Posted January 13 2002

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Prince Harry smoked pot, newspaper reports

Britain's Prince Charles took his youngest son, Prince Harry, to a rehabilitation clinic to show him the dangers of drug and alcohol abuse, after the young prince admitted having smoked marijuana and getting drunk, a London newspaper reported today.

St. James's Palace, the official residence of Prince Charles, said the matter was now closed. "This was a serious matter which was resolved within the family and is now in the past and closed," a spokesman said Saturday.

According to the News of the World, Charles made the decision after discovering Harry, 17, had used marijuana and had also been drinking at a pub near Charles' Highgrove country estate.

Marijuana use is illegal in Britain and the legal drinking age is 18. Harry was 16 when he confessed to his father last summer, the newspaper said.

-- Anonymous, January 13, 2002