Prince Harry gets a "huge kick" out of helping others.
The 32-year-old royal has admitted he loves going to Africa – where he founded charity Sentebale, which helps kids affected by Aids and HIV – because he likes to "escape" from normality and feels great to be able to do "something constructive".
Speaking on ITV documentary ‘Prince Harry in Africa’, he said: "I’ve got a year off I want to do something constructive with my life and something to make my mother proud.
"For me, personally, it’s an escape. I have this love of Africa that will never disappear and I hope the love carries on for my children as well. For me I get a huge kick out of helping others."
The flame-haired prince admitted when he first came to Africa to help youngsters he felt like the "ginger white prince who had come to try to make these kids laugh".
During the show he was seen reuniting with African orphan Mutsu Postane, who he first met 12 years ago.
Harry met him last year in Lesotho when the documentary was filmed, and afterwards the youngster said: "I felt very happy, very excited. I’m very comfortable around Harry, he is very comfortable around me. We click."
Also in the documentary, Harry was praised by Sir Elton John for carrying on his late mother Princess Diana’s charity work in Africa following her death aged 36 in 1997.
He said: "If his mother was alive, she’d still be doing the work she set out to be doing, and he’s carrying it on in the best possible way."
Prince Harry gets ‘huge kick’ from charity work
