Prince Harry wound up his first solo overseas tour with a game of polo before returning home to focus on his military career.
Prince Harry said on Sunday that he hoped that Queen Elizabeth was proud of what he had done during his first solo overseas tour.
The Prince revealed that the reception he has received on his 10-day trip to the Caribbean and Brazil had left him "choked up".
On the final day of his tour the Prince, 27, said that he had been "humbled" by the "amazing warmth" shown towards him and the Queen.
He said: "I tell you what, it's been an emotional trip. I'm absolutely exhausted but the warmth of the reception that we've received from every single country that we've been to has been amazing.
"I personally had no idea how much warmth there was towards the Queen. To me that's been very humbling and I was actually quite choked up seeing the way that they're celebrating her 60 years. She's thousands of miles away and yet they celebrated her in the way they did and made me feel so welcome, so I couldn't thank them more."
The Prince, who marked the final day of his tour by playing in a polo match in aid of his children's charity, Sentebale, said that he had spoken with the Queen shortly before his departure.
He said: "We had a great chat. She wished me luck and she said 'Enjoy it, I hope you do me proud.' It was a typical grandmother to grandson chat. I just hope that my grandmother is proud of what we've done."
The Prince's tour has been notable for his relaxed, unstuffy approach and his sense of humour, particularly in Jamaica where the he left the sprinter Usain Bolt standing at the start line of a race track by running off when his back was turned. He said that his keen sense of fun and enthusiasm for pranks ran in the family. He said of the Queen: "She is very funny but I think she gets it from my grandfather. They are very funny together. My family is the same as any other family when it comes to humour behind closed doors, though I'd like think I was funnier than my grandmother.
"We knew how fantastic these countries would be, I've never taken myself too seriously. I've had a gas."
Prince Harry's tour has been seen as a huge success, with Jeremy Hunt, the Culture Secretary, describing his impact as "electrifying".
But the Prince, who is expected to return to front line duty in Afghanistan within the year, emphasised that while he would get involved with the Diamond Jubilee celebrations, he and the Duke of Cambridge would continue to focus on their military careers ahead of royal duties.
He said: "Nothing's ever certain, as I've realised. But I'll do what's asked of me. You can't sit there with a stiff upper lip and not get involved. I'm in a very privileged position, so I'll use my title to help out where I can, but at the same time, we've both got our military careers, and that's what we'll continue to do.
"I will help out with my grandmother whenever she needs me, but I have this job that does suck up a lot of my time, and that's the number one for me."
The prince also spoke of his closeness with the Duchess of Cambridge while speaking about his role as an Olympics ambassador together with his brother and Duchess of Cambridge, and touchingly referred to her as "my sister".
He also admitted that he had carefully planned his bid to beat the world's fastest man when they met on a race track in Jamaica. Following a lively day on the beach in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday, where the Prince played beach volleyball and touch rugby, he competed in the Sentebale Polo Cup in Campinas.
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