Royals in the Forces - a nuisance or worse?

[the_flying_cop]

royals

erm i see the point, but


DONT THEY OWN THE ARMED SERVICES ?

[Omark44]

Well, I think that some of you are being a bit unreasonable! This is a young lad, (that is all he is), who comes from a broken home and has had to suffer the loss of his mother in a very high profile way when he was only about eleven years of age. Why do you think that an affluent background would in any way negate or change the effect that kind of loss might have on such a youngster?

[Styron]

I say, do you realise you have a spring onion attatched to your cap.


I like the cut of that man's gibb.


and the blue medals 25 metres back stroke and the pink one's for highland dancing.

[Outgoing]

As it happens the AAC held a day for the young Wales's a few years ago and they had the chance to fly a Lynx (someone's neck was feeling axe-proof that day!) and conduct a door gunning shoot. William was composed and competent, if somewhat nervous (it transpires he is not eligible for flying training anyway, for medical reasons). Harry, however, was a natural, able to fly with little prompting and hitting targets with the door gun that most door gunners would not have ashamed of - no mean feat, it's bloody hard!

All credit to them, good luck.

By the way, Edward resigned from the RM YO's course and was not chopped. The Comdt at the time, Col Mike Taffinder RM, was distraught, as he knew the feedback that would follow and the natural conceptions of the public. Therefore it is fair to say that it was a braver decision to sack it than to remain doing something that he did not see himself doing as a career.

As for the Hewitt remarks - slightly poor taste, Harry has more class than that buffoon, and dates a far better quality of bird.

[steamchicken]

I didn't know a vestigial tail and lack of chin were disqualifying conditions....

[Wee Jock]

Why has the Flt Lt in the first picture got a ladies' sanitary product in his hand? (Judging by the blue string....)

And I always thought the pink medals were for doing the hokey cokey.

[FJJP]

Outgoing - you are absolutely right. I apologise and removed post.

FJJP

[teeteringhead]

Must be poor colour balance in the picture Wee Jock . The Flt Lt had in fact just received a spring onion of his own from HRH at EGDX.

[Tq Monster]

16 AIR ASSAULT

I did hear that the Harry was pretty chuffed(or what ever the royals are when they are er..... er.... chuffed) on his day with the AAC and expressed an interest. He may have just been being polite of course, but you never know stranger things have gone to war.

[Melchett01]

Read in today's Express that Teflon Tone and his trusty side-kick Buffhoon are already getting a little worried that Harry might actually want to go and do a bit of soldiering when he finally gets to a Regt. Apparently, it wouldn't look very good if he made another bollocks call, and one of the nations more valuable pieces of property got off-ed in the desert.

I'd like to see them try and send him off to the AGC just to see what happens when they are reminded exactly who's armed forces they are. After all there is a precident - HRH insisted that Andrew went with his ship regardless of what it was doing, hence he ended up in the South Atlantic.

Anyway, from what I've heard, Prince Harry is fairly determined to make his own mind up about where he wants to go. Let's see Bliar spin himself out of this one.

[BEagle]

It seems that a certain prince has already begun his pre-employment training:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3762200.stm

The most expensive education in the land and all he can manage is a weak grade in Geography and another in Art.......

[airborne_artist]

So he'll be joining the Paras then?

Should bode well for the street of Aldershot on a Saturday night....

The most expensive education in the land and all he can manage is a weak grade in Geography

Nothing is more dangerous than an officer with a map - discuss.

[BEagle]

Art? Or pi$$ artistry?

I imagine one's grandmother will not be amused.....

[woptb]

Many decades ago emotionally disturbed young men, 'many with special educational needs', were welcomed into certain regiments in the army (the Pioneer Corp being foremost).
It looks like this 'admirable' practice has been reinstigated, well done MOD !.

[althenick]

Nothing is more dangerous than an officer with a map - discuss.

...Pre falklands it used to be a Sailor with a gun

[joe2812]

Out of interest, will Harry under-go the same training and be subject to the same discipline as the others in his 'class' ?

Can't see the Army failing him now can you? Saying that, daddy could always pull strings.

Also, would he go in at the bottom on completion of RMA ? Or does the HRH give him some sort of accelerated promotion?

[Flatus Veteranus]

I suppose it is possible that "Gran" might be a little concerned about the possible outcome of a DNA test to establish Harry's position in the line of sucession to the throne of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha. A posting to the "sharp end" , considering his evident rashness, might not be inconvenient?

[Melchett01]

The most expensive education in the land and all he can manage is a weak grade in Geography and another in Art.......

Come on Beags old boy, be fair. It was.t HRH's fault that his art teacher's wasn't particularly sparkling...... a decline in teaching standards per chance??

Joe - as for daddy pulling strings, I thought he was persona non grata in the Regiment these days

[buoy15]

Some of you may recall the perfect response from an instructor at BFT Cranditz when asked how his student was progressing.
"Rather well Sir, for a Wg Cdr who will be the next King of England!"

Love Many, Trust a few, Always paddle your own canoe!.

[moggiee]

I wouldn't fancy being an Army photographer when Harry Hewitt gets to Sandhurst.

As for "doing some soldiering" - his uncle Andy did his bit in the Falklands, after all.

by joe2812: Also, would he go in at the bottom on completion of RMA ?

Is that sort of over familiarity permitted in the Army these days?