Prince Harry will not deploy with his regiment to Iraq, the head of the Army said tonight.
General Sir Richard Dannatt said that he had taken the decision in the light of a number of “specific threats” to the Prince.
They would expose him and the troops with him to “a degree of risk that I now deem unacceptable,” Sir Richard said in a statement.
He acknowledged that the Prince would be “extremely disappointed” by the decision having shown “undoubted talent” in command of his squadron with the Household Cavalry.
The prince has always insisted he wanted to serve alongside his men wherever they were sent.
Clarence House was reported to have said tonight that the prince was “very disappointed” but would not be leaving his post.
Tonight’s announcement represents a U-turn by defence chiefs who said last month that the third-in-line to the throne would be joining troops in the Gulf.
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