Their Royal Highnesses motorbike into the South African wilderness for charity
Princes William and Harry have set off on a 1,000-mile motorbike trek into the South African wilderness this weekend to raise money for various charities including Sentebale (Harry’s organization to provide help to AIDS orphans in Lesotho), UNICEF and the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund. You may recall that earlier this week, it was reported that a new poll showed that gay men preferred lusting after Prince Harry than they did Prince William (and Pink readers who professed their preferences seemed to agree) but I think in light of the brothers’ joint venture to help raise money for these very needy charities, I think it’s safe to say that each Prince is deserving of our lurve and affection:

With warpaint streaked down their faces, Princes William and Harry sped off into the South African wilderness today on an epic 1,000-mile motorbike trek for charity. The gruelling endurance rally takes in some of the most inhospitable terrain known to man and, William told the Mail, will challenge the brothers like never before. The 26-year-old prince has had his own motocross bike since the age of eight while Harry, 24, took his test over the summer in order to compete in the Enduro Africa “Ride for Life”. “It is fair to say that we are bricking it,” he joked. It is also the first time that the two brothers – who aren’t even allowed to travel on the same plane for security reasons – have undertaken a challenge of this magnitude together before. “We never really spend any time together as we have both got separate jobs going on at the moment. So it is going to be great fun,” added Harry. “I don’t know how we are going to get on yet, we will have to tell you later. We might argue, we might have a bit of fun – we will have to see how it goes – but we are really looking forward it.” Yesterday the pair laughed and joked with their 86 fellow riders as they made last-minute checks on their Honda CRF 230s, super-light 200cc trail bikes which will prove easier to manoeuvre over the goat tracks that the group will be forced to traverse. Both wore biking boots and waterproof suits with thick-set body protectors underneath as well as their crash helmets and goggles. “Unfortunately it’s the padding, not my physique,” William teased. The princes will travel in a small group of 10 riders – which includes their bodyguards and a couple of close friends – including Shaun Davy, the brother of Harry’s girlfriend Chelsy, and schoolmate Tom Inskip – meeting up with their fellow competitors to compare bruises and exchange stories each night. The pair – who are second and third in line to the throne – will often sleep rough as they raise money for charities including Sentebale, the organisation to help aids orphans in Lesotho set up by Harry in their mother’s memory, Unicef and the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund. The rally has already raised an impressive £300,000. Speaking just moments before the start of the trip at the holiday resort of Port Edward, on Kwazulu Natal’s southern coast, William said: “We are both quite good but I know we will both fall off a lot of times. Although we both have motorbikes at the moment, off road biking is completely different. It is all is up hill, down slopes, across rovers and is incredibly rocky and hilly. It’s going to be a real challenge.” Harry added: “We’ve got a secret bet with everybody else about who is going to fall off the most. Obviously it is going to be great fun but the most important thing for us all is that we are doing it for some wonderful charities.”
Seriously, it’s, like, impossible to not love these guys. Brits have every right to be very proud of these young Royals. They each do so much good charity work that it’s second-nature to see them taking on a new philanthropic endeavor. They make it look so easy. If you consider that the Princes always look like they enjoy the charitable work that they do, that they seem to be having fun, it’s easy to see how raising money for charity can be such a worthwhile practice. Much props and kudos go out to the young Princes for this latest charitable act on their part. Regarding the earlier post about the poll which said that gay men prefer Harry over Wills … I, along with a great number of Pink readers, content that they both are worthy of our lurve. In light of this new endeavor of theirs, there is simply no question. They both rule!
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