Prince Harry and the Secret Kept by Fleet Street, BRIAN STELTER and SARAH LYALL, March 1, 2008
Despite London’s rabid tabloid culture, journalists kept quiet for 10 weeks about Prince Harry’s deployment to Afghanistan.
In the case of Prince Harry, his life was put in more danger than it already was for the sake of the "latest information" to feed the voracious appetite of the general public. Real news organisations never publish the whereabouts of troops or people visiting troops until after fact for their safety. The UK tabloids which are reportedly are the worst offenders, managed to keep their mouths shut about it. Matt Drudge and that Australian magazine went way too far.
Here's some pictures the British Army released after he was safely back home. Yeah, they're pretty hot.
Prince Harry in Afghanistan, John Stillwell/Agence France-Presse -- Getty Images, Published: 20080229
British reporters unleashed into the public domain all the interviews and video scenes of him discussing his deployment, wearing fatigues and firing his machine gun that they had been saving for later.
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