Britain's Prince Harry (front R) plays beach rugby on Flamengo Beach in Rio De Janeiro March 10, 2012. The Prince is on a three-day official tour of Brazil on behalf of the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office.Reuters
Britain's Prince Harry (front R) plays beach rugby on Flamengo Beach in Rio De Janeiro March 10, 2012. The Prince is on a three-day official tour of Brazil on behalf of the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office.ReutersBritain's Prince Harry plays beach volleyball on Flamengo Beach in Rio De Janeiro March 10, 2012. The Prince is on a three-day official tour of Brazil on behalf of the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office.ReutersBritain's Prince Harry (R) plays beach rugby on Flamengo Beach in Rio De Janeiro March 10, 2012. The Prince is on a three-day official tour of Brazil on behalf of the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office.ReutersBritain's Prince Harry (R) plays beach rugby on Flamengo Beach in Rio De Janeiro March 10, 2012. The Prince is on a three day official tour of Brazil on behalf of the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office.ReutersBritain's Prince Harry (2nd R) jokes with photographers before participating in a beach volleyball match on Flamengo Beach in Rio De Janeiro March 10, 2012. The Prince is on a three-day official tour of Brazil on behalf of the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office.ReutersBritain's Prince Harry participates in a beach volleyball match on Flamengo Beach in Rio De Janeiro March 17, 2012. The Prince is on a three-day official tour of Brazil on behalf of the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office.ReutersBritain's Prince Harry takes part in a fun run while wearing a mask of his brother Prince William on Flamengo beach in Rio De Janeiro March 10, 2012. The prince is on a three-day official tour of Brazil on behalf of the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office.ReutersBritain's Prince Harry poses with children after participating in a beach volleyball match on Flamengo Beach in Rio De Janeiro March 10, 2012. The Prince is on a three-day official tour of Brazil on behalf of the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office.ReutersBritain's Prince Harry plays cricket during a visit to the occupied community of Complexo do Alemao in Rio De Janeiro March 10, 2012. The Prince is on a three-day official tour of Brazil on behalf of the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office.ReutersBritain's Prince Harry plays cricket during a visit to the occupied community of Complexo do Alemao in Rio de Janeiro March 10, 2012. The Prince is on a three-day official tour of Brazil on behalf of the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office.Reuters
Prince Harry's three-day tour of Brazil during the last leg of his solo Diamond Jubilee tour to honour Queen Elizabeth II involved a unique display of his energetic style and sporting skills.
The 27-year-old royal kicked off his Brazil tour with a one-mile charity run for Sports Relief with local families on Flamengo beach in Rio De Janeiro. During the charity run, Harry even poked fun at his elder brother by wearing a mask of the Duke of Cambridge.
The Prince was reportedly given the mask by a fellow Brit Hettie Allison and a part of a group of three who had chosen to run dressed as his family.
According to the Telegraph, as ever on his first solo tour, a relaxed and enthusiastic Prince Harry was a huge hit with crowds. His effect was described as "electrifying" by Jeremy Hunt, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media, the Olympics and Sport, who was also in Rio de Janeiro.
Following this, Harry played with a group of local school kids a game of tough rugby. The Prince appeared to have thoroughly enjoyed the game and threw himself enthusiastically into the game. At one point, he even picked up two of the boys holding them under his arms to allow a team mate to score.
Harry then mesmerised a large crowd of locals by showing his acrobatic skills in a game of beach volleyball. In fact, Brazil's own Olympic winner beach volleyball star Adriana Behar was reportedly impressed by the sporting skills of the prince.
Start the slideshow to catch a glimpse of the young royal in Brazil:
