.
Following his low-key trip to Aspen, Harry headed home to Montecito, California, where he’s spending the holidays with Meghan and their kids … AKA the Sussex family.
TELL US – WOULD YOU HAVE GUESSED WHO HARRY WALES IS? AND, WHAT OTHER INCOGNITO NAMES DO YOU THINK THE ROYAL FAMILY USES WHEN THEY’RE OUT AND ABOUT?
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