Prince Harry Was Moved Under Guard to Secure Location
PRINCE Harry was moved to a secure location during a deadly Taliban attack on Camp Bastion while on his second tour of duty in Afghanistan.
British Defence Secretary Philip Hammond admitted Prince Harry was moved to a guarded location when the attack occurred.
"Clearly there are fall-back plans and I can't go into the detail of them - but once we knew on Friday night that the perimeter at Bastion had been breached he would have been moved to a secure position under effective guard,” Hammond told BBC’s Newsnight program.
Camp Bastion was last week attacked by the Taliban who killed two US marines and destroyed six Harrier jets.
The Camp was immediately put into lockdown, and insurgents may have gotten into the base by sneaking through a hole in a fence, according to a British military source who spoke to CNN.com
Earlier Mr Hammond had told Britain’s House of Commons that the 28-year-old British royal, who is on his second tour of duty, was in no danger during the violent incident.
Britain's Prince Harry is briefed by a member of his squadron at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan. Picture: AP Source: AP
Additional security arrangements have been put in place for Captain Wales Mr Hammond said, but he denied host Jeremy Paxman’s suggestion that this amounted to special treatment.
"You asked me whether he was at any greater risk. And I've told you that in combat he's at the same risk as any other Apache pilot."
"Clearly if we had a VIP in theatre and frankly if I was there or, Jeremy, if you were there in Camp Bastion and there was a breach of the perimeter security, anybody who might, by nature of who they are, be a target, they would be put in a secure location.”
"He is serving there as an ordinary officer but clearly there are additional security arrangements in place that recognise that he could be a target himself specifically as a result of who he is,” he said.
Mr Hammond’s comments come in the wake of renewed debate in Britain about whether the third in line to the throne, who is serving as an Apache attack helicopter gunner, should remain on active duty.
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