With the news that Prince Harry will soon be joining the Blues & Royals, Buckingham Palace today released pictures of the young prince joining his father and grandfather in one of their traditional pastimes. Hunting grouse on the family’s Balmoral estate in Scotland, Harry is said to have bagged himself over thirty birds, two watching paparazzi, and a passing tractor. Asked if he thought using an SA80 assault rifle, capable of firing 650 rounds per second, gave him much of an advantage, Harry replied: ‘My father told me that if I didn’t have an unfair advantage, there wouldn’t be much point my being royal would there…’

Prince Charles’ more traditional double-barrelled shotgun was carried by the traditional double-barrelled aid, whilst Prince Philip’s gun remained unloaded for much of the shoot as he preferred to knock birds out of the air with the force of his scattergun opinion. ‘Bloody rotten peasants,’ he was heard to shout, though his words might have been misheard as they were drowned out by gunfire, as Harry turned his laser-guided sights on a final grouse of the day.

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