Prince Harry revealed yesterday he had hated Eton and that he "wanted to be the bad boy" as he visited a Cape Town youth centre that works to rehabilitate gang leaders.
The 31-year-old prince told a group of teenagers at the Ottery Centre that he probably would have preferred life at the down-at-heel complex - which has a livestock farm, woodwork classes and reformed gangsters as teachers - to the red-brick buildings, quadrangles and playing fields of his alma mater.
Introducing himself to the group, he said: "My name is Prince Harry, the Queen of England's grandson, Princess Diana's son. I've come all the way from England to see you guys. I'm interested to hear all your stories. I didn't enjoy school at all. I would like to have come to a place like this. When I was at school I wanted to be the bad boy."
He could not help getting in a quick dig at his brother William.
"If you've got an older brother that's not into gangs, that's a huge positive," he said. "Older brothers are supposedly the cool ones. I'm a younger brother, but I'm much cooler than my older brother."
