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What a Drudge for Prince Harry

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Poor Prince Harry. He made it more than clear that he intended to quit his army service unless he was allowed to be deployed with his soldiers on active service - he wanted to do his bit and be treated exactly the same as his men. Secretly, ten weeks ago, he got his dearest wish.

For the past ten weeks Harry has been on active duty in Afghanistan; fighting the taliban, going without the basic comforts, experiencing fear, facing every danger as his men. His deployment was to be kept strictly under wraps and a worldwide media embargo was put in place and for obvious reasons. Prince Harry would immediately become a target and thus would any soldiers serving with him if news of his deployment was made public. But all that has been ruined and Harry has to go home.

All thanks to a trash website in the US The Drudge Report. They broke the embargo, they told the world where Harry was and what he was doing. They endangered his life and that of his men. Not to be outdone of course, like a lot of snitchers wanting a piece of the pie, that gutter trash magazine from Australia, New Idea, hopped in and took their cue to publish the same story. About the only time New Idea have published an article bearing a grain of accuracy in it too. Then Channel Four UK eagerly followed suit…

Shame on the bloody lot of them. This young man  wanted nothing more than to serve his country just as his fellow soldiers are doing, to do the job for which he has been trained, to show that a member of the Royal Family actually has some bottle about him. He wanted to stay loyal to his men and fight alongside them. He has done that; but unfortunately a modern day media, with not a scrap of the ethics or scruples that Harry and his soldiers possess, have shown they have no respect for courage, bravery and sacrifice.  Or loyalty.

Here’s one to the Drudge…for being one.

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