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Prince Harry will fight like any other soldier if his unit is sent to Iraq or Afghanistan, British Defense Secretary John Reid said this week. Ever since 2nd Lt. Wales, as the prince is known in the army, graduated from Sandhurst military academy last month, the British media has been debating the merits of allowing him to serve in a war zone. Harry, the third in line to the throne, insists on going. “There’s no way I’m going to put myself through Sandhurst and then sit on my arse back home while my boys are out fighting for their country,” he said in a rare interview last fall. Harry’s regiment, the Household Cavalry’s Blues and Royals, has been sent to every major British conflict of the past few decades, including the Falklands and both Gulf Wars.
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