Those who forget are doomed to repeat

[Gonz]

it's already started in France. Now Britain has to get busy in history class.

Prince Harry has apologised after being pictured on the front page of The Sun in a Nazi uniform which he wore to a fancy dress party.

The newspaper showed the Prince, with a cigarette and drink in hand, wearing a swastika armband.

The 20-year-old said: "I am very sorry if I caused any offence or embarrassment to anyone."

In a statement released by Buckingham Palace, he added: "It was a poor choice of costume and I apologise."

On Harry's shirt collar was the badge of Wehrmacht - the German defence force.

The Prince was at a fancy dress party in West Littleton, Wiltshire last Saturday for the 22nd birthday party of his friend Harry Meade.

 

[unclehobart]

He must have done it on purpose. he must be fuding with papa or something and wanted to drop a steamy pile of embarassment at their doorstep.

 

[SouthernN'Proud]

You'd think someone in his position would know what would happen if he did this. Ergo, the publicity must have been what he wanted for some reason.

I mean, this would have been like Chelsea Clinton dressing up in a stained blue dress for a White House dinner party honoring Oral Roberts or something. Poor taste, but intentional poor taste IMO.

 

[Inkara1]

ORAL Roberts... ha ha ha

 

[Gonz]

Wow. Proper parental action.

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Charles has ordered his son Harry to visit Auschwitz after he caused outrage around the world by wearing a Nazi uniform to a party, the Sun newspaper reported on Friday.

The paper said heir-to-the-throne Charles was "incandescent with rage" with the 20-year-old grandson of Queen Elizabeth and wants him to make a private trip to the concentration camp to learn more about the Holocaust.

Jewish groups had demanded Harry go the camp in southwest Poland to make amends for wearing a swastika armband and an army shirt with Nazi regalia at a costume party on Saturday.

The Sun, which broke the Nazi gaffe story on Thursday, quoted an unnamed royal source as saying that Prince Charles also told his older son, William, to travel with Harry to Auschwitz.

"There will be no publicity and they will go with a Jewish charity," the source was quoted as saying in the Sun.

"Their father has visited Auschwitz himself and believes Harry and William would both benefit by grasping a greater understanding of the horrors by actually visiting."

 

[Gonz]

A tactic that will stop the spread of fanaticism every single time...Hide it & it'll go away

In the wake of British Prince Harry's display of a swastika at a party last week, German politicians are calling for a ban on display of the Nazi symbol across the entire continent of Europe.

Germany has already prohibited the insignia within its own borders, along with the notorious "Heil Hitler" salute. It's also against the law to distribute Hitler's book "Mein Kampf," which can be read in most countries, including Israel.