Posted on 05/10/2013 6:51:22 AM PDT by Absolutely Spiffing Old Bean
Prince Harry has laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery on the latest leg of his US tour. The Prince, who has served twice in Afghanistan, was taken around some of the cemetery's 70 sections where military casualties from the US civil war to Afghanistan are buried. He also placed a wreath with a personal note next to the gravestone of Michael L Stansberry Jr, who died in July 2010. Dressed in the uniform of the Blues and Royals, it appeared a sombre and poignant moment for the Apache co-pilot gunner, acutely aware of the sacrifices made in battle. Sky's Royal Commentator Alastair Bruce said: "He knows the nature of how death can impact upon military life while in combat, and how important it is for a nation to mark and respect those that put their lives in danger on behalf of the nation's national interest. "In Arlington, the United States demonstrates exactly that. "Since it started its global war on terror, there have been an enormous number of funerals there, and so many of them associated with the battles that Prince Harry's friends have been involved with too."
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You know less, by the words, you have written. I respect you, don-o. Quit wasting your time, with me.
HUA
Yeah, well, I am not a genius like most folks around here. Got any suggestions on how to lighten up?
And don't forget using the military as props... For example that nonsense with the academy awards!
Mark
This upcoming group of Royals appears to be a cut above what we’ve gotten used to. A great blessing for our friends in the UK.
RedHeeler, I am quite shocked at your comments.
As a veteran I would have thought that you would appreciate a high profile serviceman paying respects to the any of the fallen, and particularly to the fallen of your own country.
Thank you to the other Freepers on this thread who spoke up.
Harry sowed some wild oats, no doubt....but he appears to be ready to settle down.
You are right! You, agere_contra- are the rightest, most truthful and best person/poster in the World. I will take your good observations to the immediate appropriate authority at once. Horrific.Check. Human Shields.Check. Demented.Check. I must say, Thanks be to Heaven, for you!
This was a nice gesture. He should not have walked on the graves.
A sir and a douche. Well done TheGunny. An amazingly unatural emotionalism, discharged by unamazing natural emotionalism. Bravo.
I just watched this on FOX...
While I think he was wonderful to commemorate our fallen, the celebrity-loving hordes in the back ground were despicable, disrespectful and disgusting. Snapping photos during “Taps”? Really people?
The country is doomed...
I’ve worked with the Brit Paras. Your idea of fellowship between the commons and the Royalty, much less between GB and the US, is laughable. Lady Thatcher mended a bridge, saved her Country and the Royals. This little charade the prince pulled, is exactly spit. This is my opinion. Don’t like it? So what.
What?
And I know what that means....
Along with having a really good time in Vegas!
I get your bad humor over this.
While it was decent of him to do this your point is well taken.
And, lest we forget, a lot of very gutsy, honorable, forward thinking Patriots risked everything so we could be free of this monarchy and it’s country...
We must never forget!!!
Okay, you are shocked. No, I am not awed by the royal whizzbies. If Harry wanted to respect, it could have been done by privacy. I don’t hold to pr stunts, held on Our Fallen. Never have never will. It seems you are Brit, right? My thanks also, to all who cared enough to respond.
I was just going to say the same thing! A foreign prince comes and honors one of our own in a military cemetery, when our own President couldn’t be bothered! Good grief...
Strangely, it’s like the reversal of 1812’s battle. A British soldier honoring the grave of an American Soldier, and in Washington, D.C. even! Well, well!
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