London, Dec. 26 (PTI): Prince Harry, the younger son of Prince Charles, has been let off without charges for his scuffle with a photographer outside a nightclub in October.

A Crown Prosecution Service official had ordered Harry to be given a criminal caution over the fight but the decision was overturned when senior CPS officials learned about it, a media report claimed today.

The authorities ruled that the case worker responsible for the order had made an error and that no further action would be taken against the Prince saving 20-year-old Harry's dream of becoming an Army officer, 'The Sunday Express' reported.

A criminal record would have barred him from going to the training college at Sandhurst in May.

A "breakdown in communication" had led to the error in Harry's case, a CPS spokeswoman said.

Harry's file said he was third in line for the British throne instead of merely mentioning his name.

The Prince's backers argued he merely pushed a camera away after it struck him in the face as he got into a car outside the Pangaea Club in Mayfair, London, on October 21.

The photographer, Chris Uncle, has argued that the royal "lunged" at him instead.

The CPS spokeswoman, while admitting that Harry's file had 'accidentally' mentioned his status as a royal, said his case had been "reviewed according to the code in a similar way to any other."

A spokesman for Prince Charles said the incident was "unfortunate" but the photographer had been "much pushier" than usual. He admitted Harry had lost his temper after taunts about allegedly cheating in his A-levels.