Big story this week is Harry Windsor fighting on the front line.
All very brave and commendable but can someone explain to me why, when a member of the royal family does something like this they get universal praise? The Times has "Royal warrior Prince Harry sees off the sneerers", The Telegraph "Prince Harry: He can hold his head high" , and The Sun "makes hero Harry a pin up".
Now, I'm sure the lad's very brave and all that. And having a crack at "Terry Taliban", as he so charmingly describes them, is certainly more commendable than rucking with paparazzi outside Boujis. But why is it that when someone from an incredibly privileged background goes to war they're a hero. Many UK soldiers have died in Iraq (175 according to the Iraqi Casualty Coalition website). I couldn't find figures for Afghanistan at the flick of a Google but the point remains...
Whatever you think of the "War on Terror" project, the majority of soldiers are ordinary people who have joined the armed forces to provide for those around them as best they can. They do their jobs and only get labelled heroes when they are killed. Why no media fanfare for them?
Answers on a postcard to the MOD please.
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Good for people to know.
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