Princess Diana always held a special place in the hearts of Deaf people in the UK because of her efforts to learn sign language, and it looks like this has rubbed off on Prince Harry, after he was filmed signing with children at a deaf school in Lesotho.
Y’know, the naked photos in Vagas, dressing up in inappropriate fancy dress and a habit of using offensive terms for colleagues from ethnic minorities, well, us Deafies can (almost) forgive all that, because as you can tell from the photos, Harry made their day.
Prince Harry has said he hopes his late mother would be “proud” of his fundraising efforts, as he launched a project to help disadvantaged children in South Africa.
The Prince mentioned Diana, Princess of Wales, as he gave a speech at a gala dinner for his Sentebale charity.
Earlier in the day, he met youngsters at a school for deaf children in Lesotho, where he learned sign language and took part in a kneeling dance.
The royal hopes to raise £2.5m to build the Mamohato Centre, which will provide psychological care and offer mentoring to children with HIV/Aids.
Read the full article here: http://news.sky.com/story/1057572/prince-harry-i-hope-diana-is-proud-of-me
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colin ayres
February 28, 2013
Wonderful thanks Prince Harry lets hope all the royal family learn BSL real soon and support us in getting the government to recognise DEAF in law not just an acknowledgement
bozothewondernerd
March 1, 2013
Given his grandfather’s and his father’s tendencies to be rather blunt (to say nothing of his aunt’s) I’m glad that at-least one member of his generation of royals is carrying on the tradition of saying it like it is and damn the torpedoes! Go, Harry!