'Redheads RULE!!' - Harry gets hero's welcome in Australia
PRINCE Harry has received a hero's welcome as he gets ready to serve a four-week placement with the Australian Armed Forces.
Prince Harry high-fives Ethan Toscan who held a 'Redheads RULE!!' sign in Canberra
The prince took part in a walkabout in the Australian capital, Canberra - and was even greeted with a banner proclaiming: "Redheads RULE!!"
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The sign, which was held up by 12-year-old Ethan Toscan, who said Harry had told him that being a redhead 'has to be the number one thing a person can ever be'.
He said: "He said that I was fabulous in making the sign and it's awesome to be a redhead.
"I'm over the moon - it's just wow! I got to shake his hand!"
Harry laid a wreath at Australia's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Harry's walkabout came after he laid a wreath at Australia's Tomb pif the Unknown Soldier in Canberra before he reported for duty.
Harry is in Australia as part of a month-long tour of duty with the Australian Defence Force.
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The Prince, who is known as Captain Wales in the Army, is due to leave the military later this year.
He started his Army career as an officer cadet at Sandhurst in 2005.
He has served in Iraq and Afghanistan, where he served as the co-pilot of an Apache helicopter.
Prince Harry arrived in Canberra for a month with Australia's army
After he leaves the Army, he will volunteer supporting Case Officers in the MoD's Recovery capability programme, which works with people reciving and giving care in the London area.
Prince Harry and the crowds
I know that Captain Wales will benefit greatly from spending time with the Australian Diggers and I thank you for welcoming him into your ranks.
The Queen sent a message to Australia's Chief of the Defence Force, Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin.
She wrote: "I am delighted that the long and enduring association between the Australian and British armies will be joined by the military secondment of my grandson, Prince Harry.
"Together, our armed forces share skills, resources and resolve in order to uphold and defend our common values.
"In 2015, when together we commemorate the many sacrifices of our countrymen at Gallipoli a century ago, it is fitting that we can also reflect on the strength and persistence today of those common values and our professional military ties.
"I know that Captain Wales will benefit greatly from spending time with the Australian Diggers and I thank you for welcoming him into your ranks. Elizabeth R."
Prince Harry will leave the army later this year
During his time in the country the Prince will spend time at army barracks in Sydney, training on helicopter simulators in Perth, where he will train with the Special Air Service, and Darwin where he will work with members of Norforce, the mostly indigenous unit that patrols northern Australia.
Prince Harry salutes Australian Governor-General Peter Cosgrove
He is also looking forward to learning how wounded servicemen and women are supported in Australia, having worked with the Ministry of Defence's Personnel Recovery Unit in the UK, Kensington Palace added.
Prince Harry places a poppy at the Roll of Honour at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra
Harry will join his father the Prince of Wales at the Gallipoli commemorations in Turkey on April 24 and 25.