Prince Harry Was Serving His Country In Afghanistan

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Princess Diana wanted her boys to live life and to go their own way. It appears that her youngest Prince Harry is doing just that as he is seeing combat first hand with the rest of his unit.

Deployed in December in secret Harry has been serving right along beside his unit in Afghanistan. For the past ten weeks his unit has remained mum pledged to secrecy about their comrade in arms.

Prince Harry has always been outspoken on his deserve to be just like the rest of his unit and serve his country. It’s what he signed on to do.

The British Army and the media had struck a deal prior to the prince’s deployment for the safety not only of the prince but of the rest of his unit. At this time as the news breaks that he is in the Middle East fighting decisions have to be made if he and those soldiers of the the Blues and Royals are still safe enough for him to remain in combat.

Chief of the General Staff Sir Richard Dannatt said: “What the last two months have shown is that it is perfectly possible for Prince Harry to be employed just the same as other Army officers of his rank and experience.

“His conduct on operations in Afghanistan has been exemplary. He has been fully involved in operations and has run the same risks as everyone else in his Battlegroup.

“In common with all of his generation in the army today, he is a credit to the nation.

“In deciding to deploy him to Afghanistan, it was my judgment that with an understanding with the media not to broadcast his whereabouts, the risk in doing was manageable.”

I am sure his Mum would be proud.

Update 1:

Prince Harry To Head Home

The BBC is announcing that Prince Harry will be withdrawn from the battle in Afghanistan. On Thursday news reports that the prince was in combat put him and his unit in jeopardy resulting on the decision to remove the 23 year old from battle.

Brigadier Patrick Marriott has only positive words about Prince Harry’s time in army fatigues.

“There’s been an enormous amount of planning that’s gone on into this, and the fact that this was going to break was always thought a possible outcome and so plans are there - and I think people can be reassured about that.”

Part of the Household Cavalry Prince Harry had been based with a Gurkha regiment. He was involved in air cover support of ground forces and foot patrols.

Conservative leader David Cameron praised the British press for keeping the story under wraps for the ten weeks that Prince Harry was enabled to be like every other soldier in the British military.

“He has pursued his desire to get on the front line and serve his country with huge determination and courage. I applaud the British press for not breaking the story and risking his life and others around him.”

The news had first leaked out in an Australian publication in January however it wasn’t until The Drudge Report ran the story did the unit of the prince and the prince himself become jeopardized.

Update:2

Op-Ed: Does Prince Harry Dislike His Homeland?

After being pulled from the field because of the media’s coverage in Afghanistan Prince Harry will be welcomed home to England with a hero’s welcome but is his homeland where he wants to be?

“I don’t want to sit around in Windsor,” he said, referring to his barracks near a royal residence outside London in a pooled interview in Afghanistan last week, released after the blackout on his whereabouts was broken.

“But I generally don’t like England that much and, you know, it’s nice to be away from all the press and the papers and all the general s..(expletive) that they write.”

The prince has been the subject of many a British tabloid smear story from his hard partying to totally invading the young man’s privacy.

He has had to deal with the press all of his life and watch how that press at times tarnished his own mother’s image. Being born into the House of Windsor makes him a target for the media regardless of how he feels about it.

For a while after the death of Diana her sons were allowed by the press some privacy. That changed as they aged and began their college careers, the press camping out to capture their every move. From wearing a Nazi outfit for a Halloween Party to drinking all hours of the night the press covered the young royal relentlessly.

With the most recent media coverage over his time spent in Afghanistan fighting along side the rest of his unit he is no doubt rather angry about having to leave the ‘good fight’ and settle back into the blue blooded life.

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