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U.K.'s Prince Harry may be kept from frontlines
Military fears that 3rd line to throne, now an army officer, could be a target

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Updated: 7:18 a.m. ET April 24, 2006

LONDON - Britain’s Prince Harry, an army officer and third in line to the throne, may be shielded from the frontline if his unit is sent to war, the Ministry of Defense said on Monday.

Harry’s deployment or continuing presence in a conflict zone might be brought into question if the prince, who graduated as an army officer this month, were to become a specific target, the ministry said.

There is a tradition of British royals serving in the armed forces. Harry’s uncle, the Duke of York, flew a helicopter in the Falkland’s War in 1982 and his great-grandfather King George VI saw action in World War I.

Harry, 21, who is in the infantry and is training to command 11 men and four light tanks in an armed reconnaissance unit, has insisted he wants a frontline role. However, a ministry spokeswoman said his role would have to be carefully monitored.