Prince Harry ''had a fantastic time'' on safari in Botswana, royal aides said yesterday.
The 13-year-old prince spent ''a couple of days'' in the Okavango Delta with his former nanny, Tiggy Legge-Bourke, and Ludgrove schoolfriend, Charlie Henderson, 13.
The royal party, accompanied by a police bodyguard and Geoffrey Kent, of the up-market travel agency Abercrombie and Kent, drove into the southern African bush in an open-top Land Rover.
They went boating, fishing and hiking, and Harry, armed with his camera, took holiday snaps.
''They saw elephants, lions, giraffes and native birds, and stayed in a tented camp with a reed roof and canvas sides,'' said the prince's spokeswoman, Sandy Henney.
''Harry had a fantastic time,'' said Ms Henney.
It was the second safari this year for Harry who has already been to Kenya with his father and older brother, Prince William.
The Okavango Delta is in the north-west of Botswana. The most popular tourist destinations are the Moremi Wildlife Reserve and the wetlands region, a watery paradise with meandering channels and islands teeming with wildlife.
Harry and friends probably travelled on the Okavango River in a mokoro, a shallow-draft dugout canoe hewn from ebony or sausage-tree log, which is poled - or punted - in a standing position.
Prince Harry also took his camera and binoculars to Saturday night's Spice Girls' concert in Johannesburg.
Earlier, the prince had met the chart-topping girl group, and he was a big hit with Baby Spice, 21-year-old Emma Bunton, who kissed him on the cheek and held his hand.
q The Princess Royal launched a new information pack yesterday for people who look after friends and relatives who are ill, elderly, or disabled.
The information was prepared by the Princess Royal Trust North and West Glasgow Carers' Centre and published by Anniesland College.
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