Britain's Prince Harry in Australia for army stint

Prince Harry reported for duty with the Australian Army on April 6 to begin an "authentic" experience featuring bush patrols and indigenous engagement, as he prepares to retire from the British military.
      
Hundreds of well-wishers turned out to see the 30-year-old prince at the National War Memorial in Canberra -- the one scheduled public event of his visit -- before he met with the head of the Australian Defence Force (ADF), Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin.
      
Wearing a white dress uniform, he reported for duty at Duntroon Military College, delivering a letter to Binskin from Queen Elizabeth II in which she wrote her grandson would "benefit greatly from spending time with the Australian diggers".
      
After jetting in from Sydney, Prince Harry arrived to cheers from the crowd of some 1,000 people at the war memorial in Canberra where he laid a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and toured galleries on World War I and Afghanistan.
      
The energetic royal then waved off the option of an umbrella and spent time greeting the crowd outside despite drizzling rain.
      
As some chanted "Harry, Harry, Harry", the prince made his way around the barricades, and spoke to a ginger-haired child with a poster reading "Redheads Rule".
      
"He said that I was fabulous in making the sign and it's awesome to be a redhead," a delighted Ethan Toscan, 12, told Australian Associated Press.
      
"I'm over the moon -- it's just wow! I got to shake his hand!"       

During his time Down Under, Captain Wales, as he is known in the British Army, will be embedded with Australian army units and regiments in Sydney, Darwin and Perth.
      
"He is expected to take part in a range of unit...