One is fighting for Gran & CountryFollow

Hats off to the bloke. Interviews are already playing by the broadcaster's who'd agreed to the blackout.

Hum.

It's a good thing that the royal family exposes themselves to the same risks as their subjects.

Publishing the whereabouts of such a great military/hostage target was utterly stupid and irresponsible of the website, and I really wish they hadn't done it.

2 weeks on a trash housing estate in Haringey would be more effective.

I love the fact that Harry likes his nickname of "Bullet Magnet"

good on the young prince

For what, exactly? Wanting the chance to see what it's like to kill someone without any repercussions? There's absolutely no reason for him to be there, even from a PR standpoint it doesn't make much sense.

And there was me thinking he wanted to be a soldier. You know? A career he really wanted?

He's not overly bright, so I don't think a Professorship was ever coming his way, but I do believe he's sincere.

Who cares? He shouldn't be there. Sorry, Harry, this terrible restriction on your career choice will just have to somehow be compensated by the enormous wealth, fame, and sex appeal heaped upon you because you fell out of a lucky ******.

I know, I know, it's terrible. Try to soldier through it, though.

No, but they didn't allow him to fight in Iraq last year because he would attract Al-Q'aeda interest in his battalion.

That's why they only allowed him to go if there was an agreed news blackout about his Afghan trip.

From what I heard he was doing rather harmless stuff, like coordinating airplanes or something. And there very few people who knew about it.

I don't know, I agree its a bit of a waste of money, but then so is the Royal Family in general. In context, this is a drop in the ocean. And its good that he should learn a bit, even if its just a little, of what life is like outside Boujis or Nobu.

We all have to deal with our own lot in life. Their lot is arguably better than most. Despite that, the grass is always greener eh? Consider, however, that in his particular case, in his search for normalcy or whatever he wants to call it, that he's endangering the men he fights alongside in a selfish pursuit. Yes, I realize it can also be argued that he's serving his country and that perhaps this in itself is some overwhelming desire of his. However, there are many ways to serve one's country that don't endanger your men through your celebrity.

Is it fair? What is? Again, you have to deal with the way things are, not the way they should be. Celebrities, be it by birth or some other fashion, can complain all they want about being in the spotlight, but it's just the way things are and no selfish desire on one's part should be endangering the men that are there...the ones that are fighting along side him and running the risk of him being exposed at any moment and the enemy killing the lot of them in hopes of a high profile raid.

Don't get me wrong, I think his intentions are probably good, but all things considered, it's still a selfish desire and completely obvious that it wouldn't work out in the long run.

Nexa

Yep.

Call me Mr Picky McPedantic, but if 3rd in line to the throne of England isn't 'grandeur', I'm not sure what is.

His stance on fighting alongside his oppos? Good bloke.

Really? Isn't anyone's stance that they'd be willing to play soldier with half a regiment of SAS doing nothing but making sure there was never any real danger?

It's asinine to play this off as some sort of self sacrifice. If he was really interested in contributing to the war effort somehow he should have become a pilot like his uncle. Then no one can tell if it's his plane that's dropping fire on the sky from them or not, and he still gets to jerk off in public about how tough he is.