LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Prince Harry was quoted Wednesday as confirming he will be deployed to Afghanistan for a second time — almost four years after his previous secret mission was cut short when details leaked.
The Sun newspaper reported that the 27-year-old, who is third in line to the British throne, told guests at a military awards ceremony on Monday night that he would likely return next year.
“I can’t wait to get out there,” the newspaper quoted Harry as saying.
Harry served as a battlefield air controller in Afghanistan for 10 weeks from Dec. 2007, but was sent home early after details were made public — first by an Australian celebrity magazine and later on the Drudge Report website.
He became the first member of the British royal family to serve in a war zone since his uncle, Prince Andrew, flew as a helicopter pilot in the Falkland Islands conflict with Argentina in 1982.
A spokesman for St. James’s Palace, who spoke
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