Prince Harry thanks soldiers for their work during floods

Prince Harry has visited soldiers and their families at Weeton Barracks this morning.
By The Newsroom
Published 5th Feb 2016, 12:18 BST
Updated 5th Feb 2016, 15:19 BST
Prince Harry meets children from Weeton Primary School and Honeypots Nursery during a visit to Weeton Barracks near Blackpool. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Friday February 5, 2016. Harry also met some of the soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, who were deployed to Lancashire, Yorkshire and Cumbria to find out how they aided recovery work in the recent floods. See PA story ROYAL Harry. Photo credit should read: Owen Humphreys/PA WirePrince Harry meets children from Weeton Primary School and Honeypots Nursery during a visit to Weeton Barracks near Blackpool. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Friday February 5, 2016. Harry also met some of the soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, who were deployed to Lancashire, Yorkshire and Cumbria to find out how they aided recovery work in the recent floods. See PA story ROYAL Harry. Photo credit should read: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire
Prince Harry meets children from Weeton Primary School and Honeypots Nursery during a visit to Weeton Barracks near Blackpool. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Friday February 5, 2016. Harry also met some of the soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, who were deployed to Lancashire, Yorkshire and Cumbria to find out how they aided recovery work in the recent floods. See PA story ROYAL Harry. Photo credit should read: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

Wearing jeans, suede boots and a waterproof jacket, he spent 10 minutes chatting to children from the barrack’s primary school, before heading into the Sergeant’s Mess.

There, he was shown photographs of members of the 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment, carrying out work in flood-hit areas across the north over the festive period.

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He also spoke to soldiers and their families about the disruption to their family Christmas.

Speaking to those who were deployed to Carlisle, he saidy: “I love the stories I’ve heard about the community spirit and everyone getting involved.

“I take my hat off to you guys, dropping everything at a moment’s notice.”

After an hour at Weeton, he set off to visit flood-hit St Michaels on Wyre.

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