UNICEF, Mets on tap for British prince in NYC

NEW YORK -- Britain's Prince Harry showed he can shoot. On the second day of his U.S. visit, New Yorkers get to see his arm.

After firing an M4 rifle during a training exercise Friday at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Harry was scheduled to throw out the first pitch at Saturday's New York Mets game against the Minnesota Twins.

Earlier Saturday he visited UNICEF, where staff members briefed him on the U.N. agency's use of mapping technology to respond to crises such as the earthquake in Haiti.

The prince, the younger son of Charles, Prince of Wales, and the late Diana, Princess of Wales, began his three-day visit Friday at West Point.

Harry, third in line to the British throne, arrived by helicopter uniformed in camouflage. He hopped on the back of a Humvee, swapped his light blue beret for a helmet and headed out for live-fire exercises on the firing range and field exercises in nearby woods.

The prince changed into a dark suit for a reception later Friday for British and American veterans and their families at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum.

Harry said it was "a bit of a pinch yourself moment" to stand on the flight deck of the Intrepid, a historic aircraft carrier docked on Manhattan's West Side. He said Britain and the U.S. must forge stronger links between their military veterans.

After Saturday's Mets game, Harry was scheduled to attend a country club reception in Greenwich, Conn., and promote his charity, Sentebale, which provides support to orphans and vulnerable children in Lesotho.

Today, Harry will walk with wounded veterans participating in a road race through Central Park. He also plans to participate in the third annual Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic on Governors Island, in New York Harbor.

The polo event will benefit American Friends of Sentebale, the U.S. arm of the global charity co-founded by Harry.