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Posted By: Lizzie Cornish 1
17-Jan-09 - 08:41 AM
Thread Name: BS: Prince Harry - What a star!
Subject: RE: BS: Prince Harry - What a star!
Taken from the link given by Teribus, above:
January 17, 2009
Army captain comes to Prince Harry's defence over 'Paki' remarkKevin Dowling
The Pakistani army captain who was called a 'Paki' by Prince Harry has said the prince is not a racist.
Speaking about the incident for the first time, Ahmed Raza Khan said the prince was his friend and that he had no bad feelings against him.
The Sun newspaper said Khan told Harry to "forget about it" when the Prince phoned to apologise.
Harry was caught on film three years ago referring to Khan as "our little Paki friend".
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Khan said: "The Prince called me by a nickname which is usually very insulting but I know he didn't mean it that way. We were close friends when we were training and I know he is not a racist."
The two soldiers were said to have exchanged stories with each other about fighting the Taleban when Harry rang Khan to apologise.
The Ministry of Defence said the Chief of the General Staff had directed the Royal Military Police to investigate how the material entered the public domain.
A spokeswoman said: "If that investigation reveals any other breach, that will be investigated."
She added that the Adjutant General was writing to the army to remind them of their policy on equality and diversity.
Palace officials have said the 24-year-old Prince was "extremely sorry" for the comment and stressed that Harry had been speaking to a friend without malice.......