Prince Harry in royal rumble outside nightclub

Britain's Prince Harry was hit in the face by a camera during a scuffle which left a photographer with a cut lip outside a nightclub early today.

The 20-year-old was leaving Pangaea in the West End of London when photographers attempted to take pictures of him.

A British Royal spokesman claimed the third in line to the British throne was defending himself when the incident happened at around 3am.

“Prince Harry was hit in the face by a camera as photographers crowded around him as he was getting into a car,” the spokesman said. “In pushing the camera away, it’s understood that a photographer’s lip was cut.”

The incident comes just a week after the new British army recruit was accused of cheating in his art A-Level exam.