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"Prince Harry has bid farewell to the British public before making his charity trek to the South Pole. The young royal appeared alongside his six team mates, four of whom lost limbs while serving in Afghanistan, in Trafalgar Square this afternoon (November 14) ahead of the Walking With The Wounded South Pole Allied Challenge.  The seven will jet out to Cape Town on Sunday (November 17) and from there will fly to Antarctica on Tuesday (November 19). They will spend a few days getting accustomed to the climate, before starting their trek to the South Pole on November 30. Speaking at the event, Harry said: &amp;quot;All the men and women behind me have achieved so much just to get here, let alone actually walk to the South Pole. I think it&amp;#039;s just a wonderful display of courage. &amp;quot;These guys are going to achieve something quite remarkable and in doing so will prove to everybody else that even when you&amp;#039;ve lost a leg or lost an arm... you can achieve pretty much anything if you put your mind to it.&amp;quot;   The 29-year-old also said that the trek is &amp;quot;another way of reminding everybody... that the support must continue&amp;quot; for wounded servicemen when conflicts fall out of the news. His speech was preceded by a performance of the official anthem for Walking With The Wounded, &amp;#039;To the Sun&amp;#039; by Blake. 50p from every download will be donated to the charity.      Harry&amp;#039;s group hope to reach the South Pole by December 16 and beat teams from the US and the Commonwealth, led by actors Alexander Skarsg\u00C3\u00A5rd and Dominic West respectively. True Blood star Skarsg\u00C3\u00A5rd has vowed to beat Harry in the race, stating: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m pretty stubborn and motivated and I don&amp;#039;t give up easily.&amp;quot;   The Prince, who is patron of the Walking With The Wounded trek, and his team spent the night locked in a freezing chamber with a temperature of -35 degrees in preparation for the race. He had to withdraw from a successful expedition to the North Pole in 2011 to attend his brother Prince William&amp;#039;s wedding to Kate Middleton, now the Duchess of Cambridge. He missed out on an attempt to conquer Mount Everest with the group last year because of his military commitments. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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