Prince Harry left royal staff 'aghast' with moment that shows he 'hasn't got a clue'
Prince Harry left a royal protection officer 'aghast' with one incident (Image: Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)Prince Harry once left a royal protection officer "aghast" with a move one expert claims demonstrates he "hasn't got a clue". The Duke of Sussex has frequently discussed his childhood growing up under public scrutiny.In an interview with Oprah Winfrey following his relocation from the UK to Montecito, California, Harry revealed that a "highlight" of his life in the United States was the ability to take Prince Archie on bike rides. Harry stated it was something he was "never able to do" as a child. It prompted royal expert Charles Ray to recall a moment when Harry astonished bodyguard Ken Wharfe.A former royal staff member claims Harry was 'bored' during the incdent (Image: Getty Images)The former royal staff member was responsible for safeguarding a young Prince Harry and his elder brother William in 1986, while serving as Princess Diana's bodyguard between 1988 and 1993.Speaking on The Sun's Royal Exclusive podcast he emphasised he believes Harry "didn't have a bad childhood". Recalling one mischievous moment involving the prince, Ray said: "I remember Ken Wharfe the royal protection officer and Harry would come up to him at various times and he'd say, 'Oh can I be a policeman today?' And he'd actually give him a radio and so they would talk to each other when they were at Kensington Palace."And actually one [day], Ken sort of decided, 'Actually, I better check in where he is.' And he was actually across the road, he was slightly older than five or seven, and he had actually gone out of the gates and across the road to a record shop, Ken was aghast at this and had to go and get him."So this, I'm reined in, I'm a poor child, you know, he hasn't got a clue what it was like, he really hasn't."Ken Wharfe worked with Diana (Image: GETTY IMAGES)Wharfe has previously recounted the incident involving a young Harry, confessing he feared he would lose his job after misplacing the prince. Inspector Wharfe told GB News that Harry had approached him seeking to be "entertained" after developing a "sense of boredom".Wharfe revealed he tasked the young prince with visiting the garage to speak to a chauffeur before being given another errand. He said: "So we did that four or five times, gone to the chef, gone to the flower seller whatever, in the end he said, 'can I go down and see Aunt Jane?'"The former protection officer said he checked with Lady Jane Fellowes - Diana's sister who lived just outside Kensington Palace - and agreed he could visit provided he checked in on his way back.Wharfe explained: "About 20 minutes later, I rang Jane and said, 'have you sent Harry back yet?' She said, 'I sent him back ten minutes ago'."Wharfe was Diana's bodyguard (Image: Getty) Wharfe recalls that a "slight panic" then took hold. He swiftly contacted the young prince, who proceeded to reveal he was standing outside Tower Records on Kensington High Street.The officer added: "It was the quickest run back I had ever done. But anyway, there he was this small kid stood outside Tower Records with my radio."Tower Records launched in 1984. Its flagship store at Piccadilly Circus and its initial Kensington location were acquired by Virgin in 2003, before being rebranded as Zavvi in 2007. The company entered administration in 2008 before vanishing from the high street in 2009.
