A boy in uniform...

This year has proved to be a banner one for great press photos.

I mean, we got Zac Efron and Hayden Christensen on the cover of Details...and here I thought the year was going to slow down from there. Needless to say, the recent revolution that Prince Harry was actually on the ground in Afghanistan with the British forces there made for some really great photos.



Obviously there has been lots of discussion about Prince Harry's role in Afghanistan. On one hand, it seems like a public relations dream; the dashing young prince riding off into the sunset, protecting his country and fighting for the greater good.

On the other, it presents a huge pain in the ass for the armed forces. Having a celebrity running amok in the thick of things certainly doesn't help. For what it's worth, it really does seem like Harry is a good soldier and just another one of the boys. I don't really believe that the entire thing is a sham to make him look responsible; after all, he likes to get a bit rough, so the army makes for a perfect fit.



Whatever the case, if you thought he was hot before, you must really be impressed now. I can't really say what's so endearingly attractive about the photos of him in Afghanistan...not like I get turned on about him actually killing anyone (though not that I necessarily have a problem with it either), but there's a million different stereotyped hot things going on at once.

A prince. In uniform. In an exotic locale. You do the math. And I don't even want to think about him, surrounded by other soldiers, while he's taking a shower.



I'm not going to paint him a hero, or the best looking soldier, because there are far too many men and women who deserve the nod over him. We don't even really know much about his service to date, other than he "called in air strikes" and so on. But for what it's worth, he's a damn fine piece of royalty in that uniform.

I commend the British press for being so secretive about the entire thing. For once, big business made a decision that was in the best interest of everyone; keeping quiet so that he could do his job, so that those in Afghanistan would not be put at greater risk and so there would be no media sideshow that would derail entire operations because of his mere presence.

But of course, someone buggered it up and decided it was time the world knew where Harry was. Stupid, really, since the media would still have gotten their story, with the same public interest and financial benefit when the MOD came forward with the news. Overall, it did show that a secret is still able to be kept.



To the men and women of our combined armed services, stay safe and stay sexy!