British Army: Prince Harry going to Iraq

(AP Photo/Ian Holding/MoD)

Looks like Prince Harry is headed to Iraq.

Newspapers had been reporting that the prince wouldn't be deployed with his regiment, the Blues and the Royals. But this afternoon the head of the British army said he personally decided Prince Harry would go. His quote:

"The decision has been taken by myself that he will deploy in due course. I would urge that the somewhat frenzied media activity surrounding this particular story should cease in the interests of the overall security of all our people deployed in Iraq." -- Gen. Sir Richard Dannatt

Read the AP story by D'Arcy Doran in London here.

-- Caryn Rousseau