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Will is still Harry’s best friend, even though Harry is really close to Louis Tomlinson. He never actually officially left White Eskimo, so if he ever wanted to rejoin for a one-off gig they’d let him. Today the White Eskimo line-up consists of Will [Sweeny] on vocals, Josh Clarke on guitar, Sam Greenwood on bass and Alex Lewis on drums. Check out their fan page on Facebook or follow them on Twitter: http://Twitter.com/White_Eskimo.

White Eskimo have their own manager now and have been gigging around the UK. They have recorded some great tracks in a London studio and worked with the music producer Jon Kelly, who has worked with Kate Bush, The Beautiful South and Paul McCartney.

As well as having good friends like Will to talk to, Harry is very close to his big sister Gemma, but they did have their fair share of arguments while growing up. Gemma used to get really irritated when Harry put on silly voices and didn’t find it funny at all. Their first pet was a dog called Max and they had a hamster – called hamster – but they now have a black-and-white cat called Dusty, who has over 30,000 fans on Twitter. Harry admits that he’s more of a cat person than a dog person. His family have never bought a pet; they always adopt from rescue centres or take in pets no one else wants.

Gemma is currently studying for a degree at Sheffield University. You can tell by looking at her that she’s Harry’s sister as they share some characteristics, but her hair is poker straight, whereas Harry’s is curly. No one in the family knows where Harry got his curls from as his dad Des has really short hair and mum Anne has wavy hair. Harry’s mum used to love her son’s hair when he was little, telling Star Magazine: ‘It was white blond with curls at the end when he was younger, but we had it cut because he looked a bit too pretty!’

Both Gemma and Anne tweet all the time, so it is worth following them on Twitter as you will get to see the tweets they send to Harry. They are both so proud of him, and love him so much. Check out their Twitter accounts at the front of the book.

When he turned 16 on 1 February 2010, Harry hadn’t sat his GCSEs (final exams) but he had to decide what he wanted to do in life. Aside from school, he was working in a local bakery but his dream job was to be a singer. He was going to do A-levels in law, sociology and business, but after encouragement from his mum he decided to apply for The X Factor first to see whether he had what it takes to be world-class singer. (His mum was actually the one who filled out the form!) The minimum age for entry was 16 and as the auditions were taking place in June and July, Harry was only just eligible. If unsuccessful, he had thoughts of becoming a lawyer or a sports physiotherapist. He had no idea how much his life was about to change.