Prince Harry is going to serve with his regiment, The Blues and Royals, in Iraq. He had this to say about the risks:

“There’s no way I’m going to put myself through Sandhurst and then sit on my arse back home while my boys are out fighting for their country,” he said in an interview to mark his 21st birthday. “That may sound very patriotic, but it’s true.”

Just a trifle disturbing that the third in line to the throne has to defend his own patriotism, though.