He already passed up Christmas to spend the time with them in the barracks.
Harry's freebie getaway
Richard Kay
PRINCE Harry has been whisked away from Army duties to the sun-bleached beaches of Mozambique on a private jet provided by his girlfriend Chelsy Davy's controversial multimillionaire father. The prince joined Chelsy, 21, and her family on romantic Bazaruto Island for the third year running, where he will enjoy an all-expenses-paid ten-day holiday courtesy of safari operator Charles Davy.
Harry, 22, has become increasingly close to the Zimbabweanborn tycoon, who has been widely criticised for his links to dictator Robert Mugabe.
Mr Davy is one of the country's biggest ranchowners and is thought to control about 1 per cent of all agricultural land at a time when many white farmers are being brutally forced out of their livelihood.
Army officer Harry has, however, refused to hear a word against him and has once more chosen to abandon the Royal Family's traditional New Year at Sandringham in favour of spending his holiday with the Davy clan.
After being confined to barracks on Christmas Day with his Blues and Royals regiment, Harry and two bodyguards flew out of Heathrow on Boxing Day to Johannesburg, where they were met early yesterday by a twin-prop Mitsubishi MU2 owned by Mr Davy.
The group were then flown down to Mozambique, where, I'm told, Harry raced into the arms of his beautiful bikiniclad girlfriend of two years.
The couple are sharing a £2,000-a-week thatched Aframe cottage on the beach, overlooking the Indian Ocean, also paid for by Mr Davy. The lodge is romantically furnished with a king-sized bed draped with mosquito netting and a sunken bath built for two.
The lovebirds, who haven't seen each other since Chelsy's birthday in October, spent their first night quaffing cocktails and dining on a seafood barbecue.
Over the next few days, the couple plan to do nothing more strenuous than swim, sunbathe and fish.
They have, however, planned a spectacular New Year's Eve celebration with cocktails on the beach followed by a huge buffet of prawns and Goanstyle duck followed by a fireworks display.
Harry plans to fly back to England on January 5, when he will be officially informed whether his regiment will be sent to Iraq.
Although the Prince has made clear he wishes to serve on the frontline, top brass are still arguing as to whether his presence there would prove too much of a security risk.
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