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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7269814.stm

Their may be some "Artisitic licence" to the report, and in general I am neither pro nor anti-monarchy myself.

But if this is true then he has earned a great deal of respect from myself.

Of course many of our other boys put themselves in the line of fire but Harry has so many other options available to him that it is truly commendable of the chap to do so.

A monarch to be proud of???

Pretty clever move by someone - that whole Iraq thing must have been a bluff to divert attention from him going to Helmand.

I quite like Harry, he's more "down with the kids" than William. You could probably get pretty fucked and have a good laugh with Hazza, i reckon Willy would fuck you off after a bit.

Iv'e just watched the videos of him talking about it on the beeb and he comes over as a normal "Down to Earth" chap, the kind of bloke that you could bump into at your local in fact.

He also appears to have a genuine enthusiasm for his job. I vaguely remember him when he was much younger stating that he wanted to be "A normal person", which was understandably (Sp) ridiculed.

I think that he acheived his goal of being a normal person . (In the eyes of the soldiers fighting alongsides him at least)

 Isn't that becasue his father is a commoner rather than a royal?

now now reginald we all know its true but we cant say it, we will be killed by mi6

Isn't it mega-likely-rumouroid that Harry might have a different father?

I'm not bothered about any of them, but on the other hand I'm probably more pro-royalty than against it. If they suddenly decided to use their devine ruling rights after the tabloid monkeys inevitably vote in the next far-right nazi party then I'd be more royalist than a royal favourite. And they're pretty good for tourism.

top bloke, fair play.

whenever I have seen him interveiwed he seems to all ways be on the verge of swearing. Good lad get him down the county!

You're right, the same as Prince Andrew is apparently not fathered by Prince Phillip.

Fair play to Harry though at least he's been consistent and honest about his intentions & ambitions - it's a shame MP's don't take the same view and put themselves on the line for their country.

 Probably missed the opportunity....he used to do his underage drinking in the Rattlebone in Sherston,  been in there myself a few times and the locals would happily trot out Harry stories.

If they did that they would not be MPs....

unless it was Military Police.

Have to say I thought he came over well. Certainly a lot better than the "And now our hour long special" fawning twats on ITN. Harry 1-0 News Media. Oh, and where the fuck do the Drudge Report get off, putting people's lives at risk like that? Stick to the B-list Hollywood celebs, assholes

bizarrely i've always found william and harry to be fairly likeable and relatively normal people when they've been interviewed. i fucking hate the royal family but i almost feel sorry for those two for being born into such an inbred institution.

fair play to them.

There is a place for the royal family in this world....

Respect to Harry

I don't like this idea of someone organising a black out on the media coverage just so he could go. I understand doing that on important stuff, like not reporting that the police have an under cover agent in a drug den or something.

Not reporting something just so little Harry gets to go fight with his chums is a bit of a knock for the trust in the media though. Set's a new low for media manipulation, one that could be used for other things.

Harry's been spotted rinking in the Kings Arms in Calne before, therefore he's alright by me!!!  I like Prince Phillip too, he's funny.  Charlie's not a bad geezer just given a hard time by the press.  Princess Anne does a good job, hardly ever misses a Scotland rugby match, which I bet she's thrilled about - deserves a lot of credit for that alone!

Anyway back to Harry, fair play to him for going out there in the first place, but he should get noe extra special benefits compared to the other lads out there.

The cynical part of me wonders exactly how much of an unauthorised leak this was, but i like the idea of henry the fifth leading the charge at Agincourt, that sort of thing and reckon this is exactly the sort of thing the royals should be doing, so i'll give him the benfit of the doubt and show some pride.

well done for wearing a hat with a USA flag on it during the interview though - 'we do bad things to bad people' on the back of it... jesus.

i think that's bollocks.
harry's a soldier, he should serve in the war, agree with it or not he's technically fighting for us, i certainly wouldnt be prepared to go and serve in helmand.
but if everybody knew about it, it would definetely increase the risk to him and his battalion.

it's easy to be cynical about it, but just a teaspoon of common sense shows that this blackout was justified, and admirably carried out by the media it has to be said.

NO WAY!!  :shock:

Britain's Media in Doing-the-Right Thing Shocker!

Really proud of Harry, easily my fave royal.

Really ?  I'd take Zara Phillips anytime !

My sister Waxes Zara Phillips minnie! True Story!

pictures?
Hang on - you mean your sister cleans her car?

fuck me, so fucking what, rich cunt gets his hands dirty, never heard so much praise for a ginger

This is why these things are not reported Ben:



http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7270743.stm

I thought to begin with that it was a piece of irresonsible reporting.[/quote]

But then instead of sending him and trying to keep a secret which if it gets out is not only a risk to him and all his mates. He just shouldn't go.

I just don't like the idea of media silencing. I know papers and telly aren't the most reliable of things but they are pretty much all we've got to keep us informed of the world most of the time.

I'd agree there could be an argument that he shouldn't go, in respect of the fact that he puts his fellow soldiers in danger. Although do we really need to know where he is at all times? And apparently it was not a case of censorship at all, rather the beeb decided against broadcasting through combination of some deal and some common dog being used. Supposedly It all fell through because individual(s) who leaked it.

You never know if Harry is coming back.... they could say he is coming home but he stays out there... Fair play to him for going over there though"

I think the plane landing at Brize Norton this morning with world media there suggests he is coming home Gaz.

Could be. I hadn't read or seen that until you posted it!

ross kemp would have been in more danger than harry.

Maybe Harry will turn out decent as he's got no royal blood in him. The genetic pool has been stirred up and he's not a Nazi inbred fuckwit like the others. Good luck to the guy.