[Ford Prefect]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/02/22/harry.iraq/index.html

What is this, the sixteenth century?

[Sarafan]

Whats the problem? Maybe it'll show him how great the war is.

[Bobboau]

"bullet magnet"

[Mefustae]

Damn, they'll do anything to escape the tabloids.

[Ace]

...and having European royalty involved makes this not appear as Crusade 2.0 how?

[neoterran]

they're not trying to avoid it, the whole thing is a crusade 2.0

[NGTM-1R]

What is this, the sixteenth century?

There was a prince involved in the Falklands too, and another somewhere between then and now too IIRC. You're military, you get the call, you go.

Trivia: last English king to accompany his troops into battle?

(Further trivia: it was only by a relatively small margin not George VI. Churchill had wanted to tag along aboard HMS Black Prince on D-Day; Eisenhower was dead set against it but could not dissuade him. George VI said if Churchill went, he would go as well. Churchill backed down.)

[aldo_14]

What is this, the sixteenth century?

There was a prince involved in the Falklands too, and another somewhere between then and now too IIRC. You're military, you get the call, you go.

Trivia: last English king to accompany his troops into battle?

(Further trivia: it was only by a relatively small margin not George VI. Churchill had wanted to tag along aboard HMS Black Prince on D-Day; Eisenhower was dead set against it but could not dissuade him. George VI said if Churchill went, he would go as well. Churchill backed down.)

Harry is only the dimwit third-in-line anyways (he's the dumbest of the family, which is a bit like being the smelliest bit of dung in a dungpile).  He'll draw out the nutters in the same was as David Blaine hanging over the Thames in a clear plastic box.

Oh, and not English king.  The last English monarch died in 1603 and was suceeded by the Scottish King James.

[Killfrenzy]

The last ENGLISH king was Harold.

Since then they've been French, then Welsh, then Scots, then German.

[Flipside]

And that's not even taking into account the migrations in mainland Europe that means that just about everywhere was once populated by someone else

[Janos]

yes

[Rictor]

Harry is only the dimwit third-in-line anyways (he's the dumbest of the family, which is a bit like being the smelliest bit of dung in a dungpile).  He'll draw out the nutters in the same was as David Blaine hanging over the Thames in a clear plastic box.

I though he was the well-liked one. Wasn't there talk of skipping over Charles to make Harry king once the Queen dies?

[aldo_14]

Harry is only the dimwit third-in-line anyways (he's the dumbest of the family, which is a bit like being the smelliest bit of dung in a dungpile).  He'll draw out the nutters in the same was as David Blaine hanging over the Thames in a clear plastic box.

I though he was the well-liked one. Wasn't there talk of skipping over Charles to make Harry king once the Queen dies?

Diana was a 'well liked' one - it didn't stop her being a vacuous tart.

And that was William, really.  Who is also a twat.

[Wild Fragaria]

Don't know them

[Zuljin]

Don't know them

Probably just as well
The media coverage spent on them could be better spent elsewhere.

[Hippo]

"You're a soldier, Harry."

[NGTM-1R]

Oh, and not English king.  The last English monarch died in 1603 and was suceeded by the Scottish King James.

Well, if you want to be like that, last king of the English.

[IceFire]

they're not trying to avoid it, the whole thing is a crusade 2.0

Yep, its just like a regular Crusade but just with more linear gradients (web developer joke).

[neoterran]

don't forget the rounded corners. But !! I've just found out how to create the fabled Square Corners using CSS !!

http://www.drivl.com/posts/view/700