Prince Harry has been in the news for the past few years. He has talked and revealed a lot of things about the British Royal family and its members. The Duke of Sussex, along with his wife Meghan Markle, has given several bombshell interviews to talk about stuff.
In his best-selling memoir, the 38-year-old prince talked about several members of the Taliban in Afghanistan as a fighter pilot. Now, the UK’s defense secretary has criticized him for boasting about such a thing. Let’s find out in detail what the defense secretary said.
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Prince Harry Revealed His Taliban Kill Count
In his highly publicized memoir ‘Spare‘, Prince Harry revealed several things about his personal life and the British Royal family. He also wrote about his days as a fighter pilot for the British Army in Afghanistan.
The Duke of Sussex wrote that he killed 25 Taliban fighters and it felt to him like removing chess pieces from the board. He said that he neither felt proud nor guilty about killing those people.
When I found myself plunged in the heat and confusion of combat I didn’t think of those 25 as people,” he wrote. Anas Haqqani, a senior Taliban leader, condemned Harry’s comments stating that they were humans with families waiting for them.
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UK Defense Secretary Criticizes Harry
Ben Wallace, the UK Defense Secretary has slammed the prince for revealing his kill count. He stated that “boasting about tallies” is not good for everyone else in the Armed forces.
According to CNN, Wallace said that “every veteran makes their own choices about what they want to talk about,” but “the armed forces is not about a tally.” Being a former soldier, he understands the little things about the armed forces.
He said that “boasting about tallies, or talking about tallies … distorts the fact that the army is a team game.” Harry has been criticized for revealing his kill count and it also put a threat to his life.
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