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Prince Harry has told a TV interviewer that sometimes he and Prince William wish they were just normal instead of royals. He spoke to CBS News after a 10-day trip to the Caribbean and South America representing his grandmother Queen Elizabeth II at Diamond Jubilee celebrations. Harry’s comments received wide attention in the British media Wednesday when he noted that it would be hard for a potential serious girlfriend to put up with his royal role. He said it would be difficult to find someone willing to take on the challenge. Asked if royalty lived up to the fairy tale, Harry said: “No, not at all. As any girl would ever tell you. It’s sort of, ‘Oh my God, he’s a prince.’ But no. The job that it entails — I mean look at me, I’m 27 years old, and not so much searching for someone to fulfill the role, but obviously, you know, finding someone that would be willing to take it on.” Harry said he and William know they were born to great privilege and also have serious responsibilities. “There’s a lot of times that both myself and my brother wish, obviously, that we were just completely normal,” he said, adding he and William hope to use their charitable work to help the less fortunate.

George Clooney testified Wednesday before Congress about the humanitarian crisis in the border between Sudan and South Sudan, offering a firsthand account of the suffering of thousands forced to take refuge in caves because of daily bombardments. “What you see is a constant drip of fear,” the actor and humanrights activist told the packed room of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Just back from an eight-day trip to the region, Clooney described a secret, six-hour trip across the border to the Nuba Mountains, rocket attacks, death and destruction. He recalled that a 9-year-old boy’s hands were blown off. Teamed with John Prendergast, co-founder of the advocacy group the Enough Project, Clooney made a film that captured the images of crimes against humanity. More than two decades of fighting in the region gave way last year to an agreement to create the world’s newest country, South Sudan. It seceded from Sudan last July amid hopes that have deteriorated into border clashes and a standoff over oil.

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