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Prince Harry, once dubbed a royal wild child for underage drink and drug antics, graduated as an army officer in England before joining a regiment that could be sent to Iraq or Afghanistan. The third in the line to the throne passed out at the elite Sandhurst military academy before his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, at a colourful ceremony rich in military tradition. Prince Harry marched with sword in hand across the parade ground to start his military career and stood to attention as his grandmother inspected the cadets. Officer Cadet Wales now becomes a Second Lieutenant in the Household Cavalry...

A LESBIAN couple has become the first in the British army to tie the knot under the country's new civil partnership laws. Sonya Gould, 19, and Vanessa Haydock, 18, both privates in the Royal Logistics Corps, exchanged vows before friends and family at the register office in Chippenham, Wiltshire in the west of England, The Sun newspaper reported today. "It was wonderful to get married and being the first was the icing on the cake. We want to be together forever," said Haydock, pictured in The Sun kissing Gould in uniform – albeit not smack on the lips. While they...