The word is finally out in the international media that Prince Harry, 23, is fighting in Afghanistan for the past 10 weeks. He has been fighting in the most volatile and dangerous Helmand province. The media was informed about this news but they were asked to keep quiet on it. The news only emerged few days back in Drudge Report. Now that the news is finally out, lets see if the Britain still keep him in the War zone where he will face increasing risk of being targeted now. According to Prince Harry, he enjoys his life soldiering but wish he could inform him friends about it. The British army will now consider to shift him to another location keeping in mind his safety concerns because of his high profile.

The secret is out: Prince Harry has been serving on the front line with his British army unit in one of Afghanistan’s most lawless and barren provinces. Harry is the first royal to serve in a combat zone since his uncle Prince Andrew flew helicopters during Britain’s war with Argentina over the Falkland Islands in 1982.

British officials had hoped to keep the 23-year-old’s deployment secret until he had safely returned, but they released video of Harry serving in Helmand Province after a leak appeared on the U.S. Web site the Drudge Report.

The planned deployment had been disclosed to reporters, with no specific date, but was not reported previously under a pool agreement between the Ministry of Defense and all major news organizations operating in Britain, including The Associated Press. The news blackout was intended to reduce the risk to the prince and his regiment.

“I got here on Christmas Eve. And going from bullet magnet to anti-bullet magnet, most of the guys were pretty bummed that I was here because nothing was happening for the first few days that I was here. But things are picking up again now because it’s obviously quite boring when nothing is happening,” Harry said in one video. (AP)

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