This really pissed me off. I heard on Radio 5's Drive programme in the car on the way home from work today that Prince Harry has been in Afghanistan, fighting on the front line, for 10 weeks. The media knew this and said nothing. Obviously this was necessary to protect Harry and the other soldiers working with him from becoming walking bullseyes for the Taliban.

There were complaints about the media doing a deal with the government to keep this secret. The deal was they get fairly up-close and personal to Harry in exchange for not reporting it until after he's back home. I'm not one to praise the media very often, but the fact that the whole of the British media kept this secret, I think, demonstrates that they do actually have the ability to recognise that there are one or two things more important than circulation.

Sadly an American web site seems to have blown the whole deal, showing blatant and selfish disregard for the safety of the Prince and the other soldiers of a supposedly allied nation. By reporting on Harry's whereabouts, they have, I'm sure, guaranteed that the Prince is forced to return home early to ensure his own safety and that of his colleagues.

Apparently two smaller sites had published this previously but the story hadn't hit the mainstream. With a larger US web site, publishing the story today (originally crediting Australian and German magazines but later dropping those references and calling it a 'world exclusive' over 7 weeks later - that's integrity!), it's now common knowledge. It's very unlikely that multi-millionaire Matt Drudge will ever read this, but I'd like to take this opportunity to send him a big FUCK YOU anyway.