Dashing Prince Harry arrived in the Bahamas yesterday to represent his grandmother for the first time - and left with a new legion of female followers.
Harry, 27, was greeted by cheers and screams as he conducted his first engagement wearing the No. 1 Tropical Dress of The Blues and Royals, the first time that he has worn the uniform in public.
Although he is attached to the Army Air Corps, with whom he recently qualified as an Apache helicopter pilot, the prince is still officially a member of the Household Cavalry regiment.
Royal appointment: Prince Harry meets Bahamas Governor General Arthur Folkes at Government House in Nassau, Bahamas;
Guest of honour: Prince Harry leaves Christ Church Cathedral after Sunday service;
The prince's uniform was made up of a white tunic and lightweight blue twill trousers with the cavalry's distinctive red stripe down the side. Instead of a forage cap, however, he was wearing the light blue beret of the Army Air Corps.
Beauty queen: Miss Bahamas, Anastagia Pierre says she would marry the single prince;
Blessing: Prince Harry arrives at Christ Church Cathedral as part of his Diamond Jubilee tour of the Caribbean;
In a speech delivered later in the day, Harry delivered a message from the Queen to the people of the Bahamas.
He said: 'I stand before you with a deep sense of pride at being asked to convey to you a message of good wishes from The Queen on the occasion of her Diamond Jubilee.
'The Bahamas holds a special place in Her Majesty’s heart. Her love for this realm and you, the Bahamian people, stretches back over the decades, right to that first visit in 1966.'
He concluded: 'I am greatly looking forward to the next 24 hours and the chance to explore and meet more of the people of these stunning islands. I hope, for me, that this is the first of many visits.
'I’ll certainly be showing off about it to my brother and sister-in-law when I return home.
'If I may, I would like to conclude by quoting back at you your own motto, which so encapsulates The Queen’s extraordinary life-long commitment to service and community: ‘Forward, Upward, Onward, Together.’
As he left Harry conducted a brief walkabout shaking hands and high fiving wellwishers.
The prince is currently on his first week-long foreign tour on behalf of The Queen to mark her Diamond Jubilee.
His trip began in Belize last Friday and moves onto Jamaica later this week.
Scout and about: The prince meets a local scout group;
Prince charming: Harry impressed in his No. 1 Tropical Dress of The Blues and Royals;
Gusto: Harry threw himself into his visit in typical style;
Shell shocked: Britain's Prince Harry receives a gift from Prime Minister of the Bahamas, Hubert Ingraham at Government House;
Nice to meet you, guv: Britain's Prince Harry speaks to Sir Arthur Foulkes, governor general of the commonwealth of the Bahamas;
What a picture! Harry is presented with another gift;
All white: Prince Harry walks with his private Secretary Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton after attending a service of morning prayer at Christ Church Cathedral;
Island's favourite: Prince Harry talks to people after attending a service of morning prayer at Christ Church Cathedral;
For queen and country: Prince Harry opens a Diamond jubilee exhibition in Nassau;
It's me! Harry holds an image of himself at the Diamond Jubilee opening;
As the service ended he took to the streets to greet hundreds of members of the public waiting outside the cathedral.
Later he was due to take to the seas in a maritime exercise organised by the Royal Bahamian Defence Force which also gave him the chance to view Windermere, the island visited by his parents in 1982 on their ‘second honeymoon’.
Hello there! Prince Harry greets Janice Knowles at a reception in Rawson Square on the third day of his 10 day tour to Belize, Bahamas, Jamaica, and Brazil;
Laucnh time: The prince attends a reception in Rawson Square;
Going for a ride: Prince Harry climbs on board a specially decorated golf buggy as he goes on a tour of Harbour Island;
Kidding around: The prince with some local schoolchildren;
He was visiting the picturesque mile-long island as part of his whistle-stop tour of the region to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
He arrived on a Royal Bahamian Defence Force 'go fast' boat after taking part in a maritime security exercise.
Jovial: The prince has taken to his royal duties with aplomb throughout the trip;
Centre of attention: Harry is greeted by royal fans on Harbour Island;
The islanders were clearly delighted to see Harry, but visibly disappointed when it turned out that his convoy would not be stopping for him to talk to locals as planned.
'He don’t want to leave,' shouted Kippy Johnson, 30, as the Prince got back on his boat. 'They are rushing him, man.'
He said after the Prince left: 'It’s shocking. He just got on the golf cart for a two minute drive round the block. It’s too short for someone like him coming to Harbour Island for the first time.
'He is cool. He is awesome. But I wish we had him for longer.'
The Bahamas is a commonwealth nation of more than 3,000 islands, cays, and islets situated in the Atlantic Ocean just north of Cuba and 200 miles south of Florida.
Boating time: Prince Harry heads off to Harbour Island in Nassau, Bahamas;
It became a Crown Colony in 1718 when the British moved into the region to clamp down on piracy.
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