Harry of Wales: Our soldier prince
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Prince Harry on patrol in Afghanistan: “I think my mum would be proud of me.”game fifa99 dowlond |
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Prince Harry has been fighting the Taleban on the front line in Afghanistan, the MoD has confirmed.
Harry, 23, who is third in line to the throne, has spent the last 10 weeks serving in Helmand Province.
The prince joked about his nickname “the bullet magnet,” but said: “I finally get the chance to do the soldiering that I want to do.”
The deployment was subject to a news blackout deal, which broke down after being leaked by foreign media [read: Drudge!].
As third in line to the throne, Prince Harry is unlikely to ever be king, a mournful fact.game fifa99 dowlond
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Emergency plans to extract Prince Harry from Afghanistan were being drawn up last night after the news leaked that he had been on a secret combat tour in Helmand province since before Christmas.
After being denied the chance to serve with his unit in Iraq, the third in line to the throne was deployed in Afghanistan in mid-December. He has been working in Helmand province as a Forward Air Controller - responsible for providing cover for frontline troops - and has been personally involved in clashes with Taleban guerrillas.
His four-month deployment had been kept secret because of a Ministry of Defence agreement with news organisations, including The Times, but the details can now be made public after the news leaked out overseas and on the internet.
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