Beaming couple: Prince Harry & Chelsy Davy

Beaming couple: Prince Harry & Chelsy Davy

It was announced today that Prince Harry has decided to fly Apache attack helicopters. He also received his RAF wings from father Prince Charles, with beaming girlfriend Chelsy Davy as his guest. It was a day that vindicated his decision to go after one of the most demanding jobs in the Army, and into a path that will most likely see him back in combat in Afghanistan.

For his girlfriend Chelsy, it was a chance to show that she is back at the heart of the Royal Family – and happy to be there. The 24-year-old trainee solicitor looked glamorous in a chiffon mini dress and cream jacket. In a display of renewed confidence, she warmly kissed his father Prince Charles and wheelchair-bound stepmother the Duchess of Cornwall after the ceremony. Harry and Chelsy have split up several times during their six-year relationship but reunited last autumn.

Also present during the 40-minute ceremony at Middle Wallop, Hampshire, were the sisters of Harry’s late mother Princess Diana, Lady Sarah McCorquodale and Lady Jane Fellowes and his former nanny Tiggy Legge Bourke (now Pettifer).

Prince Harry will start an eight-month conversion course in July followed by a further eight months tuition at RAF Wattisham in Suffolk to ensure he is ‘combat ready’. That means he could be back in Afghanistan by the end of 2011.

He has time off until July, and is likely to spent some time on holiday with Chelsy, who herself is on a “gap year” between school and starting her legal training as a solicitor in the fall.

Very well done, Harry!  May he continue to fly high and keep safe…

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