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Prince William’s secret visit to Afghanistan

PHOTO - Prince WilliamPrince William flew into Afghanistan to meet frontline troops, Clarence House confirmed tonight.

The Prince met service personnel at Kandahar airfield for three hours on Monday before returning to the UK. The Prince of Wales and the Queen gave their consent to the trip, a Clarence House spokesman said.

The Clarence House spokesman described the trip as a “success”, saying that “it had passed without a hitch”.

Secrecy had surrounded Prince William’s visit, which was classified as confidential.

The whole trip took around 30 hours in total, the spokesman added. William’s trip follows the deployment of his younger brother to southern Afghanistan.

Prince Harry recently returned from Helmand province after his presence there was leaked by the media. He worked as a forward air controller, a post responsible for directing air support for ground troops. (via The Guardian)

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4 Responses to “Prince William’s secret visit to Afghanistan”


  • maddie
    April 30th, 2008 11:00

    At least this should get him some good PR. I would hate for him to have a repeat of all the negative press he received for the prior flight training exercises.

  • benign
    April 30th, 2008 11:51

    Well done Wills but please next time, keep it quiet and dont let everyone know so its not considered a PR stunt…

  • mariska agusta
    May 1st, 2008 00:03

    so surprise that you exercise at afghanistan babe! i can’t imagine that!

  • bluefire
    May 1st, 2008 20:50

    i think pw is on the traning to br king and he is prepare to be role as a king