The 20-year-old Prince has kicked off a six-week stint training young rugby hopefuls throughout England
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Harry, set to begin at Sandhurst military college next year, coaches enthusiastic primary schoolchildren in Shelfield, Walsall

28 SEPTEMBER 2004

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Action man Prince Harry put his famed sporting skills to work on Tuesday, teaching a group of enthusiastic primary school kids the finer points of rugby.

After announcing he'd be enrolling at the prestigious Sandhurst military college early next year, Harry is in the meantime spending the following six weeks helping coach young children in the sport.

The Prince surprised kids at Coventry Rugby Club on Monday, when he arrived, unannounced, to help train dozens of pupils from several city primary schools. He later headed to other locations to meet more sporting hopefuls, including one ten-year-old player, who said: "Prince Harry was really nice and gave good advice. We didn't know he was going to be here but the school did tell us that there would be someone famous."

Another youngster, however, admitted that she hoped the star in question would be England ace Jonny Wilkinson. But, she added, "It's been really exciting and we all liked Prince Harry."

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