Britain’s Prince Harry has been fighting the Taliban with troops in Afghanistan. Prince Harry is a lieutenant in the Blues and Royals regiment, was still deployed in the country.

“His conduct on operations in Afghanistan has been exemplary,” said the head of the army, Gen. Richard Dannatt. “He has been fully involved in operations and has run the same risks as everyone else in his battle group.”

There was a deal between media organisations and the Ministry of Defence not to report Prince Harry’s frontline role in Afghanistan in return for access to the prince during his deployment has been known about since mid December

And although UK media only ran with the story today after it appeared on the Drudge Report, Australian women’s magazine New Idea actually broke the news on January 7. German newspaper Bild is also reported to have run the story.