Prince Harry is possibly the biggest PR miracle for the
ministry of defense. Deploying Captain
Wales to its forward operating base in Afghanistan is gold dust in PR terms. He himself notes that he feels more like a soldier than a prince and it seems it suits him better as well. For the royal family it looks good as well, he is one of the only ones who has the ability to connect with the nation. No other future monatch has seen active wartime military service since Prince Albert. Usually the royal family and the instition of defense keep each other at an arms length and the relationship is ceremonial.
I like the fact that the prince feels like he almost is just
one of the normal citizens and feels like he is in the right place in the army.
The article also mentions something about him escaping the media. And who can
blame him for making this one of his reasons to stay deployed. I don’t know if
I could handle all the media attention both Princes get in the UK.
I might say, I agree with you that getting deployed is a way of escaping the media that the royals always get. One matter in your article is the word 'monarch',but it is most probably a typing error. Nice to know that a royal member has such interest and like you said, bond with the nation. May he stay this way and keep enjoying this and not get an ego of this.
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