The Royalist - New Honour For Prince Harry

New Honour For Prince Harry

Written by Joanne Leyland

Sunday, 27 April 2008

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The Princess Royal, who famously chose to attend a long-planned rabbit shoot rather than appear at Prince Harry’s christening at Windsor in December 1984, will present the medals to the prince and other service personnel in her capacity as Colonel of the Blues and Royals of the Household Cavalry.

Clarence House is yet to confirm whether Prince Charles or any other members of Harry’s family will attend next month's ceremony.

However, 'granny' will be there in one form or another, for the Operational Service Medal (OSM) - as with all such honours - depicts the Queen on the face of the round, silver medal.

As you can see above, the reverse of the medal features a compass and the Union Flag. The inscription reads: 'For Operational Service'.

The wearing of military medals by members of the Royal Family has become a frequent topic of conversation and often negative headlines.

The sight of, for instance, Prince Edward (the Earl of Wessex) wearing military medals has often provoked intense debate in light of his decision to quit the Royal Marines just weeks into a training course in January 1987.

Before Harry's recent front line service, his uncle Prince Andrew (Duke of York) was the last member of the House of Windsor to see active service.

The Queen's second son served with some distinction as a Sea King helicopter pilot during the Falklands conflict of 1982.

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Colleen Comment:
Well done. What did he do??? Imagine the young men injured, maimed mentally damaged must feel when they see Harry who spent just ten weeks in Afghanistan and you can be sure the military made sure he would not come to any harm. Shameful.
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Harry did as much as he was allowed to do in a dangerous area - and had to push very hard indeed for that priviledge .

I think the wounded soldiers would identify with Harry for having the guts to go rather than just being given a dress medal to wear on his uniform by his grandmother

The fact that his tour was cut short was not his fault - I think that is common knowledge .

Of course those young men hideously maimed drew the short straw , and that is tragic for them , since there are many of their comrades who still have all their limbs

There is nothing great about war .

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Name: Monika	Comment: Colleen, I understand your point and I don't disagree with you, but I'd rather see Harry get a medal for some 'time in' than to see his Uncle Edward dressed in ANY military uniform whatsoever. IMO, that is the strangest combination of amusing and insulting.

Name: Colleen	Comment: Well done. What did he do??? Imagine the young men injured, maimed mentally damaged must feel when they see Harry who spent just ten weeks in Afghanistan and you can be sure the military made sure he would not come to any harm. Shameful.

Name: exploora

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It is entirely possible that people need to think twice before assuming the Royals are really "neutral" when it comes to politics.

"And there is nothing wastes so rapidly as liberality, for even whilst you exercise it you lose the power to do so, and so become either poor or despised, or else, in avoiding poverty, rapacious and hated. And a prince should guard himself, above all things, against being despised and hated; and liberality leads you to both. Therefore it is wiser to have a reputation for meanness which brings reproach without hatred, than to be compelled through seeking a reputation for liberality to incur a name for rapacity which begets reproach with hatred." Nicolo Machiavelli

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Name: Monika

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M-M...according to the monarchy's website, the PoW does not have a prior commitment on May 5th. I certainly hope Charles will be there and it would be nice to see a member or two of the Spencer family. One of Diana's sisters should represent her at these types of occasions. And since I am in a good mood this morning, I will be happy to give Camilla the day off. It might be a good day to head to Raymill.

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Name: M-M	Comment: Even if the POW does not make the effort to attend , this is a genuine active service medal being awarded to a Royal - surely a rare occurance . Well done Harry

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