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Prince Harry's portrait painter (4)

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hals

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'portrait painter' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'prince harry's' is the wordplay.
'prince' becomes 'hal' (I've seen this before).
'harry's' becomes 's' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'hal'+'s'='HALS'

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(Other definitions for hals that I've seen before include "Frans --, Dutch artist" , "Sixteenth to seventeenth century Dutch artist known for portraits" , "Laughing Cavalier artist" , "Frans - , Dutch painter (The Laughing Cavalier)" , "Painter of The Laughing Cavalier, d. 1666" .)

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