Britain’s Prince William wants to join his brother, Prince Harry, on the front line in Afghanistan.

The 30-year-old royal – an RAF search and rescue pilot – has asked RAF bosses if he can go out to the war zone to take part in some active service, and military officials are now thought to be trying to grant his wish.

Wills, 30, was spurred on after ­hearing of Harry’s daring exploits in Camp Bastion, including last week’s Taliban raid on the site.

A Whitehall defence source told the Daily Star Sunday newspaper: ‘The brothers are in touch nearly every day but every time William hears from Harry he is left feeling really envious of all his Afghan adventures and wants to share in the action.

‘William is a serving officer and has said he wants to go.

‘Although the rule is he cannot be placed in harm’s way, they are seeing if they can bring it about before next spring when he has to decide if he’s staying on or leaving the Forces to be a full-time royal.

‘He could do a secret visit of a week or two if the powers that be would allow it.

‘We are not talking bombing the Taliban, more like flying fetch-and-carry missions but he could still be involved.’

Prince Harry arrived in Afghanistan on Friday, September 7 on a four-month military deployment in his role as an Apache helicopter pilot. Harry, the grandson of Queen Elizabeth II and third in line to the British throne, is a captain in Britain’s Army Air Corps.

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