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Update: Prince Charles "mortified" at Thorneloe death
11:47am Friday 3rd July 2009
The Prince of Wales said today he was "completely mortified" when he heard about the death of his friend Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Thorneloe, the most senior British officer to die in Afghanistan.
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RogerM, Oxford says...
4:22pm Fri 3 Jul 09
You what? Prince Charles has regularly paid tribute to all fallen soldiers at memorial services throughout the world, and is the patron of the War Widows Association, the Royal Naval Benevolent Trust and the Armed Forces Memorial to name just a few.
Of course he is going to make an individual comment when a personal friend is killed, but only the smallest and pettiest of minds would interpret such a display of normal human decency to mean that the Prince only regrets the deaths of his friends.
Of course he is going to make an individual comment when a personal friend is killed, but only the smallest and pettiest of minds would interpret such a display of normal human decency to mean that the Prince only regrets the deaths of his friends.
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Old zimner, Oxford says...
12:33pm Fri 3 Jul 09