Prince Harry to appear in court as robbery witness

The 27-year-old third-in-line to the British throne has been told by the Metropolitan Police that he may be called to take the stand after rushing to help Thomas van Straubenzee who was mugged on a street in London while speaking to him on his cell phone the 'Daily Star' reported.

Prince Harry may soon become the first British royal ever to give evidence in a criminal court as he is most likely to be called by the police as a witness to a friend's mugging, media reports said.A police source told the 'Daily Mail': "Prince Harry came into the station to give a statement. It was a separate statement from the one given by his friend who was mugged."An aide said that Prince Harry, who recently returned from America where he was undertaking the final phases of his Apache helicopter training, leapt into the rescue of his friend after their conversation came to an abrupt end.A Clarence House spokesman said: "Prince Harry joined a friend at a police station in South London after his friend had reported a robbery. The investigation is ongoing, so we cannot comment further." Agency