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Britain's Prince Harry, who is scheduled to start
his army officer training next month, has been told to brush up on
his computer skills
after reportedly failing a test at the elite Royal Military Academy
Sandhurst.
Col. Roy Parkinson, protocol officer at Sandhurst, said Friday that
Harry underwent a series of tests, physical and academic, to measure his
strengths and weaknesses ahead of his arrival on May 8.
Harry "had no problem with the physical tests," Parkinson told the UK's
Press Association.
However, he offered no direct comment on the prince's computer skills.
Earlier, The Daily Mirror newspaper reported that Harry, 20, had failed
his computer assessment.
"Although the computer test was a lot more complex than just sending
emails, instructors were amazed that Harry failed it," the Mirror quoted a
military source as saying.
"He seemed to lack the same skills as the other
recruits ."
Asked to respond to the report, Parkinson said: "Every officer cadet
coming to Sandhurst has a pre-course briefing, involving several tests.
"This took place for Harry in November because he was due to start in
January," he said.
"One of the tests is a computer diagnostic test to detect what they
have to brush up on before coming to Sandhurst," he said. "Harry has not
failed anything. It's not a case of pass or fail, it's just a diagnostic
test."
The report on Harry's computer skills is just the latest incident in
which the third in line to the British throne has found himself in the
media spotlight.
Earlier this year, Harry was pictured on the front page of The Sun
newspaper wearing a swastika on his sleeve at the party. He was also
holding a drink and smoking a cigarette.
Last year, Harry scuffled with a paparazzi photographer outside a
London nightclub.
The photographer, who suffered a cut lip, claimed claimed that Harry
struck him without provocation. The incident was captured in newspaper
pictures.
Three years ago, his father Prince Charles sent the then Eton student
to a rehabilitation clinic to warn him of the dangers of drugs after
discovering he had smoked marijuana and drank alcohol.
(CNN) | 
Updated: 2005-04-18 11:11
