Being a soldier…

…comes first. Sounds like Prince Henry is doing what many soldiers do when they’re in a war. I don’t envy him his position though. I’ve never been to war or served in any military so don’t have much to offer on this only than to note that the British tabloids never do let go of royal indiscretions. Glad I’m not a Royal.

英王子「タリバン殺 した」＝アフガン従 軍終了で帰国へ

【ロンドン時事】チャールズ英皇太子の 次男ヘンリー王子（２８）はこのほど、約 ４カ月にわたるアフガニスタンでの軍務を 終了した。陸軍で攻撃ヘリコプター「ア パッチ」操縦士を務める王子は英メディア とのインタビューで、従軍中に反政府勢力 タリバンのメンバーを殺害したことを初め て認めた。 王子は２１日にアフガンを離れ、２３日 英国に帰国予定。安全確保のためメディア はこれまで報道を控えていた。 ２２日付各紙によると、任務中に敵を殺 したことがあるかと問われた王子は「ほか 大勢（の同僚）もそうしている」と回答。 「（仲間の）命を救うために命を奪う」の が自身の役割だと説明した。 ヘンリー王子をめぐっては２０１２年 夏、ラスベガスのホテルで女性と全裸に なっている写真が公開され話題になった が、これについても初めてコメント。「軍 人としての面が出過ぎてしまい、王子らし く振る舞わなかった」と反省の弁を述べ た。（2013/01/22-21:37） http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g= int_30&k=2013012200974

British prince says “I killed Taliban” – Returning home from the Afghan campaign

Prince Henry (28), second son of Britain’s Crown Prince Charles, completed 4 months of service in Afghanistan. He is a pilot flying Apache attack helicopters for the army and in an interview, the prince told the British media for the first time that he did in fact kill members of the anti-government Taliban while deployed.

The prince left Afghanistan on the 21 st with a planned return to Britain of the 23 rd . The media has refrained from reporting until now to protect his safety. Various papers reported on the 22 nd that when asked if he had killed enemies while on deployment, the prince answered, “Many (of my fellow soldiers) have too.” He explained his own role by saying, “I took their lives to save (my comrades).”

During the summer of 2012, pictures of a naked Prince Henry and some women at a Las Vegas hotel were released and became quite a media topic, and he made his first comments on that as well. “As a soldier, I was out of line and I was not acting like a prince,” he said, stating his regret.