Prince Harry was allowed to go away his Apache helicopter base after it was put in lockdown when random drug testers arrived.
It was secured by armed guards in May 2011 because the staff arrived unannounced, reported The Sun.
But Harry — who has now confessed to utilizing cocaine and hashish as a young person — was granted particular permission to stop RAF Wattisham, Suffolk.
His staff mentioned he wanted to go to London on “urgent palace business” regardless of solely simply coming back from there.
As he drove off in his souped-up Audi A3, hellos comrades — senior and junior — had been ordered to present urine samples.
Harry is regarded as the one one not examined.
There isn’t any suggestion that Harry, 38, took any medication whereas within the armed forces — nor that he intentionally averted the check.
But in his bombshell autobiography Spare he admits getting excessive on coke and pot earlier than he joined the military in 2005, and tripping on mushrooms after he left in 2015.
He additionally mentioned he obtained excessive on marijuana after his first date with Meghan.
Harry was with 656 Squadron, 4 Regiment Army Air Corps on the time.
Last night time his former Squadron Sergeant Major Mark “Oz” Wilson, who was in control of squadron self-discipline, mentioned: “I couldn’t believe Harry was allowed to leave.”
Sgt Maj Wilson, 50 — who has since left the forces — added: “He had just returned from a period of leave, from being off celebrating Prince William’s wedding.
“If you miss a test because you are not on camp normally you have to book a test ASAP at the next location you are going to.”
A high Army supply confirmed Harry’s sudden departure “would have looked very strange to his comrades”.
But they mentioned in Harry’s defence: “You can’t expect soldiers and sergeant majors to be aware of the diary pressures on the third-in-line to the throne.”
A royal supply mentioned it was Harry’s ex-SAS secretary Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton who known as the camp commander to get Harry permission to go.
Harry handed his Apache coaching and deployed to Afghanistan the next 12 months the place he says he killed 25 Taliban militants.
His former comrades hailed him as down-to-earth and a proficient officer effectively appreciated by his troops.
Mr Lowther-Pinkerton, now an equerry to Prince William and the High Sheriff of Suffolk, didn’t reply to requests for remark.
This article initially appeared on The Sun
