Prince Harry's 'boasting' about his kill count condemned by UK Government

Prince Harry's comments on his kill count whilst serving in the Army have been blasted by the UK's Defence Secretary.

Ben Wallace claimed the Duke of Sussex had distorted the fact the Army is a team game.

Wallace said: “I frankly think boasting about tallies or talking about tallies does two things.

"It distorts the fact that the army is a team game. It's a team enterprise.

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace criticised Harry's comments
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"For an infanteer to go over the top, that person is supported by hundreds of people behind them, whether they're in headquarters in Britain, whether they're in the Royal Logistic Core, who helped them get there."

The Conservative MP continued: “It's a team, and so it's not about who can shoot the most or who doesn't shoot the most.

"And I think if… that's just my personal view.

"If you start talking about who did what, what you are actually doing is letting down all those other people, because you're not a better person because you did and they didn’t."

He added: "I think every veteran makes their own choices about what they want to talk about in their lives."

The Duke of Sussex's comments were widely criticised by the military community.

Prince Harry had put the security of the Royal Family at risk with his boastful comments about killing 25 Taliban soldiers, a British Army Major told GB News.

Major Chris Hunter said that Prince Harry's comments sound like they were purposely written to spark sales of his autobiography Spare and that the Duke has forgotten the personal values he once held.

Prince Harry stepped down as a working member of the Royal Family in 2020
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Hunter said: "The first thing that springs to mind was just how poorly judged his comments were and how embarrassing really."It was very much a betrayal as well.

"All of us in the army swear an oath of allegiance to the monarch, to her heirs and successors.

"Not only has he betrayed that oath as an army officer but it is actually his own family as well, and to do so for money, it is just truly sad. Very disappointing."

He added: "He uses terms like chess pieces, he dehumanises them, which could very easily cause some serious repercussions.

"Not just to his own personal security but to the wider security of the Royal Family and actually to the servicemen and servicewomen on operations across the world."