Prince Harry Promoted to Captain

New rank comes after five years of service
By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff
Posted Apr 17, 2011 1:14 PM CDT
Prince Harry Promoted to Captain
Britain's Prince Harry standing in front of his Apache Helicopter, taken while he was in the French Alps on his Mountain Flying training in March 2011.   (AP Photo/ Clarence House)

Prince Harry? That’s Captain Prince Harry to you. The prince was promoted to his new rank in the British army after completing five years of service, the BBC reports. Harry, who trains as an Apache helicopter pilot, became the first royal in more than 25 years to serve in a war zone when he did a 10-week tour of duty in Afghanistan in 2007-08. Click here for more. (More British Army stories.)

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