Britain's Prince Harry says he killed 25 people during tour of duty in Afghanistan

Describing watching a video of each “kill” when he returned to base, he wrote of Taliban fighters as “baddies” who were being eliminated before they could kill “goodies”

Harry first went to war in 2007 on a 10-week tour of duty fighting the Taliban in dangerous Helmand Province, operating as a battlefield air controller behind enemy lines. Picture: John Stillwell/PA

Britain's Prince Harry has revealed that he killed 25 people while serving as an Apache helicopter pilot in Afghanistan.

In his autobiography Spare, Harry said he did not think of them as “people” but instead as “chess pieces” that had been taken off the board.