Prince Harry to mark his birthday by attending Battle of Britain flypast

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Prince Harry has returned to the UK to start life as a full time royal
First engagement is a Battle of Britain flypast in Sussex tomorrow
He will also carry out a series of engagements for the RFU
Will join the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at Twickenham on Friday

Published: 12:47 EST, 14 September 2015 | Updated: 14:24 EST, 14 September 2015

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He’s spent the summer working on conservation projects in Africa but Prince Harry is now back in the UK and will this week return to royal duties with a vengeance.

The prince, who celebrates his 31st birthday tomorrow, is to take part in a series of high profile engagements, starting with a RAF flypast.

Held to mark the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, Harry will join veterans to see a fleet of 40 Hurricanes, Spitfires and Blenheims take to the air – the most in any one place since World War II.

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Prince Harry turns 31 tomorrow and will be on royal duties for a flypast at Goodwood Aerodrome in Sussex

For the past three months, the prince has been working on conservation projects in Africa. The royal is pictured here checking a male lion's breathing after it was tranquillised to be fitted with a tracker

Next on his schedule are a series of events in the run up to the Rugby World Cup, which opens on Friday night with the England vs. Fiji at Twickenham stadium.

Harry, who is vice-president of the England Rugby Football Union [RFU], will be at the opening ceremony alongside the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and at the first match.

Before that, he will take part in a welcome ceremony for visiting players at Durbar Court in London, alongside Prime Minister David Cameron and RFU president and ex-England international, Jason Leonard on Thursday.

This week’s efforts will be followed by a joint visit to Manchester with the Duke of Cambridge and a series of events to promote the legacy element of the Rugby World Cup.

Prince Harry with Jonny Wilkinson at the Rugby World Cup 100 Days to Go Launch in June. The royal will be at the opening ceremony on Friday

Harry will be reunited with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge for the Rugby World Cup opening ceremony, the trio are all fans of sporting events - pictured here at the Tour De France in June last year

Harry is also due to take part in the Walk of Britain, a trek through the UK alongside wounded veterans on behalf of Walking With The Wounded, of which he is patron.

A Kensington Palace spokesman added: 'He will be busy through the remainder of September and October with events in support of the Rugby World Cup.

'In addition to a programme of engagements focusing on the military and wounded veterans, he will also return to his private work with the London District Personnel Recovery Unit, but now in a voluntary capacity.'

Harry will also make a visit to Washington D.C next month as part of his work for the Invictus Games and will travel to South Africa in early November for an official visit.

Harry is missing from the family portrait taken at Princess Charlotte's christening as he was still in Africa at the time

His return to Africa will also include a visit to Lesotho, where he will once again meet orphans being helped by his AIDS charity, Sentebale.

In the past month, Harry has been working with a team tracking lions in the remote, 10,000sq-mile Palmwag Reserve in Namibia’s north-west Kunene region, where lions, elephants, rhino and leopards roam across vast vistas of desert and scrub.

Having swapped life as an Army Apache helicopter pilot for the sharp end of animal conservation, his commitment to the cause meant he missed the christening of his niece Princess Charlotte in July.

Speaking afterwards, the 30-year-old joked he was a 'bad uncle' for not attending his baby niece's big day.