Jesal / Tanna / Splash NewsIf Prince Harry is the real-life equivalent of Bridget Jones, does that mean Cressida Bonas and Chelsy Davy are his Daniel Cleaver and Mark Darcy?
The world may never know, given that Prince Harry scoffed at the idea that he's anything like Jones, Helen Fielding's unlucky-in-love protagonist from the popular Bridget Jones's Diary books. "Bridget Jones? Where's that come from? Because I write my own diary or because I don't have a girlfriend?" the 30-year-old prince jokingly asked a reporter from the U.K. newspaper The Mirror. "Bridget Jones? That's sad. No, for me, it's good—I'm very happy not having a girlfriend. It's not a case of anything...I'm not, sort of, looking. It's cool."
Prince Harry did more than discuss his love life, of course.
Speaking to The Mirror the end of his visit to Australia and New Zealand, Prince Harry also revealed that he is looking forward to finally meeting his niece, Princess Charlotte, when he returns home to the U.K. He missed her May 2 birth, as he was working alongside the Australian Army units in Perth and Sydney.
In fact, Prince Harry would like to see his niece and nephew follow in his footsteps. "I would definitely encourage [Prince George], and Charlotte if she wants to, to have some sort of involvement in the Armed Forces, guaranteed. And I know that [Prince William] and [Kate Middleton] would probably echo that as well, depending on the situation for them in those years to come. It's done no harm, just good, for me, and I know it's the same for William. It's hard to say anything else on that because, as a parent, it's your choice. As an uncle, you know, I would say enjoy the role, because at first it's just pressure, pressure, pressure. Just enjoy it and make the most of it."
Regarding his own future, Prince Harry admitted that "half of it is up in the air," although he does see himself spending some time in Africa. "For me, it's three months of hard grafting, working with animals, every animal you could imagine. I've wanted to do it for five years, and being in the Army I never had the opportunity," he explained. "With my interests in conservation, which I've had all the way through, it's nice to be able to get to work with people on the ground where the truth is. To actually get the chance to embed myself with the top vet in southern Africa, travel with him for three weeks and every job he gets called up to do, I follow him. That's like my dream. It's going to be amazing, whether it's darting a lion or going into a community, for the local culture to accept an elephant means more to them moneywise alive than shooting it. It's trying to find that right balance between work and play."
He added, "This will tick all the boxes of what I've been wanting to do."
Asked to describe his work in Africa, he said, "That could be anything to do with tracking poachers, darting elephants, lions. I'm fascinated to find out the truth of it. I don't want to go as a tourist."
Most of all, Prince Harry said he wants to be "Working with animals and children."
"If I could find something that works like that, then excellent," he said.