Prince Harry, third in line to the throne, had a low-key 25th birthday on Tuesday, when he became eligible for some of the 6.5 million pounds inheritance left by his mother, Princess Diana.
Harry and his older brother, Prince William, received an equal share of Diana's estate following her death in a car crash in Paris in 1997.
It is understood Harry will not touch the money for now -- it has been invested, although it is not known how it has been affected by the economic downturn.
Changes agreed to the will after Diana's death meant that, upon reaching 25, William and Harry would be entitled to the whole of the income from their share.
The trustees of the will can pay over capital at any time, but when the princes turn 30, they can ask for their share of the capital in full.
Harry spent his birthday flying helicopters as part of his training to become an Army Air Corps pilot at a Royal Air Force base in Shropshire where William is also training to be a helicopter pilot.
Harry began the course to become a search and rescue pilot with the Army Air Corps in January and is expected to qualify in 2011 and to complete at least one three-year tour of duty.
He was secretly deployed with the British army in Afghanistan for 10 weeks in 2008, but was forced to return home after his security was compromised when a carefully arranged media blackout was broken.
The prince has courted controversy in recent years, by wearing a Nazi uniform to a fancy dress party and by calling a Pakistani soldier serving with his platoon a "Paki" in a homemade video, for which he apologised.
sculpture in central London. REUTERS/Toby Melville
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