Re Andrew and the Falklands, Wikipedia and all other references I can find on the web suggest that Guest and LtS are incorrect - Andrew *did* serve, and *was* in harm's way.

I'm also faintly amused by the quote "band of brothers". Faye Turney got all that newspaper coverage and made her fortune selling her story. You think she'd have got that attention if she'd been a guy? Certainly none of the dozen-odd men who were equally in danger did.

I'm with Walrus on this one. Had the papers not published exactly where the lad was going to be, and when, and which unit he'd be in, this wouldn't ever have been an issue. The lad could have gone out there and taken his chances with the rest of his troop, as he evidently wanted to. Like the leak of Plame's ID in the US, this should never have been made public.

Graham.