In his autobiography, Spare, Harry says that in combat he did as his Army training demanded: he did not think of the targets as “people”.
Writing about his time in Afghanistan, Harry describes watching video of each “kill” when he returned to base, as a nose-mounted video camera on his Apache helicopter recorded each mission in full.
“So my number is 25. It’s not a number that fills me with satisfaction, but nor does it embarrass me.”Part of his reason for feeling no guilt about taking lives, he says, is that he never forgot being in the TV room at Eton, watching news coverage of the 9/11 attacks on New York. He later met the families of victims of the attacks on visits to America.
He complains about military bureaucracy, detailing an occasion when he witnessed around 30 Taliban blow up a truck and was denied permission to fire on the enemy.The prince was deployed as a forward air controller in Helmand province during his first tour of duty in 2007-08, which was cut short when foreign news organisations breached a news blackout that had been agreed with the British media.
Security experts have said Harry remains a top target for terrorists because of his military service, and the fact that he has chosen to reveal his personal tally is likely to increase those fears.
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