Prince Harry's 30th Birthday: We Signed Him Up To Dating App Tinder, Here's What Happened

Tired of his brother's current and future offspring hogging the headlines, Prince Harry decided to steal them back by starting up his own athletics competition - the Invictus Games - and turning the ripe old age of 30 today (15 September).

The party prince has long been the public's favourite of Prince Charles' two children, thanks in large to his tabloid-fuelling antics: smoking cannabis aged 17, partying in Las Vegas and being seen in a memorable fancy dress costume.

More recently, he's made the headlines for his dating record, which of course is none of anyone's business, but the prince is unmarried and constantly linked to all manner of women.

Partly to help him settle down, partly to stop stories about who Harry is dating and mostly because we thought it would be funny, we signed Prince Harry up to popular dating app Tinder.

For the uninitiated, Tinder users search an area around them for fellow users, with the ability to choose gender and alter the age range and search area.

They can then choose whether they like or dislike a person based on their photos and interests (taken from the user's synced Facebook account). If two people decide they like each other, this will open up the ability to chat.

He got some cracking responses and even played along with some. Here's the best of our interactions...