Prince Harry takes part in a training exercise. But will this be the closest he gets to
active service? Photograph: Ministry of Defence/Getty
What next for Prince Harry now that he has graduated from Sandhurst military training college? Is it possible that the "spare", as the third in line to the throne is sometimes referred to, will risk his life on the front line? According to Major General Sebastian Roberts, it's "eminently possible" that Harry could join fellow soldiers in the Blues and Royals regiment of the Household Cavalry's in Iraq or Afghanistan. He is certainly being prepared for active service, leaving Sandhurst to train as a troop commander in charge of a reconnaissance unit of 11 men and four light tanks.
It seems unlikely that the 21-year-old royal will be deployed in the most volatile and violent parts of Iraq, despite his stated intention that he "would not drag my sorry arse through Sandhurst ... I would not have joined if they had said I could not be in the frontline." Nevertheless it seems equally implausible he'll accept a desk job - or what squaddies would refer to as a "Slipper City" posting. Then again, Slipper City is a relative term.
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