Prince Harry lashes out at press on return from war zone
Posted by admin on Jan 22, 2013 | Leave a Comment
LONDON: Britain’s Prince Harry described his “anger” at the media and accused newspapers of printing “rubbish” and depriving him of a private life in comments released as he completed his tour of duty Monday.
“All it does is upset me and anger me that people can get away with writing the stuff they do,” he told ITV News from his Afghanistan base in an interview which could only...
Britains Prince Harry ends Afghan tour says killed Taliban
Posted by admin on Jan 21, 2013 | Leave a Comment
LONDON: Britain’s Prince Harry said he killed Taliban fighters during his stint as a helicopter gunner in Afghanistan, it can be reported after he completed his tour of duty Monday.
Harry, third in line to the throne, spent a 20-week posting flying scores of missions over the restive southern Helmand Province in an Apache attack chopper.
The 28-year-old said Islamist insurgents were put “out of the game”.
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Britains Kate and Prince William expecting a baby
Posted by admin on Dec 04, 2012 | Leave a Comment
LONDON: Britain’s Prince William and his wife Catherine are expecting a baby, destined to be the country’s future monarch, although the mother-to-be is in hospital with a type of very acute morning sickness that sometimes indicates twins.
“Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are very pleased to announce that The Duchess of Cambridge is expecting a baby,” the prince’s...
Prince Harry moved to safety in Afghan attack minister
Posted by admin on Sep 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment
LONDON: Prince Harry was moved under guard to a secure location during a Taliban attack on Camp Bastion, the base where he is deployed in Afghanistan, Britain’s defence minister has said.
Two US Marines were killed and unprecedented material damage caused when attackers armed with guns, rockets and suicide vests stormed the NATO base in Helmand province last Friday.
“Additional security arrangements”...
Six US fighter jets destroyed in Prince Harry base attack
Posted by admin on Sep 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment
KABUL: Six US fighter jets were destroyed and two significantly damaged when insurgents stormed a heavily fortified Afghan base where Britain’s Prince Harry is deployed on Friday, a NATO spokesman said.
Lieutenant Colonel Hagen Messer conceded that the scale of damage, carried out by more than a dozen attackers dressed in US Army uniforms and armed with guns, rockets and suicide vests who managed to storm the airfield,...
Prince Harry S Afghan camp attacked two marines killed
Posted by admin on Sep 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment
WASHINGTON: Heavily armed insurgents attacked a British air base in southern Afghanistan on Friday, killing two US Marines and wounding several other troops, US officials said.
An estimated 16 Taliban fighters were also killed in the assault, said Lt Col Stewart Upton, a spokesman at Camp Leatherneck, a US Marine based adjacent to the air base, Camp Bastion.
Prince Harry, third in line to the British throne, is stationed...
Taliban threaten to kill Prince Harry
Posted by admin on Sep 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment
KANDHAR: The Taliban said Monday it was determined to kill Britain’s Prince Harry, serving in Afghanistan four years after his previous deployment was cut short over security concerns.
A militia spokesman said the group had a “high-value plan” to attack the third in line to the British throne in southern province Helmand, one of the toughest battlefields in the 10-year war.
“We will do our best...
Afghanistan Harrys chance to change playboy prince image
Posted by admin on Sep 07, 2012 | Leave a Comment
LONDON: Prince Harry’s long-wished-for return to the front line in Afghanistan gives him an early chance to redeem his image after pictures of him partying naked in Las Vegas were splashed around the world.
The 27-year-old has worked hard to shake off his wild child tag in recent years, but he often trips himself up and the snaps of him playing strip billiards during a boozy night in Sin City hardly helped his cause.
Harry,...
Newspapers warned over Prince Harry photos
Posted by admin on Aug 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment
LONDON: The British royal family on Wednesday warned the country’s newspapers not to publish nude photographs of Prince Harry cavorting with friends on holiday in Las Vegas.
The photographs, published in the United States by celebrity news website TMZ.com, showed the third-in-line to the throne naked in a hotel suite.
Clarence House confirmed to AFP on Wednesday that the images were genuine.
“At this time...
Prince Fahad bin Sultan exchanges Ramadan greetings with President
Posted by admin on Jul 24, 2012 | Leave a Comment
ISLAMABAD: Prince Fahad bin Sultan bin Abdul Aziz, the Governor of Tabuk called the President Tuesday evening and conveyed Ramadan greetings.
Reciprocating the gesture the President also conveyed his felicitations and best wishes on the commencement of the Holy month of Ramadan to the Prince Fahad bin Sultan, the Royal family and the people of Saudi Arabia and prayed that the holy month may bring peace, prosperity and...
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