Prince Harry Develops Master Toilet-Building Skills On South Pole Expedition

During his expedition to the South Pole, Prince Harry became a master in toilet-building, a fellow trekker said on Tuesday as he lifted the lid on the royal's hidden skills.

After a three-week charity trek with injured military veterans from Britain, the United States, Canada and Australia, Harry became the first British royal to reach the pole last month, Agence France-Presse reported.

As the 29-year-old Prince and members of the team reunited in London to celebrate the successful trek, he urged employers to help wounded service personnel into civilian work.

Harry, who is fourth in line to the throne, had been very much part of the team, "The Wire" actor Dominic West, who took part in the 200-mile journey across Antarctica, said.

"He seemed to specialize in building latrines," said West. "He built this incredible castellated structure with blocks to keep out the wind and it even had a loo roll holder."

According to AFP, describing the experience of using the toilet built by a prince, the actor said: "Sitting there, looking at the beautiful view thinking 'this is a royal flush, in every way'."

Walking With The Wounded, which raises funds to retrain injured troops and help them find new careers outside the military, has Harry as a patron of trek organizations.

"Inspiring others is one of the cornerstones of this charity: to demonstrate to those who have experienced life-changing injuries that everything is still possible," Harry said. "I hope this truly unbelievable achievement by everyone behind me and back in America, Canada and Australia... will remind everybody that they can achieve anything they want to."

"Our wounded, injured and sick do not want pity. They just simply want to be treated in the same way that they were before they were injured: with respect and admiration. So if anybody out there has the ability or the resources to give these guys or girls a stepping stone back into employment, then please do. You certainly won't regret it," he said.

Having shaved off the ginger beard he grew during the expedition, Harry said a documentary on the trek would be aired in March, AFP reported.

"It was announced last week that Queen Elizabeth II's grandson is giving up his role as an army attack helicopter pilot and Captain Wales, as he is known in the military, will instead take up a desk job coordinating army commemorative events in London," according to AFP.

The trek was also completed by 34-year-old Duncan Slater, of Britain's Royal Air Force, who had both legs amputated following a blast in Afghanistan.

"If you lose a limb, or if you're injured generally and you spend a lot of time in medical care, you lose your self-confidence," Slater told AFP. "Given a challenge, where you're going somewhere where hardly anyone's been before, you have to re-evaluate everything in life, and it gave me a lot of confidence when I got to the South Pole."

"It's almost like anything is possible. It gave me a new perspective on life," he said.

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