Britain's Prince Harry will spend six months on secondment with the Australian Army, a news report said here today.
28-year-old Harry could either be formally embedded with an army unit or make an extended visit as an observer in Australian army, The Australian reported.
Australia is part of the Commonwealth, the club of ex-British Empire nations which maintain a friendly confederacy and retain the Queen as it's head of the state.
"Defence has begun planning for Prince Harry to spend six months on secondment with the Australian army as royal aides and security officials assess the risks of such a deployment," said the report.
Top-level talks between his residence Clarence House in London, the British Army and Australian officials are continuing about where and when the deployment would occur and whether the third in line to the throne would serve on the frontline.
Harry is a captain in the Household Cavalry Regiment and has returned home from a four-month long Afghan deployment in January.
