Speaking of Australia, here's Harry holding an echidna (think anteater with spikes) at the Taronga Zoo in Sydney on September 23, 2003, at the beginning of his gap year. While he may not look too wild about wildlife in this photo, he proved he had a way with animals by spending most of his stint down under at a ranch in Queensland learning how to be a "jackaroo" – the Aussie term for a sheep or cattle hand.
Exposing his crown jewels in a Las Vegas hotel suite is by no means the young prince’s first brush with controversy. Harry has always shown much more of a wild side than his reserved older brother William, the future king. Ten years ago, Harry, then just 17, was sent to rehab for a day after being caught smoking marijuana and drinking underage. He’s since got into scuffles with photographers outside nightclubs, been filmed directing a racial slur, albeit seemingly in jest, towards a member of his army platoon, and been photographed wearing a red swastika armband to a rather un-PC “colonials and natives” themed costume party. On the whole, however, it could be worse. We can be grateful he hasn’t fathered a brood of illegitimate children or created another constitutional crisis, like some of the other royals on this list.