Prince Harry to serve in Royal Navy · 2007-05-21 12:59
Prince Harry may quit the Army and go to the Navy after being banned from serving as a soldier in Iraq.
Military chiefs and senior royal advisers are drawing up face-saving plans to allow the 22-year-old Prince to see active service ??“ but in a different force. The proposal would see him transfer within the next six to nine months after the furore over his Iraq ban has died down.
A senior Palace aide told The People: "The Navy is seen as a safer environment. It doesn't face the ever-present risk of running into snipers or suicide bombers. Its servicemen are just as courageous as those in the Army, but it is fair to say that at sea the risks of random attacks are lower."_
The aide added: "It would not take the Prince long to adapt. Forces' training ??¦ is interchangeable."
Harry's uncle Prince Andrew served in the Royal Navy for 22 years, seeing action as a helicopter pilot in the Falklands War. Our source said: "When Prince Andrew went to the Falklands in 1982 there were none of the concerns which have surrounded Harry going to Iraq."
Another royal aide said: "Prince Harry will not walk away from the forces."
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