Prince Harry fears singing more than flying a helicopter in a war zone.
Gareth Malone believes the flame-haired prince isn’t a big fan of belting out a song because he is worried about looking "like an idiot", despite the former Apache helicopter pilot having no qualms about being in hostile areas.
The choirmaster said: "I think he’s chicken. Blokes seem to fear singing like nothing else. You can send Prince Harry in an Apache helicopter into a war zone and he’d probably fear that less.
"Maybe he just doesn’t want to look like an idiot."
Gareth recently met Harry when he was asked to form a choir for the royal’s Invictus Games – a Paralympics-style event created by Harry – but the broadcaster has admitted he was "emotionally drained" after the project.
He said: "It now ranks as my most favourite project ever, although it was my most difficult, too.
"It was just emotionally difficult. I was drained afterwards.
"The singers and I went through the wringer to create that song [‘Flesh and Blood’]. We had to bare our souls."
Despite finding the process tough, Gareth insists Harry was a "lovely guy" and he was pleased to see just how committed he is to his charity work.
Speaking to OK! magazine, he added: "He’s a lovely, lovely guy. Very easy to talk to and incredibly committed to these charitable causes. I’m not trying to flatter him, but he was exactly as you’d hope."
Prince Harry’s ‘singing fear’
