Prince William and Prince Harry's studies at Eton College overlapped for two years, and the future Prince of Wales had only one request for his younger brother: to act like they didn't know each other.
In his memoir, Spare, Harry wrote how William never liked the pair being seen as a "package deal" and that the future heir to the throne had already forged his own relationships at Eton, and was keen to remain separate from his brother.
However, Harry also confessed in his book that he once broke this rule after doing something "supremely stupid".
The Duke of Sussex admitted that he and his friends ended up thinking that his hairstyle "was a complete disaster". He was convinced to let them shave it off, but no sooner had the hair been removed, Harry realised he had made a "legendary mistake".
"I ran in circles. I wanted to reverse time," he wrote. "I wanted to scoop up the hair from the floor and glue it back on. I wanted to wake from this nightmare. Not knowing where else to turn, I violated the sacred rule, the one shining commandment never to be broken, and ran upstairs to Willy's room."
However, Harry didn't look fondly on this moment, explaining: "Of course, there was nothing Willy could do. I was just hoping he’d tell me it would be OK, don’t freak out, keep calm, Harold. Instead, he laughed like the others. I recall him sitting at his desk, bent over a book, chuckling, while I stood before him fingering the nubs on my newly bare scalp.
© Getty"'Harold, what have you done?' What a question. He sounded like Stewie from Family Guy. Wasn't it obvious? 'You shouldn't have done it, Harold!' So we're just stating the obvious now? He said a few more things that were immensely unhelpful and I walked out."
Following this, the Daily Mirror ran the headline: "Harry the Skinhead," alongside a computer-generated image of the prince. The story was condemned by the then Prince Charles, with his spokeswoman, Sandy Henney, saying: "The story and computer-generated pictures in The Daily Mirror raise a general issue about the extent to which individual news stories about Prince William and Prince Harry cumulatively constitute an intrusion into their privacy.
© Getty Images"It is a matter of considerable concern to the Prince of Wales, who will be raising the matter with the chairman of the Press Complaints Commission and industry's Code of Practice Committee."
Prince Harry's time at Eton
Eton College is back in royal headlines, as it was confirmed that William's eldest son, Prince George, would be heading there in September for the new school year.
While William enjoyed his time at Eton, the same can't be said for Harry. Writing about the school, he penned: "In the early autumn of 1998, having completed my education at Ludgrove the previous spring, I entered Eton. A profound shock. The finest school in the world for boys, Eton was meant to be a shock, I think.
© WireImage"Shock must've been part of its original charter, even perhaps a part of the instructions given to its first architects by the school's founder, my ancestor Henry VI. He deemed Eton some sort of holy shrine, a sacred temple, and to that end he wanted it to overwhelm the senses, so visitors would feel like meek, abased pilgrims. In my case, mission accomplished."
He added: "Once or twice I'd confess to a teacher or fellow student that I wasn't merely in the wrong class but in the wrong location. I was in way, way over my head. They'd always say the same thing: Don't worry, you'll be all right."
