Prince Harry talks to a Gurkha soldierThe Queen broke the news to Prince Harry that he was being sent to Afghanistan to fulfil his ambition of serving in a war zone, he has revealed.
The Prince said his grandmother was a strong supporter of his desire to serve on the front line despite his position.
He said the monarch had been “relieved” when it was agreed he would finally be able to do the job he had trained to do.
The move was cloaked in secrecy, to avoid a repetition of the media exposure seen earlier last year when he was due to go to Iraq leading a Blues and Royals reconnaissance troop.
He said the Queen witnessed first hand his frustration at the time.
“She and everybody else did,” he said. “There was a lot of frustration but as they say in the Army: ‘Turn to the right and carry… Read the full story