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🇬🇧🇳🇴 The Duke of Sussex, Captain General @RoyalMarines, visited Exercise Clockwork to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the operation in Bardufoss, Norway. The Duke met specialist aircrew and engineers, finding out more about their experiences of flying with the Royal Marines in the Arctic Circle – before cutting a special cake to mark the operation’s 50th anniversary, and thanked both Brits and Norwegians for their collaborative work over the past 50 years. Clockwork is the traditional name of the Royal Marines’ annual winter exercise, based in one of the world’s most demanding environments 200 miles inside the Arctic Circle, which has trained over 16,000 Royal Marines and Royal Navy sailors and airmen since 1969. #RoyalMarines #ExerciseClockwork 📷 Kensington Palace

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Prince Harry spent his first Valentine’s Day as a married man in Norway to visit service members and learn how they deal with extreme cold weather, but he soon discovered an incredibly chilly surprise. 

The Prince was welcomed inside Quincey Shelter, a version of an igloo dug out and used in emergencies in extreme temperatures, which was specially decorated with candles, mood music, and yes, photos of him and Meghan from their royal wedding!

When he saw the photographs of his wedding, which included the couple’s public debut on the steps of St. George’s Chapel and their carriage ride around Windsor, he simply laughed and said: “You weirdos! Nice.”

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🇬🇧🇳🇴 The Duke of Sussex, Captain General @RoyalMarines, visited Exercise Clockwork to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the operation in Bardufoss, Norway. The Duke shared lunch Brits and Norwegians who have made significant contributions to the operation, before meeting deployed ranks at several Ground Training Stances, including taking a look inside a Quinzhee Shelter. Clockwork is the traditional name of the Royal Marines’ annual winter exercise, based in one of the world’s most demanding environments 200 miles inside the Arctic Circle, which has trained over 16,000 Royal Marines and Royal Navy sailors and airmen since 1969. #RoyalMarines #ExerciseClockwork 📷 Kensington Palace / PA

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“It’s very kind of you to invite me into your private, err, shrine,” he said, proclaiming it “romantic.” He later added, “Homely in there, isn’t it? It starts to get a little bit weird after a while.”

During his time on the base, Harry saw footage of servicemen undergoing their grueling ice water plunge and joined the troops for a hot buffet lunch in the mess, away from the cameras so he could talk to the men and women.

He also viewed the Wild Cat and Apache helicopters, admitting, “I miss my pilot days.”

Read more at People.