2:05 pm - 09/07/2012
Squaddie Prince goes back to work
Prince Harry returns to Afghanistan
The 27-year-old arrived in Camp Bastion in Helmand in the early hours of this morning, where he will be based for the duration of his tour with 622 Sqn, 3 Regiment Army Air Corps.
His role will be to kill insurgents as he operates the aircraft's weapon systems, which include Hellfire missiles and a 30mm chain gun. He will also be expected to provide air cover on missions by special forces.
He spent his first morning at Camp Bastion checking over the state-of-the-art Army aircraft he has likened to a "robot".
He looked relaxed, if slightly tired, and gave a thumbs-up after a long journey on a standard troop flight from RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire. He climbed up to peer into the cockpit of one of the helicopters he will fly and crouched down to inspect its weapons.
Royal sources said Captain Wales, as he is know in the Army, was full of "pride and anticipation" as he returned to Afghanistan four and a half years after his last tour, as a Forward Air Controller with the Household Cavalry, was cut short because of a media blackout being broken.
The Prince of Wales was said to be "immensely proud of his son" and wished him well when Prince Harry stayed at Birkhall on the Balmoral estate over the bank holiday weekend.
His brother, the Duke of Cambridge, said his goodbyes at Kensington Palace earlier this week, where the two Princes have their London homes.
In stark contrast to the media blackout imposed when the Prince undertook his previous tour, the Ministry of Defence has taken the decision to inform the public about his presence in Afghanistan from the word go, and arranged for a reporter and photographer from the Press Association news agency to fly to Camp Bastion to provide coverage on a pooled basis.
The BBC's Kabul team was given the job of providing pooled film footage.
MoD sources said the Ministry had decided on the change of tack because the Prince's role this time around is markedly different from his tour of 2007-2008. Back then, as an infantry soldier, there were fears that if the Taliban knew of his presence it would put his comrades at greater risk than usual, because insurgents would concentrate their efforts on trying to kill or capture such a prized target.
This time, however, the Prince is flying in a two-man helicopter, meaning he will be no more or less of a target than any other Apache pilot. The fact that he will be based at Camp Bastion, the main British base in Helmand, also means he will be virtually impossible to get at.
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The 27-year-old arrived in Camp Bastion in Helmand in the early hours of this morning, where he will be based for the duration of his tour with 622 Sqn, 3 Regiment Army Air Corps.
His role will be to kill insurgents as he operates the aircraft's weapon systems, which include Hellfire missiles and a 30mm chain gun. He will also be expected to provide air cover on missions by special forces.
He spent his first morning at Camp Bastion checking over the state-of-the-art Army aircraft he has likened to a "robot".
He looked relaxed, if slightly tired, and gave a thumbs-up after a long journey on a standard troop flight from RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire. He climbed up to peer into the cockpit of one of the helicopters he will fly and crouched down to inspect its weapons.
Royal sources said Captain Wales, as he is know in the Army, was full of "pride and anticipation" as he returned to Afghanistan four and a half years after his last tour, as a Forward Air Controller with the Household Cavalry, was cut short because of a media blackout being broken.
The Prince of Wales was said to be "immensely proud of his son" and wished him well when Prince Harry stayed at Birkhall on the Balmoral estate over the bank holiday weekend.
His brother, the Duke of Cambridge, said his goodbyes at Kensington Palace earlier this week, where the two Princes have their London homes.
In stark contrast to the media blackout imposed when the Prince undertook his previous tour, the Ministry of Defence has taken the decision to inform the public about his presence in Afghanistan from the word go, and arranged for a reporter and photographer from the Press Association news agency to fly to Camp Bastion to provide coverage on a pooled basis.
The BBC's Kabul team was given the job of providing pooled film footage.
MoD sources said the Ministry had decided on the change of tack because the Prince's role this time around is markedly different from his tour of 2007-2008. Back then, as an infantry soldier, there were fears that if the Taliban knew of his presence it would put his comrades at greater risk than usual, because insurgents would concentrate their efforts on trying to kill or capture such a prized target.
This time, however, the Prince is flying in a two-man helicopter, meaning he will be no more or less of a target than any other Apache pilot. The fact that he will be based at Camp Bastion, the main British base in Helmand, also means he will be virtually impossible to get at.
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Edited at 2012-09-07 02:05 pm (UTC)
- he's a Nazi
- he's a drunk fratboy
- he's a racist
- he's not his father's son
- I met him in Alberta/he's not selfish in bed, etc.
and to that
- the dates black girls in secret.
Edited at 2012-09-07 02:06 pm (UTC)
presh icon!
lolll
except the last idk about that
this is seriously not the place for "who cares?" The pictures of him naked were splashed all over the internet, you think the royal family weren't shitting themselves over that? and the press weren't salivating over it?
Edited at 2012-09-07 02:11 pm (UTC)
Plus, I don't think he really needs any rehabilitation. The people who don't like him are generally people who don't like the royal family, and nobody else cares.
He works hard, and he parties hard...but everyone already knew that.
It's incredibly fortuitous timing though lbr
i feel so itchy!!!
best of luck <3333
BOOM lol that's some harsh wording
but geez, he looks hot as hell.
Since when killing innocents is better than party, naked or not?
Edited at 2012-09-07 02:43 pm (UTC)
When's in working he's there all the rest is nothing but a guy fucking around.
Yes this guy is a prince and should behave like one, >.> fuck that. He snubbed his nose at the whole thing and had fun. Can't take his fun or anyone else that was there away.
Edited at 2012-09-07 02:42 pm (UTC)