Reply #56: It's traditional and expected for the young royals to serve. [View All]

[LeftyMom]

Iirc, his father saw combat in the Faulklands, and pretty much the whole royal family was engaged in the war effort in some way during WWII, women included.

Sure, they'd likely put a smiling face on it, but he joined up some time ago, so if they were going to send him overseas for propaganda purposes I suppose they would have done it back when there was some prayer of improving the popularity of the war (assuming, of course, that the royal family favors the war, and I'm not sure that's a safe assumption.) Unless you think the point is to increase his personal popularity, which is a bit pointless, as he's the spare, not the heir.