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Another article - news.com.au - PRINCE Harry has threatened to quit the British Army if commanders refuse to send him to the frontline. The prince and his older brother William have both made it clear they want to see active service with their units.

Earlier this month Harry, 21, was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Household Cavalry's Blues and Royals, the army's oldest and most senior regiment.

The Blues and Royals have been deployed in almost every major operation of the past 25 years, including the Falklands, Bosnia and both Gulf wars.

And now it has been revealed the determined prince told top brass at the Sandhurst military academy: "If I am not allowed to join my unit in a war zone, I will hand in my uniform."

This poses serious problems for advisers tasked with protecting William and Harry, the second and third in line to the throne, and those fighting alongside them.

A Clarence House spokeswoman said: "Harry is very clear that he is joining the Army to serve his country as an operational soldier."

[Lost Humanist]

Well, the bloke has passed his Sandhurst training, and is now a second-lieutenant in the 'Blues and Royals' (Household Cavalry). He has earned the right to go and get embroiled in Afghanistan or Iraq. For his sake, I would argue that Iraq is going to be safer option, cos as soon as the UK deploys the 16th Air Assault Brigade into Afghanistan there is going to be one Hell of a war.
For their faults, the Royals have never shirked duty, and have fought in a number of wars. Indeed although Prince Charles has never fought in armed conflict, he commanded his own ship in the Royal Navy, and retired a Commander. Prince William is set to pass through Sandhurst in the next few months too, and then onto the Welsh Guards.
Alot of pressure for Harry if he goes, but it would be a tremendous moral boost for our boys and girls if we had a Royal serving in the front line once more.