High spirits blamed for Princes' latest night out

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Newspapers deny fawning over Harry

Newspaper editors have rejected suggestions that the coverage of Prince Harry's daring desert escapades has been nothing more than grovelling PR for the Royal Family. The soldier prince's war came to an abrupt end after he was dramatically pulled out of Afghanistan when his cover was blown, but papers deny that their coverage has been overly fawning. "Prince Harry is an ordinary soldier who is prepared to die for the country he doesn't much like," says News of the World editor Colin Myler, who claims the coverage has been balanced. "For security reasons for instance we have agreed not to report on Harry's one man mission during which he single-handedly rescued hundreds of prisoners of war from captivity before heroically commandeering a tank and colliding it into a helicopter killing the enemy commander."

Prince Harry keeps downed birds in mini-Stalag Luft camp

Prince Harry has been shooting down birds that stray into airspace over the royal Sandringham estate in Norfolk and keeping them in a miniature Stalag Luft camp, similar to those run by the German Luftwaffe during World War II. "We are very much alike, you and I," Prince Harry told a captured wood pigeon. "Perhaps, if circumstances were different, I could have called you friend." Several birds are reported to be secretly working on a tunnel beneath the exercise yard, and hope to be back in the wild by Christmas.

Harry dismay at Iraq decision - Picture

Prince Harry was today pictured expressing his dismay at military chiefs' decision to reverse the decision to send him to Iraq.

Harry delight at Iraq decision - Picture

Prince Harry was today pictured expressing his delight at military chiefs' decision to send him to Iraq with his regiment, the Blues and Royals.