In Pictures: Prince Harry in the Army

Prince Harry has been fighting on the front line in Afghanistan, it has been announced.

Last year the prince's planned tour to Iraq was cancelled when the MoD said the advance publicity had caused a security risk.

The prince was one of 270 recruits to start their officer training at Sandhurst in May 2005.

Senior soldiers described the prince, now 22, as an "enthusiastic and capable" officer.

The gruelling 44-week course at Sandhurst included battle training in Cyprus.

Last April, Prince Harry graduated from Sandhurst as an army officer and joined the Household Cavalry's Blues and Royals where his rank is referred to as Cornet.

Prince Harry, shown on patrol in a deserted town in Afghanistan in 2008, has long said that he wanted to put in to practice the skills he has learnt as a soldier.

Prince Harry sits with a group of Gurkha soldiers after firing a machine gun from an observation post in Afghanistan.

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