Army helped prepare Harry for married life – general

A military career may have helped prepare prince harry for married life, according to a former army chief.

General the Lord Dannatt, the British Army’s former Chief of the General Staff, said Harry, in contrast to his previous image of being a “playboy prince”, is probably now a more organised person.

He told Forces TV: “I think the military has done a lot to help him grow up and that’s made him a more mature person, which actually I think will make him a much rounder partner in the marriage that he’s about to undertake.”

Harry had two frontline tours of duty in Afghanistan in a decade-long army career. He was devastated in 2007 when plans for him to serve in Iraq fell through. Harry will marry Meghan Markle at Windsor Castle on 19 May.