Prince Harry claims he killed 25 in Afghanistan, UK media reports
- In his autobiography Spare, due out next week, Harry said he undertook six missions as a pilot that led to him ‘taking human lives’, the Daily Telegraph newspaper reported
- ‘My number is 25. It’s not a number that fills me with satisfaction, but nor does it embarrass me,’ Harry wrote
Prince Harry has acknowledged killing 25 people during his time as an Apache helicopter pilot in Afghanistan, British media reported, quoting a soon-to-be-published autobiography.
The 38-year-old Duke of Sussex served two tours of duty against the Taliban, first as a forward air controller calling in air strikes in 2007-2008, then flying the attack helicopter in 2012-2013.
In the book Spare, due out next week, he said he undertook six missions as a pilot that led to him “taking human lives”, the Daily Telegraph newspaper reported.
He said he was neither proud nor ashamed of doing so and described eliminating the targets as like removing “chess pieces” from a board.
Harry served for 10 years in the British Army, rising to the rank of captain, and has described his time in the military as his formative years.
His first tour was conducted under a strict news blackout for security reasons, which was agreed by British media outlets. He was forced to return home when a foreign publication broke the embargo.