Prince Harry Heads Home

I'm so glad someone leaked this story so they could send him packing.

Prince Harry has been pulled out of Afghanistan by British army chiefs and is heading home.His position as a frontline soldier became untenable once the news broke Thursday that he had been secretly fighting against the Taliban since before Christmas.

"Following a detailed assessment of the risks by the operational chain of command, the decision has been taken ... to withdraw Prince Harry from Afghanistan immediately," the Ministry of Defense confirmed in a statement. "This decision has been taken primarily on the basis that the worldwide media coverage of Prince Harry in Afghanistan could impact on the security of those who are deployed there, as well as the risks to him as an individual soldier."

Prince Harry planned to stay until April. The news leak by some foreign media outlets is "regrettable," the Minister of Defense said.

Prince Harry was excited to fight.

"[I] finally get the chance to actually do the soldiering I wanted to do from ever since I joined," he told reporters, including the U.K.'s Press Association. Of his late mother, Diana, he added, "Hopefully she would be proud."

His performance was called "exemplary."