He's only third in line, fer crissakes

CNN.com has a story about Prince Harry getting caught out, the bad boy:

According to the British-based News of the World, which released the videos on its Web site, the videos show British soldiers while a voice presumed to be Harry's calls one soldier a "Paki", and in another clip tells soldier wearing a cloth on his head that he looks "like a raghead". A spokesman for Prince Harry apologized in a statement released by St. James's Palace Saturday after the videos surfaced online. The spokesman said the prince, who is third in line to the British throne, "understands how offensive this term can be, and is extremely sorry for any offense his words might cause."
It is not first apology for offensive behavior by Prince Harry. In 2005, he was photographed wearing a Nazi uniform to a party, for which he said he was sorry. "It was a very stupid thing to do and I've learned my lesson, simple as that, really," he said in a September 2005 interview marking his 21st birthday. "I'd like to put it in the past now. What's done is done. I regret it."
The videos, filmed during his military service in 2006, were shot by the prince, according to the website. In one video, a voice from behind the camera says "Ah, our little Paki friend... Ahmed," as the camera zooms in on a soldier from across the room. The video does not show Prince Harry's face, but News of the World suggests that the voice is his. The soldiers were waiting for their flight to Cyprus for a mission, according to the Web site.
The royal family said the 'paki' term was a nickname for a friend in his platoon. "There is no question that Prince Harry was in any way seeking to insult his friend," the St. James's Palace statement said.
The second video was filmed after arriving in Cyprus, according to News of the World, and shows a British soldier with a cloth over his head. A voice, which News of the World claims to be Harry's, is heard saying, "Fuck me, you look like a raghead." In response to that comment, St. James's Palace said, "Prince Harry used the term 'raghead' to mean a Taliban or Iraqi insurgent." Dickie Arbiter, a former press secretary to Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Harry's grandmother, urged people to take the prince's words in context. "Harry is not the same man as he was three years ago," Arbiter told Britain's ITN network. "You don't think when you are shooting a video." And he pointed out that Harry was serving in the army, where language is not always delicate. "It is quite common for names to be used in the military.... He's a serviceman, first and foremost, but people see him as a prince first, and he has to be careful of what he says." The British Ministry of Defense said it was not aware of any complaints against Prince Harry, and would investigate the allegations of inappropriate behavior. "Bullying and racism are not endemic in the Armed Forces," it said.

Rico says if he said 'Paki', he meant 'Pakistani', if he said 'raghead', he meant 'fucking raghead'. And if bullying and racism aren't endemic in the military, then Rico says he doesn't understand the meaning of 'endemic', or they don't...