[Lexington Green]

The risk of combat is what peasants are for.

[Spktyr]

Actually, Harry *wants* to go and has been threatening to resign from the army if he isn’t allowed to deploy with the rest of his unit.

Harry actually wants to make something of himself instead of being a useless national ornament - so give him credit and cut him some slack.

[DesScorp]

"The risk of combat is what peasants are for."

I hope that wasn't directed at Harry. If it was, you owe him an apology. He's said all along that he wants to be deployed to where the action is. Considering his Dad's nutty mental state, there's hope for the Royal Family yet if it can still produce young men like this.

[Polybius]

The risk of combat is what peasants are for.

His uncle, Prince Andrew, flew combat missions as a helo pilot in the Falkland's War Task Force and he got criticized for that too.

Prince Andrew's Role In Falklands an Issue ... Tam Dalyell, a Labor member of Parliament from Scotland, urged Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher today to consider withdrawing Queen Elizabeth's son, Prince Andrew, from the task force in the Falkland Islands. ... ''Andrew's presence is exceedingly unfortunate since it gives credence to the notion of European princelings coming to subdue emerging nations,'' Mr. Dalyell said in a telephone call to the Prime Minister's office.

In Iraq, with the enemies we face, every "peasant" in Harry's unit would be at much greater risk as that particular unit would be specifically targeted by every suicide bomber in Iraq.