Prince Harry’s deployment to Iraq has been delayed so his unit can travel ahead and assess the dangers it will face, it is reported.
The soldiers will gather vital information about the threat posed by insurgents and get up to speed tactically before the third in line to the throne joins them, according to the Sun.
Harry, 22, will head to southern Iraq with the Blues and Royals some time in May for a six-month tour of duty, leading 12 men from A Squadron of the Household Cavalry Regiment in four Scimitar armoured reconnaissance vehicles.
An Army source told the Sun: “If the men are all familiar with their new surrounding before… Read the full story