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Veteran says Harry 'shot himself in the foot' by revealing army death toll - Metro.co.uk

The duke has ‘undermined’ his security, the army top brass say (Picture: Getty Images)

A retired British Army colonel says the Duke of Sussex ‘shot himself in the foot’ over revealing that he killed 25 people in Afghanistan.

Harry wrote that flying six missions during his second tour of duty on the front line in 2012 to 2013 resulted in ‘the taking of human lives’, of which he was neither proud nor ashamed.

The disclosure has reportedly raised ‘security concerns’ amongst the Army’s top brass.

Retired military officer Colonel Richard Kemp told the Sun: ’It undermines his personal security. He has shot himself in the foot.

‘Fighting in Afghanistan, Harry gained a very strong reputation both in the Army and in the country.

‘These comments will damage that reputation and he won’t be looked on in quite the same light, by people who thought highly of him before, including me.’

Mr Kemp’s comments come after Taliban leader in Afghanistan Anas Haqqani spoke out following the leaked Spare extracts.

(NO PUBLICATION IN UK MEDIA FOR 28 DAYS) Prince Harry looks thoughtful in the desert on February 20, 2008 in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. (Photo by Anwar Hussein Collection/ROTA/WireImage)
Harry says he killed 25 people in Afghanistan (Picture: Anwar Hussein Collection/ROTA/WireImage)

The Telegraph, which obtained a Spanish language copy of the memoir from a bookshop in Spain, reports that Harry said he did not think of those he killed as people, but instead as ‘chess pieces’ that had been taken off the board.

‘So, my number is 25. It’s not a number that fills me with satisfaction, but nor does it embarrass me,’ he wrote.

Colonel Tim Collins, known for a pre-battle speech he made in Iraq, said the duke has now turned against his ‘other family, the military’.

He criticised the disclosure’s inclusion in Spare, calling it ‘a tragic money-making scam’.

KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN - NOVEMBER 09: Prince Harry salutes as the Last Post is played as he joins British troops and service personal remaining in Afghanistan and also International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) personnel and civilians as they gather for a Remembrance Sunday service at Kandahar Airfield November 9, 2014 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. As the UK combat mission in Afghanistan draws to an end in 2014 this year, which also marks the 100th anniversary of the start of World War One, 70 years since the D-Day landings will be the last time British service personal will gather in any great numbers in the south of the country. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
Spare, due out Tuesday, explores a variety of personal aspects of Harry’s life (Picture: Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

He told Forces News on Friday: ‘Amongst his assertions is a claim that he killed 25 people in Afghanistan.

‘That’s not how you behave in the Army; it’s not how we think.

‘Harry has now turned against the other family, the military, that once embraced him, having trashed his birth family.’

Meanwhile, Lord Darroch told Sky News that he ‘slightly’ shared the security concerns military experts have raised after Harry’s comments.

SANDHURST, ENGLAND - JANUARY 25: Prince Harry on military manoeuvres during his training at Sandhurst Military Academy, issued on January 25, 2006, England. Prince Harry is to join the Blues and Royals regiment of the Household Cavalry after completing his Sandhurst training in April. The Prince hopes to become an Armoured Reconnaissance Troop Leader at the forefront of Army operations. (Photo by POOL/Tim Graham Picture Library/ Getty Images)
The duke has been warned of ‘safety concerns’ following his comments (Pictur: POOL/Tim Graham Picture Library/ Getty Images)

‘You have to respect all of those who fought in Afghanistan,’ he said.

‘I went there a number of times when I was national security adviser. It’s a really tough environment, it was a really dangerous war, we lost more than 500 British servicemen.

‘I respect and appreciate all those who fought there.

‘Personally if I’d been advising the prince, I would have advised against the kind of detail that he goes into there.

‘But it’s out there now, and I believe it was a just war, and therefore what he has written about how he justified to himself what he was doing, I can understand and appreciate that.’

A Ministry of Defence spokesman said they do not comment on operational details for ‘security reasons’.

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