A handful of British soldiers engaged in operations in Afghanistan, according to Prince Harry, were not "necessarily" in support of their nation's military activities in Afghanistan.
The prince discussed his own military exploits in Afghanistan while speaking with author and therapist Gabor Mate during a live-streamed session on Saturday. He also implied that the British public had not been particularly supportive of the 2001 Western invasion.
“One of the reasons why so many people in the UK were not supportive of our troops was because they assumed that everybody that was serving was for the war,” he told Mate.
“But no, once you sign up, you do what you’re told to do, so there was a lot of us that didn’t necessarily agree or disagree, but you were doing what you were trained to do, you were doing what you were sent to do,” he said.
The 90-minute conversation was hosted by Mate, a Hungarian-Canadian author of the book “The Myth of Normal,” which delves into “trauma, illness and healing in a toxic culture,” who spoke to the prince about a range of issues, including his family, his marriage and his move to the US.
The prince came under fire earlier this year after the publication of his memoir "Spare," in which he admitted that, on his second tour of Afghanistan in 2012, as a gunner aboard an Apache attack helicopter, he had killed 25 Taliban fighters.
The prince discussed his own military exploits in Afghanistan while speaking with author and therapist Gabor Mate during a live-streamed session on Saturday. He also implied that the British public had not been particularly supportive of the 2001 Western invasion.
“One of the reasons why so many people in the UK were not supportive of our troops was because they assumed that everybody that was serving was for the war,” he told Mate.
“But no, once you sign up, you do what you’re told to do, so there was a lot of us that didn’t necessarily agree or disagree, but you were doing what you were trained to do, you were doing what you were sent to do,” he said.
The 90-minute conversation was hosted by Mate, a Hungarian-Canadian author of the book “The Myth of Normal,” which delves into “trauma, illness and healing in a toxic culture,” who spoke to the prince about a range of issues, including his family, his marriage and his move to the US.
The prince came under fire earlier this year after the publication of his memoir "Spare," in which he admitted that, on his second tour of Afghanistan in 2012, as a gunner aboard an Apache attack helicopter, he had killed 25 Taliban fighters.
