THE racist comments by Prince Harry, revealed in a video recorded three years ago, have surprised everyone. The video shows the Prince referring to a member of his platoon as "our little Paki friend", while in another footage Harry is seen as calling another cadet a "raghead", causing much offence to the Arab world. The use of this language by Prince Harry who is third in line to the British throne and is an army lieutenant, is quite unfortunate and unveils the racist tendency prevailing in the UK, and the sort of mindset that would further polarise the world, that at the present is embroiled in a clash of civilizations between the world of Islam and the Western world. One cannot help but agree with Conservative Party leader David Cameron, who said that Harry's comments would hamper efforts to root out racism from the country' s armed forces and could result in ethnic segregation. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has also condemned the young Prince's remarks, saying that such language was unacceptable. The Army, unnerved by the derogatory words, plans to launch a formal investigation. Harry has tendered an apology, but keeping in view his status as a member of the Royal family, he should be thinking of the serious harm such behaviour might do, especially when the British youth might be looking up to him as a role model.