The head of the British army has urged the media to stop speculating about Prince Harry’s deployment, saying that he has personally decided Prince Harry will go to Iraq, but Army Chief of Staff Gen. Sir Richard Dannatt stressed the decision would be kept under review.

“The decision has been taken by myself that he will deploy in due course,” Dannatt said.

If Prince Harry is deployed, he would become the first royal to serve in a war zone since his uncle, Prince Andrew, flew as a helicopter pilot in the Falklands conflict with Argentina in 1982.

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