Revelations that Britain's Prince Harry, second son of
heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles, has smoked cannabis are a serious
matter which has been resolved within the family, royal officials said
January 12, 2002. Under a front-page headline "Harry's Drugs Shame",
the News of the World tabloid reported that Charles discovered last
year that his son, aged 16 at the time, had smoked cannabis at
Charles's Highgrove country estate in western England. Asked about the
report, a spokesman for Charles's office at St James's Palace in London
declined to directly confirm or deny whether Harry had smoked "pot".
The News of the World said Charles had arranged for his son to visit a
drugs and drink rehabilitation clinic in south London to show him how
they affect people's lives and persuade him of the error of his ways.
Prince Harry arrives with Prince Charles at the prestigious Eton
college in this September 2, 1998 file photo. REUTERS/Kieran Doherty

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