Prince Harry feels safest with Gurkha soldiers

Prince Harry of the UK, who had been in headlines for the last few days after his presence in Afghanistan was revealed, said there is 'no safer place to be than in the presence of Gurkhas'.

For their part, Gurkhas praised the 23-year-old royal for his good manners while Harry described their goat-curries as "fantastic" following a stint at an operating base in the southern province of Helmand just 500m from Taliban positions, media reports say.

"When you know you are with the Gurkhas I think there's no safer place to be, really," he said.

Associated Press quoted him further, "They're all armed with kukhuris, so if they run out of ammunition they will charge you with their 'massive swords', as the enemy call them."

Harry also praised food of Gurkhas soldiers - goat curries, chicken curries, terming it a good fun.

Captain Yambahadur Rana of the Gurkha regiment said, "We are very lucky to have a prince on our team working with us.

"Definitely he's getting on very well with our boys and certainly in the Ops Room he works next to me and we have a very good working relationship," Rana added.
nepalnews.com ia Mar 04 08