The best photos from every single year of Prince Harry’s remarkable life

Prince Harry was born on September 15, 1984. Here he is as a newborn with his mother, Princess Diana, and brother, Prince William.

The British royals and Spanish royals often vacationed together. Harry was seen with Queen Sofia and King Juan Carlos of Spain, Prince William, Prince Charles, and Princess Diana at the Marivent Palace in July 1986.

Prince Harry had his first day of nursery school in in September 1987.

Harry helped bury Princess Diana’s legs in the sand on Richard Branson’s Necker Island in the British Virgin Islands in April 1990.

Diana took Harry and William to the Natural History Museum’s dinosaur exhibition in April 1992. Charles and Diana separated later that year but stayed married.

Diana brought Harry and one of his friends to the British Grand Prix in July 1994.

Harry joined his father at the Wales v Scotland game in the Five Nation Championship at Cardiff Arms Park in Cardiff in 1996.

The family of three spent their first Christmas without Diana that year.

William and Harry spent time with their cousin Peter Phillips after a Christmas Day church service in Sandringham, Norfolk, in 2000.

Harry walked behind the Gun Carriage bearing the coffin of the Queen Mother at her funeral on April 9, 2002.

Harry performed in “Much Ado About Nothing” in March 2003 at Eton College, England.

Harry held an Echidna called Spike in front of Sydney Harbour during a trip to Australia in September 2003.

Harry took part in the passing-out Sovereign’s Parade at Sandhurst Military Academy
in April 2006.

William and Harry paid tribute to their mother at the Concert for Diana at Wembley Stadium in July 2007, which marked 10 years since her death.

In 2009, Harry paid his respects after laying a wreath at Ground Zero, the site of the former World Trade Center.

Harry shared a joke with William and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall as they arrived for Trooping The Colour, the Queen’s birthday parade, in 2009.

In 2011, Harry skied with the Walking with the Wounded team before setting off to the North Pole by foot in Spitsbergen, Norway.

Harry, William, and Kate Middleton played with wands on the ‘Harry Potter’ set at Warner Bros. Studios in April 2013.

Harry was presented with a sword and shield as he met traditional Omani Dancers during a visit to Oman in November 2014.

Harry often met political figures and world leaders during his time as a working royal, and in 2015 he was hosted by Barack Obama in the Oval Office of the White House.

Harry had a photo call with then-fiancée Meghan Markle on the same day the couple announced their engagement to the world.

The newlyweds had an official wedding photo with the royal family in The Green Drawing Room at Windsor Castle.

Less than two weeks ahead of his 34th birthday, Harry goofed around with the Riverside School Choir at the annual WellChild awards in London.

The royal family posed for a photo after Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor was christened at Windsor Castle in July 2019.

During the same tour, the Duke of Sussex paid tribute to Princess Diana’s legacy by walking through a minefield in Angola, just like she did in 1997.

Prince Harry and Meghan attended their final royal engagement with William and Kate at London’s Westminster Abbey in March 2020.

Harry and Meghan gave a tell-all TV interview about their royal exit to Oprah Winfrey, which aired in the US on March 7, 2020.

Harry and Meghan returned to the UK briefly in June 2022 for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations with Archie and their daughter, Lilibet, who was born the year before.

The couple glammed up for the Ms. Foundation Women of Vision Awards in May 2023.