Prince Harry

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Originally Posted by Chock

IIf they had encouraged him to join the Navy or the Air Force, he could still have served, but would have been in a position to serve where his 'celebrity' would not endanger the mission, as it's kind of tricky to tell who's in a Panavia Tornado up at 36,000 feet, or who is in that Sea King Helicopter on ASW patrol.

Chances are he's too thick to pass the standard selection for flight crew but a support role would still be able to give the illusion he's good for the country while keeping him out of harms way so it should have been done.

Prince Andrew was able to serve in the Falklands War under just such circumstances, and despite rumours to the contrary, was not steered away from his fair share of the workload. Similarly, Harry's dad (yeah right), Prince Chuck the Bonkers, was also able to serve (on a RN Minesweeper if memory serves me right).

Falklands situation was slightly different in that the geneva convention and so on stood. Yes he could have been killed in action (as others were) BUT if captured i suspect he wouldn't have been in an orange jump suit having bits of limbs sawed off on camera. Propaganda coup maybe but i seriously doubt the Argentines would have gone as far as the latter. The americans and Guantanamo are mainly responsible for creating the latest batch of geneva convention breaking warefare but its here to stay. If Hewitt was captured in Iraq he'd have been on TV in dayglo clothing in hours.

BTW, if you do think that the Royal family are inbred, then referring to Prince Harry as Harry Hewitt is kind of watering down your argument, don't you think?

Take a look at their lineage and then at their other suspected lineage. Plus the constant refusals for DNA tests. They highlight the classic problem of picking from a shallow gene pool - ugly, thick with all kinds of issues.