What choice, Guest? He was *posted* there. And he *requested* a posting to Iraq (as any soldier is entitled to request a posting) and was turned down. Yes, he was coordinating air support. That's one thing you'll find a trained Army officer doing. You won't find proper Army officers who take pride in spending their whole career polishing a chair with their arse. And that's the point - Harry either wanted to do this properly with no special privileges, or not at all.

The fuss is about two things really. Firstly that some shitbag reporter leaked this, endangering Harry and his unit. And secondly that people like Guest insist on their preconception that he's wrapped in cotton wool and goes everywhere with some servant strewing his way with rose petals, which this plainly shows is complete fiction.

Graham.