Then why is he in the service? Negative. My perspective as a commander on the ground is this: Prince or no Prince, if he is one of my Lieutenants (Cornet) assigned to my company, and we are being deployed, then he gets deployed with us. End of story.
Don't get me wrong, I appreciate his royal status, but every last one of the men who serves with him will tell you that they don't want to deploy without their leader. All other considerations aside, the time to be concerned about his being in combat is not on the eve of his deployment. If that wasn't debated and settled before he entered military service then someone wasn't doing their job.
Outstanding post.