By Breaking Celebrity News Staff

Rebellious British royal Prince Harry celebrates turning 27 Thursday.

The birthday boy is known for being the prankster of the family and it doesn’t appear that he is slowing down his raucous behavior any time soon.

But he does have a serious side and instead of partying it up a storm on his big day, Harry is said to have spent the day at a Royal Air Force airfield to continue his Apache helicopter training.

As he turns another year older, and hotter, Breaking Celebrity News takes a look back at his life through the years.

Born Prince Henry Charles Albert David on September 15 1984, Harry is the second son of Prince Charles and the late Diana, Princess of Wales.

He is third in line to the British throne behind his father and elder brother Prince William.

After attending several exclusive schools in Britain he went on to the prestigious Eton College. It was the year before, in 1997, that a sad and forlorn 12-year-old Harry was seen walking behind his mother’s coffin, after she was killed in a car crash in Paris, devastated by the loss of his beloved mom.