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Wearing a blue suit and blue-striped shirt, Prince Harry then named Manhattan's British Garden, which is dedicated to the 67 Britons who died in the attack.
"It's a great privilege to be here," he said, before hefting a gold-painted shovel to help plant a new mangolia in the garden -- officially tree number 200,233 out of a million planned for New York under a city greening program.
Several hundred people turned out at the garden to greet the prince.
"We just love you!" several women called out.
"I'm awestruck," said Maura Sayers, 44, who works for a financial service company.
"Royalty is something we don't have here," she said "and to see the son of Diana!"
The next stop for the prince, who is a lieutenant in the British army and has deployed to Afghanistan, was the Veteran's Medical Center for a tour of the prosthetics lab and a meeting with US veterans.
On Saturday, Prince Harry was scheduled to visit community building programs in Harlem before moving to more glamorous territory -- a charity polo match on Governor's Island.
The prince is taking part in the match, sponsored by champagne makers Veuve Clicquot, to raise funds for Sentebale, a charity he established for children in Lesotho.
The son of Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana will face off against a team including Argentine model and polo player Nacho Figueras.
The visit appeared tailored to project a more serious image for the fun-loving younger brother of the quieter Prince William.
"Attention aspiring princesses: Prince Harry has almost landed," Time magazine announced, before issuing disappointing news to those fans: "The royal heartthrob, who has a well-known penchant for long, alcohol-fueled nights, won't be hitting New York City's dance floors."
Prince Harry has earned a reputation for frequenting expensive nightclubs in London and has occasionally run into scandals over statements criticized as insensitive, but brushed aside by supporters as merely colorful.
In February, the army decided to send him to retake an equality and diversity course in the wake of video footage showing the aristocrat using what many took to be racist language.
He had made a home movie while serving in the army in 2006 showing him referring to Pakistani fellow officer cadet Ahmed Raza Khan as "our little Paki friend".
He also referred to a comrade whose head had been covered with camouflage netting as a "raghead" -- slang for an Arab.
Supporters said Prince Harry was using nicknames or slang common in the armed forces and not seen as offensive by fellow soldiers.
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"It's a great privilege to be here," he said, before hefting a gold-painted shovel to help plant a new mangolia in the garden -- officially tree number 200,233 out of a million planned for New York under a city greening program.
Several hundred people turned out at the garden to greet the prince.
"We just love you!" several women called out.
"I'm awestruck," said Maura Sayers, 44, who works for a financial service company.
"Royalty is something we don't have here," she said "and to see the son of Diana!"
The next stop for the prince, who is a lieutenant in the British army and has deployed to Afghanistan, was the Veteran's Medical Center for a tour of the prosthetics lab and a meeting with US veterans.
On Saturday, Prince Harry was scheduled to visit community building programs in Harlem before moving to more glamorous territory -- a charity polo match on Governor's Island.
The prince is taking part in the match, sponsored by champagne makers Veuve Clicquot, to raise funds for Sentebale, a charity he established for children in Lesotho.
The son of Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana will face off against a team including Argentine model and polo player Nacho Figueras.
The visit appeared tailored to project a more serious image for the fun-loving younger brother of the quieter Prince William.
"Attention aspiring princesses: Prince Harry has almost landed," Time magazine announced, before issuing disappointing news to those fans: "The royal heartthrob, who has a well-known penchant for long, alcohol-fueled nights, won't be hitting New York City's dance floors."
Prince Harry has earned a reputation for frequenting expensive nightclubs in London and has occasionally run into scandals over statements criticized as insensitive, but brushed aside by supporters as merely colorful.
In February, the army decided to send him to retake an equality and diversity course in the wake of video footage showing the aristocrat using what many took to be racist language.
He had made a home movie while serving in the army in 2006 showing him referring to Pakistani fellow officer cadet Ahmed Raza Khan as "our little Paki friend".
He also referred to a comrade whose head had been covered with camouflage netting as a "raghead" -- slang for an Arab.
Supporters said Prince Harry was using nicknames or slang common in the armed forces and not seen as offensive by fellow soldiers.
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