Prince Harry awarded campaign medal

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The 23-year-old will be among around 160 fellow Household Cavalry troops attending a ceremony in Windsor on May 5 to be honoured for their role fighting the Taliban.

Prince Harry secretly flew to Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan in mid-December to work as a Forward Air Controller.

But his planned four-month tour was cut short after 10 weeks when a news blackout, agreed to prevent his comrades being put at extra risk, broke down at the end of February.

Having served well over the required minimum of four weeks in theatre he is entitled to the Afghanistan Medal awarded to British forces who have taken part in Britain's Operation Herrick mission to the country.

The Prince, who has recently been promoted from Second Lieutenant (or Cornet) to Lieutenant, will be able to wear the decoration alongside his Golden Jubilee Medal, a gift from the Queen marking her 50-year reign in 2002.

He is the first member of the Royal Family to see active service in a war zone since his uncle Prince Andrew flew helicopters in the Falklands War 26 years ago.

The Princess will present the medals in her capacity as Colonel of the Blues and Royals, part of the Household Cavalry.

The Operational Service Medal (OSM) for Afghanistan is round and silver showing Harry's grandmother the Queen on one side and the Union Flag and compass on the reverse.

The ceremony will take place at the Household Cavalry's Combermere Barracks in Windsor. Clarence House has not confirmed whether the Prince of Wales will be present.