No Guest, McGrath is completely right. I dislike the institution of royalty intensely, but I would not swap places with one of the poor bastards for all the Martins in Music Store. It's a crap job.
Now that some shithead in the press has blown his cover, Harry Windsor has to suffer the ignomony of being airlifted away from his mates, with whom he has trained and worked for months. He may be a yob in uniform, but he has a sense of loyalty to his mates and he is not chicken. (A remarkable contrast to Republican hawks, who send other peoples' kids into danger).
As it happens, I don't think there should be any British (or US) troops in Afghanistan. However, I don't see why a career soldier should not be allowed to follow his chosen career.
In principle, taking cheap shots at the royals for being born royals is no better than attacking someone for being born poor, gay, Black or Thalidomide. Tell me, what influence did you have in the circumstances of your own birth?