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establishmentshill
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 Prince Harry: Sacrifice for Queen and country
#8089211 - 03/01/08 10:15 AM |
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Prince Harry: Sacrifice for Queen and country
By Jasper Gerard
Even those of us who hold rather mixed views about monarchy in general and Prince Harry in particular watched Cornet Wales's television interview from Afghanistan on Thursday evening slack-jawed.
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Here was Harry, the fancy-dress enthusiast and well-known barfly, sounding sober, dedicated, charming, brave, caring, responsible, honest, well-balanced, unstuffy … normal, even.
He chatted about his "Dad", letters from brother William and about his proud mother "looking down, having a giggle about the stupid things I've been doing, like going left when I should have gone right".
True, the interviewer referred to the Queen as "grandma" and the young officer then pointedly called her "my grandmother", but a young Prince Edward would have called mama "Her Majesty" and probably genuflected, too.
Prince Harry managed to convey affection and respect for the Queen's position, and her judgment, without sounding fawning.
"Her knowledge of the army is amazing for a grandmother," he said, before adding, "I suppose it's slightly her job."
His inarticulacy was rather endearing – he seemed like any twenty-something bloke.
At the same time, he was hugely conscious of what he was saying and how it might reflect on his family, commanding officers and fellow soldiers. Yet all of this came across as more than spin.
A young man who cheerfully sits in a building riddled with mortar holes tends to tell it straight, and he did.
Here was the nightclub habitué talking about being a "bullet magnet" rather than a babe magnet and acknowledging that his time in Afghanistan would make him a target for terrorists in the UK.
"Now that you come to think about it, it's quite worrying," he said ruefully.
All in all, it was a triumph, even if those who are predicting that this celebratory wall-to-wall coverage of the 23-year-old Household Cavalry officer and his frontline exploits will result in queues at recruitment halls exaggerate the stardust a royal can sprinkle these days.
If some spoilt celebrity such as Lewis Hamilton or Wayne Rooney signed up, then maybe; but not a Windsor.
None of this, though, takes anything from Prince Harry's professional dedication and uncomplaining demeanour.
For years, those of us who write about the Firm have been told quietly that in private, Harry is hugely engaging, with enough of Diana's magic touch to be potentially one of the Royal Family's greatest assets...
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/02/29/nharry2529.xml
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Virus_with_Shoes
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Registered: 01/25/07
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 Re: Prince Harry: Sacrifice for Queen and country [Re: Luddite]
#8109731 - 03/06/08 04:16 AM |
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"You really talk out your ass a lot, but thanks for giving me the opportunity again to publicly point out your incompetence."
Funny you should mention that... what does this have to do with Drug Policy Reform you mindless twat?
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Edited by Virus_with_Shoes (03/06/08 08:52 PM)
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Kiffah
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I was listening to radio 4 as this painfully obvious PR stunt was unfolding. In an interview with them, (on the "front lines") He told them he was shooting at invisible Talibani's hidden in trenches.
So poor Afghani soldiers armed with rusting klashnikovs now have the power of invisibility?
Bollocks bollocks bollocks.
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blackegg
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Spoiled little shit.
why is this even remotely newsworthy ...in ANY forum?
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Luddite
establishmentshill
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Thanks for suffering. I enjoyed your pain.
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