Prince Harry......

From the BBC, Wednesday, 16 May 2007:

The Ministry of Defence has announced that Prince Harry will now not be going to Iraq. Chief of the General Staff, Sir Richard Dannatt said he has discovered a number of threats relating directly to Harry and those around him.
Prince Harry is said to be "very disappointed" but will not quit the army, according to a statement from Clarence House.

Let's be honest, for Harry it was damned if you do... damned if you don't. Catch-22 logic:

• If Harry went to Iraq, he would immediately be a prime target for the terrorists, and subsequently at great risk of being captured, tortured and/or killed. His colleagues would also be at increased risk, due to their proximity to him - any harm befalling the third in line to the throne would send this nation's media into a frenzy and result in a major PR coup for the insurgents.


• If Harry was stopped from going to Iraq, he (and the UK) would be accused of cowardice, and there will be heated arguments over "special treatment for royalty," whereby any ordinary Tom & Dick could be sent to Iraq, but not a certain Harry - again a PR coup for the insurgents, but only a temporary one.

Harry apparently wanted to go, and I think they should have respected his wishes. But that's easy for me to say - I wouldn't have been the one who had to inform a grieving relative/spouse that their son/husband was killed in Iraq, because he was unlucky to be next to Harry when they were attacked.
Prince Harry will not go to Iraq