Last week, Princes William and Harry sat down for some interviews with the international press. The boys are currently living together and working together as they do flight training at RAF Shawbury, and they are extremely funny about the situation they now find themselves in. Hello! has a long-ish version of the interviews, but I mostly just pulled the quotes from the boys. Who would have guessed that the Ginger Prince is the messy one? Oh, right. Everyone. William definitely seems like the older brother, looking out for and encouraging his little brother. Except for one part, when Harry makes a crack about Will being bald. Then Will turns into a big bitch, and makes a crack about Harry being a ginger:

Together they make a formidable double act… When Prince William and his younger brother Harry faced up to the cameras at a photocall at RAF Shawbury in Shropshire last week, they showed not only a remarkable bond but a sense of comic timing with the off-the-cuff comments that showed that despite their privileged positions they are not adverse to a bit of mockery and mickey-taking.

Harry says: “This is the first and last time we will be living together.”

William: “It has been an emotional experience. He says he does all the work. Bearing in mind I cook, I feed him every day, I think he has done very well…. Harry does do the washing up but then he leaves most of it in the sink. I come back in the morning and have to wash up.”

Rolling his eyes, Harry retorted: “Oh, the lies, all lies.”

William: “I do a fair bit of tidying up after him. He snores a lot too. He keeps me up all night long.”

Harry: “Oh, God, they’ll think we share a bed! We’re brothers not lovers!”

Harry: “I think he definitely is brainer than I am but we established that at school – along with his baldness.”

William shot back: “That’s very rich coming from a ginger,” but backtracking, adding: “He’s a good-looking ginger, so it’s all right.”

William said he was worried he might not get a birthday present from his brother. When reminded of the date, Harry said, “Oh, God, it isn’t it?”

William: “He just realized it now and he hasn’t got my present. But I wouldn’t expect one. I’ll be lucky if I get a card.”

William: “I didn’t join the forces to be mollycoddled or treated any differently. As far as I’m concerned, in my eyes, if Harry can do it, then I can do it… As future head of the armed forces, it’s really important you at least get the opportunity to be credible and to do the job that I signed up for and to do the best I can. I mean, that’s all I ever wanted.”

[From Hello! Magazine print edition, June 29 2009]

Oh, it’s all fun and games until someone makes a bald joke. Then, suddenly, you’re not talking to nice “Will” the bloke whose mum died. Just like that William turns into “Prince William, heir to the throne, who will cut you if you make a bald joke.” Chuckle. Buck up, William! Having a little bald spot isn’t so bad. Lots of women either like baldies or they really don’t care one way or the other. As for Will’s retaliatory ginger crack, what is it with the Brits and their ginger-hatred? Is it really so bad or so weird to be a ginger? Whenever I see a ginger kid, the freckles and the carrot-top makes me smile. But I can’t stand a snorer. So I will no longer fantasize about Harry.

Prince Harry and William are shown on 6/18/09 during a military helicopter training course at RAF Shawbury in Shawbury, England. Credit: Photo Pool/Anwar Hussein Collection/WENN.com