Harry: 'I'm thrilled to be back'
Prince Harry said his 20-week deployment in Afghanistan had been "one hell of an experience" and he was "thrilled to be back". He has arrived back in the UK this afternoon at RAF Brize Norton.
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Harry: Afghanistan was 'one hell of an experience'
Prince Harry said his 20-week deployment in Afghanistan had been "one hell of an experience" and he was "thrilled to be back".
Prince Harry returns to the UK after 20-week tour
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Prince Harry leaves the plane at RAF Brize Norton
Prince Harry arrives in the UK after Afghanistan tour
Prince Harry has arrived back in the UK after his tour of duty in Afghanistan.
The 28-year-old Apache co-pilot gunner left the war-torn country on Monday evening and has been on post-deployment "decompression" at a British military base, thought to be in Cyprus.
He landed at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire and will now travel with his unit, 662 Squadron, 3 Regiment Army Air Corps, to their Suffolk headquarters.
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Prince Harry is due to touch down in the UK today after his tour of duty in Afghanistan. Harry left on Monday night, and is thought to have made his way back after spending some post-deployment time in Cyprus.
Prince Harry is due to land at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire on a regular personnel flight before going with his unit, 662 Squadron, 3 Regiment Army Air Corps, to their headquarters in Suffolk.