Prince Harry has undermined his own security and increased the risk of being targeted by Islamists in future revenge attacks after claiming in his memoir that he personally killed
25 Taliban insurgents while serving as a helicopter pilot in Afghanistan, MPs and military chiefs today warned.
The Duke of Sussex
writes in his astonishing tell-all, Spare, how he regarded his targets as 'chess pieces', not people - in an admission that has sparked fury among military veterans, including some of Britain's top commanders.
Questions are now being raised about whether Harry has 'shot himself in the foot' and made himself a bigger target with his startling revelation - with the
Taliban today taunting the Duke as a 'big mouth loser' who 'fled Afghanistan and hid in his grandmother's palace'.
Ex-Army chief Colonel Richard Kemp today warned that Harry's admissions could cause pro-Taliban sympathisers to be 'provoked to attempt revenge' against him and possibly 'incite some people to attempt an attack on British soldiers anywhere in the world'.
A former head of royal protection has condemned Prince Harry's boasts about killing Taliban fighters as 'foolish in the extreme'.
Retired chief superintendent Dai Davies said that the Duke of Sussex's claims had increased the security risk not just to himself and his family - but the British public at large.
'He has raised the risk to all of us by resurrecting the war in Afghanistan with his ill-advised comments, which are foolish in the extreme,' he said.
'In the UK we have a Coronation this year with a whole raft of public events. All it takes is one extremist seeking to make a point.'
Mr Davies, who has worked in police and security for more than 50 years, said that Harry's comments would almost certainly prompt a review of royal security in the UK.
He added: 'He has increased the risk not just to himself, his wife and children and also those who protect him in the US, but also to our Royal Family here in the UK.
'This has raised the game. The Taliban has been quite quiet recently but this is a long term issue, you can't predict when an attack is going to happen.
'I would be recommending that RAVEC [the Royal and VIP Executive Committee] immediately undertake a risk assessment - not tomorrow but today - and where necessary take steps to increase protection. I think this should apply not just for senior royals but the more junior ones too who may be deemed easier to get at.'
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