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Prince Harry Is 38! Take A Stroll Down Memory Lane With These 17 Photos Of The Duke Over The Years

Young Prince Harry is giving major baby Archie vibes.

by Simone R. Johnson
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Prince Harry has always brought the fun and youth when it comes to the royal family. On his 38th birthday, celebrate everyone’s favorite royal Virgo dad of two by checking out these nostalgic photos of the Duke of Sussex from childhood to today.

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Diana, Princess of Wales, holds her youngest son Harry during their stay in Italy in April 1985. Harry was eight months old.

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Prince Harry presses his face against a car window as he visits the Duchess of York following the birth of Princess Beatrice at the Portland Hospital in London on Aug. 10, 1988.

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Prince Harry sits on the lap of his late mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, as they vacation in Palma, Majorca, on Aug. 13, 1988.

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Three-year-old Prince Harry sits on the steps of the Palace of Marivent in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, on Aug. 13, 1988.

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Prince Harry and a school friend arrive for the Wetherby School Carol Service at St. Matthew's Church in Bayswater, London.

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Prince Harry, 10, celebrates The Queen Mother's 94th Birthday at Clarence House on Aug. 4, 1994, in London, England.

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Prince William and Harry hold gifts from wellwishers as they leave Sandringham Church with their father, Prince Charles, after attending the morning service on December 25.

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A teenage Prince Harry walks past cheering girls into Burnaby High School in Vancouver.

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Prince Harry dresses up as Conrade in an Eton College production of Much Ado About Nothing.

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Hugh van Cutsem, Prince Harry, and Prince William attend the wedding of Edward van Cutsem and Lady Tamara Grosvenor at Chester Cathedral on Nov. 6, 2004, in Chester, England.

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Prince Harry, 22, marches during the Sovereign's Parade at the Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst, Southern England, on April 12, 2006.

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Prince Harry, 23, steps down the gangway as he arrives at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, March 1, 2008, after a 10-week tour of duty in Afghanistan with the British Army.

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At 33, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, marries his wife, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. Together they leave St. George's Chapel in Windsor after their wedding ceremony.

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Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, and their son Archie Mountbatten-Windsor meet Archbishop Desmond Tutu during their royal tour of South Africa on Sept. 25, 2019.

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Prince Harry speaks during the 2021 Global Citizen Live festival at the Great Lawn, Central Park, on Sept. 25, 2021, in New York City.

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Duke and Duchess of Sussex, leave after a service of thanksgiving for the reign of Queen Elizabeth II at St. Paul's Cathedral in London on June 3, 2022.

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Prince Harry walks alongside his brother Prince William, Prince of Wales, behind the coffin during the procession for the Lying-in State of Queen Elizabeth II on September 14, 2022, in London, England.

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