PRINCE HARRY IS SAID TO HAVE USED DRUGS

LONDON -- Prince Charles took his youngest son, 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 Sunday
newspaper reported.

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 today, speaking on condition of
anonymity.

According to tabloid News of the World, Charles made the decision after
discovering the 17-year-old prince had used marijuana and had also been
drinking at a pub near Charles' Highgrove country estate in western England.

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 reported.

The newspaper said Harry experimented with marijuana over a two-month
period at Highgrove, in a rundown shed at a nearby pub and at private
parties held by friends.

Charles was alerted to his son's behavior by a Highgrove member of staff,
the newspaper reported. He confronted the young prince and took him to a
drug rehabilitation center in south London, where he spent a day talking
with addicts.