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The oldest member of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry says she's ready to go to Afghanistan if she's needed. Countess Mountbatten of Burma, 78, is the regiment's colonel-in-chief and is in Edmonton this weekend helping to raise morale of the families of troops in Afghanistan. Lady Patricia told The Sun she is even prepared to go to Afghanistan to help boost morale but she doesn't want to distract troops from their work. "I'd go if they wanted me to," she said. "But I don't imagine they have time to do any more than their immediate duties. "If they want...