We’re big fans of the Gurkhas here at Michael Usher Mortgage services and we have many clients who are Nepalese and have settled here in the Uk after serving in our armed forces.
So this is good news from the Associated press
Prince Harry made honorary Gurkha
Prince Harry has been made an honorary Gurkha by the fearsome Nepalese warriors he served with in Afghanistan, a Gurkha fighter said.
The renowned soldiers paid the royal officer the ultimate tribute by presenting him with a Kukri – their dreaded combat knife – as a token of their esteem.
Lance Corporal Bhim Garbuja, 25, from the 1st Battalion Royal Gurkha Rifles (RGR) served under Harry in Helmand Province earlier this year and described him as a favourite among the troops.
They even cooked the young royal super hot goat curries with meat sourced from the Afghan army as a treat.
The Prince of Wales, Colonel in Chief of the RGR, flew into Brunei to meet Lnc Cpl Garbuja and his Battalion colleagues stationed in the Sultanate as part of his tour of the Far East with the Duchess of Cornwall.
Speaking about presenting the Prince with a Kukri the Nepalese soldier said: “We felt he deserved it, he is a good officer and we worked under his command.”.
Harry, 24, an officer in Household Cavalry Regiment, went to Helmand Province in December last year to work as a Forward Air Controller, serving at Garmsir in southern Helmand and Musa Qaleh. But his four-month deployment was cut short after 10 weeks, when a news blackout broke down at the end of February.
Captain Surya Gurung from the 1st Battalion summed up the importance of the gift to the young royal, he said: “We don’t normally give it as a present to people.
“Those who we give it to, it’s because they have earned it themselves. They gave it to the Prince because of his support, friendship and work with us. For us it’s not necessarily because he is a Prince, it was because he was so liked by the soldiers. He contributed to the camp and raised the morale of the boys.
“He should consider himself hereafter a Gurkha. I see him as a Gurkha officer because he was there in that particular time of operations in the front line – that really mattered.”