If you're the owner of a fancy dress store in Britain and have been unnerved by a recent run on orange wigs, have no fear: we're not about to see a resurgence in gigs celebrating the life and times of Ginger Spice (a.k.a Geri Halliwell).
Your customers are probably just members of Prince Harry's regiment, all of whom have come up with quite a ruse to protect their royal colleague from any adverse attention during his service in Iraq.
Following weeks of often sensationalist reports about the undoubted threats facing the third-in-line to the throne during his imminent deployment, his fellow soldiers in the Blues and Royals of The Household Cavalry have decided to take action to try and help preserve his anonymity.
Their plan? For each soldier to wear a ginger wig beneath their helmets.
Explains a member of Harry's 'A' squadron: "When we've got them on, no one will be able to tell Harry apart from the rest of us — at least that's the idea."
In reality, it's highly unlikely (of course) that this ruse will even make it to the streets of Iraq, but it's a fun story nevertheless and one which as likely done much to strengthen the bonds between those soldiers who are preparing to go into battle in one of the world's most dangerous war zones.
Harry himself will be very aware of the power of disguise.
