sorry for that incident . `` 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 with Britain 's Press Association , marking his 21st birthday . `` I 'd like to put it in the past now . What 's done is done . I regret it . '' The videos that surfaced Saturday were filmed by the prince himself during his military service in 2006 , according to the News of the World Web site . `` Ahh , our little Paki friend ... Ahmed , '' a voice says as the camera zooms in on a soldier from across the room . The video does not show Prince Harry 's face . 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
-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Britain 's Prince Harry apologized through a spokesman Saturday after videos surfaced showing him using offensive language to describe people in his military unit . Prince Harry apologized for videos of him making offensive comments while on military duty in 2006 . In one clip , a voice said to be Harry 's calls a soldier a `` Paki . '' In another clip , the voice tells a soldier wearing a cloth on his head that he looks `` like a raghead . '' The British newspaper News of the World posted the videos on its Web site Saturday . It did not say how it obtained them . A spokesman for Prince Harry apologized in a statement released by St. James 's Palace Saturday . 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 the first apology for offensive behavior by Prince Harry . In 2005 , he was photographed wearing a Nazi uniform to a party . He said he was