The death of the kidnapped British aid worker Linda Norgrove illustrates the continuing dangers in Afghanistan, but Prince William is determined that he should be allowed to serve there.
The Prince, who carried out his first RAF air-sea rescue mission in Cumbria last week, speaks of his ambitions in an interview with Ben Fogle, my fellow Telegraph columnist, to be screened on Sky One later this month. "William talked a lot about it in the film," he says.
Fogle is "appalled" at Channel 4's broadcast next week of a "dramatised documentary'' based on what would happen if William's younger brother were captured.
He says The Taking of Prince Harry, which will show the Queen's grandson being subjected to mock executions and forced to appear in Taliban propaganda, "won't help" William's cause.
Civil servants choose Bermuda shorts not bowler hats
David Cameron's desire for an end to "sofa government" seems to have come as a shock to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
It was deemed necessary to issue civil servants there with a dress code banning them from turning out in "beach wear or very short skirts in the office".
It adds that "managers should take into account diversity when challenging a person's dress".
Clearly, reports that bowler hats are coming back into fashion have yet to reach Whitehall.
