Prince Harry 'drank champagne out of my prosthetic leg'

تم النشر بتاريخ 21/01/2014
Walking With The Wounded's Duncan Slater, a former RAF sergeant describes how Prince Harry drank champagne out of his prosthetic leg to celebrate after the team reached the South Pole

Prince Harry was the official patron of the gruelling Walking With The Wounded South Pole 2013 expedition and trekked across the frozen wastes of Antarctica with the British team.

Duncan Slater, 34, a former sergeant who served with the RAF Regiment and member of Team UK, became the first double amputee to reach the South Pole.

He lost both his legs after the vehicle he was travelling in was hit by an improvised explosive device in the Babaji area of Afghanistan in July 2009.

Mr Slater, originally from Muir of Ord, near Inverness, described how he used his prosthetic legs to help the group celebrate.

He said: "They took some champagne out to the pole and I used my legs as a primitive ice bucket and wedged the bottle in there and passed it around -- I don't know how we did it but it went down quite well."

Mr Slater described how the Prince was always at the centre of light hearted activities like improvising a game of cricket or making a latrine look like a castle. "There was always something, and he usually instigated it."

Speaking about Harry he said: "He was a great member of the team, he mucked in when he needed to and made the teas and coffees, he was there in his own right."

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