Harry to battle AIDS in Africa

By OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT

London, April 26: Prince Harry, who had been secretly on combat duty in Helmand province of Afghanistan till early this year, will not be able to return to the frontline soon.

British Army Chief General Sir Richard Dannatt has again said Prince Harry would not see active service "any time soon," according to a report in the Sun.

There may well be some point in the future where it will be appropriate to deploy him somewhere - but that is not going to happen any time soon," Sir Richard said.

On the decision to send Prince Harry to Afghanistan, he said: "It was absolutely the right decision to send him. It reflected very well on the relationship between the royal family, the armed forces and the nation."

Prince Harry, who returned to Britain on Friday from a 48-hour flying visit to Lesotho, now wants to head a three-month mercy mission to the troubled kingdom.

"It had been unclear what he planned to do next. Harry decided to do something different and came up with the idea of taking them to Lesotho," the Sun quoted an unnamed source as saying.