Buckingham Palace announced today that they will be sending a prince to Iraq.....but it won't be Harry!
Sources close to the Queen have confirmed that royal slaphead and mummy's boy, Prince Edward, will instead be joining the 'Queens Own Highland No-Hopers Suicide Squad' in Basra, where he will engaging the enemy on a daily basis armed only with a pocket knife.
One royal insider told us, "The public quite like Harry, so it was decided to send someone who wouldn't really be missed."
The prince was informed of the decision on Monday as he prepared to play Widow Twanky in the Scunthorpe players production of 'Aladin'.
"Edward went white when he heard," said the pantomime's star, Dane Bowers, "Then he wet himself and passed out."
The prince famously resigned his commision from the Royal Marines in 1997 and it is believed that the decision to send him to Iraq came about after the Queen had been drinking heavily and decided to 'toughen him up'.
There was no comment from Buckingham palace last night but sounds of merriment and the latest 'Girls Aloud' album could be heard booming out of an open window until the early hours of this morning.
