by Damozel | Elsewhere in the world, journalists, even journalists in London's quite energetic
tabloid press, had known of the deployment for weeks and kept quiet.
They did so because they did not wish to place Harry in much greater
danger than he was already facing in his deployment, not to mention his fellow soldiers. After all, the man
who is third in line to the British throne certainly might be seen by
the enemy as a rather more valuable hostage than your average Clive,
Trevor, or Nigel.
The decision to send Prince Harry, 23, to Afghanistan under a cloak of secrecy
came after the furore that followed the revelation of his proposed
deployment to Iraq. Much to the Prince's frustration, General Dannatt
announced in May last year that it would be too risky, fearing the Prince and his comrades in the Household Cavalry would become top priority targets
for insurgents. (The Independent)
You'd have thought this might have occurred to Drudge. But either it didn't occur to him or he didn't care.