Coleman-RaynerPrince Harry took a trip down memory lane this week when he returned to Walt Disney World. The redheaded royal previously visited the world-famous theme park with his mother, Princess Diana, and brother, Prince William, in 1993, only a short while after she and Prince Charles decided to split.
Prince Harry is in Orlando for the Invictus Games, which is a multi-day, Paralympic-style sporting competition. The British royal left ESPN Wide World of Sports complex to take in some of Disney's most famous rides, including Splash Mountain. The last time he went down the log flume, Harry, then 8, and his brother, then 11, were caught on camera screaming while their gorgeous mother ducked her head to protect her hair and clothes.
This time, however, we're sure the prince managed to keep his cool. He spent about an hour inside the park, walking around and trying out different rides. But he isn't spending time away from the Games for long, as he was set to return to ESPN's complex to watch more competitive events.
The rugged royal opened up to Today's Jenna Bush Hager and admitted he wished his mother could've been there to see him kick off the event. "That was very happy memories," Harry recalled of his first trip to Disney World. "It's a huge shame she's not here, but I hope she'd be incredibly proud of what we managed to achieve."
Ahead of his trip to Florida, Prince Harry told People he wanted to impress his mother, who was known for her humanitarian work.
"All I want to do is make my mother incredibly proud," he said. "That's all I've ever wanted to do."
"When she died, there was a gaping hole, not just for us but also for a huge amount of people across the world," he added. "If I can try and fill a very small part of that, then job done. I will have to, in a good way, spend the rest of my life trying to fill that void as much as possible. And so will William."