Harry joins Afghan memorial service
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Prince Harry has taken part in a memorial parade and service to remember troops killed during his tour of Afghanistan.
In Edinburgh, he joined 200 servicemen and women attending the service at St Giles' Cathedral to honour the 24 British, Danish, US and Czech soldiers who died in Helmand Province during the deployment of the 52 Infantry Brigade.
The 23-year-old Household Cavalry officer spent ten weeks on the frontline before being flown home in February amid fears for his safety when his deployment was reported in foreign media.
Harry later joined the families of those killed or wounded at the memorial, along with UK Defence Secretary Des Browne and his Danish counterpart Soren Gade.
Around 7,500 soldiers were deployed under 52 Brigade command on Operation Herrick 7. The Brigade, whose headquarters are based in Edinburgh, handed over to 16 Air Assault on April 10.
Four British soldiers were killed in the country on Tuesday and five soldiers from 2 Para, based in Colchester, Essex, were killed in two separate incidents in Afghanistan last week.
The deaths take the number of British service personnel who have died in the country since the start of operations in November 2001 to 106.
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