And you thought Meghan was a feather in his cap!
IT WAS the most exotic of coronations for the coolest member of the Royal Family.
But as Prince Harry sported a brightly plumed headdress in a remote village in the Amazon rainforest of Guyana, there was more than a hint of deja vu.
Sixteen years ago his father, Prince Charles, visited the exact same spot – and donned a nearidentical headdress.
The ‘crown’ made Harry, who was visiting Surama on the final leg of a two-week tour of the Caribbean, the temporary chief of the tiny community there.
The village chief of 17 years, Mark George, who remembered Prince Charles as being ‘very charming’, said he was ‘fine’ with giving up his title for a day.
Unlike his father, who eagerly took up the chance to dance with young women on his visit, Harry turned down an invitation to take part. When deputy chief Paula Allicock was asked about her memories of Charles dancing, she joked: ‘At least he tried.’ Harry went on to give a speech thanking the community for their efforts in preserving the rainforest.
‘Your leadership is so important to ensure the protection of this place,’ he said.
‘You have to look after it so that the young people can inherit the land.’
Afterwards, Harry was scheduled to follow in his father’s footsteps with a visit to a local waterfall. Legend has it that a tribal chief once paddled over the falls to appease the gods – thankfully not a feat chief-forthe-day Harry was expected to replicate.