<p>Britain's Prince Harry intervened to prevent a soldier under his command being beaten up in a homophobic attack, according to a new book.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Trooper James Wharton, who is openly gay, writes that he was confronted by "six extremely angry infantry sergeants" who accused him of spreading rumours about one of their soldiers.<br /><br />According to a report in the 'Sunday Times', Wharton was serving as a gunner in the Household Cavalry during a training exercise in Canada when he told the prince he was "about to be murdered".<br /><br />"I climbed into the turret and talked Harry through exactly what had happened," he writes in his book 'Out in the Army'.<br /><br />"I didn't hold back, I told him everything that had gone on. I couldn't stop the tears welling up in my eyes.<br /><br />He said: "Right, I'm going to sort this s*** out once and for all. Harry climbed out of the tank and started having a go. I worried he was about to make the whole thing worse, but he wasn’t holding back.<br /><br />Prince Harry was sticking up for me and putting a stop to the trouble. I had been on track for a battering and had been rescued. He came back 10 minutes later and told me the problem had been 'sorted'," he adds.<br /><br />Wharton came to public attention in 2009, a year after the incident, when he became the first openly gay solder to appear on the cover of 'Soldier', the official British Army magazine.<br /><br />Wharton says that at his first meeting with the prince in 2007, Harry "looked at a photograph of me and my boyfriend on my barrack room wall — and told me we looked good together".<br /><br />Buckingham Palace declined to comment on the claims in the book.<br />The ban on gay people serving in the British armed forces was lifted in 2000.<br />In the book Wharton also claims the prince disclosed details of his sex life to him and another soldier.<br /><br />"Harry told us both an extraordinary tale about the first time he'd had sex. It was fascinating."</p>
<p>Britain's Prince Harry intervened to prevent a soldier under his command being beaten up in a homophobic attack, according to a new book.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Trooper James Wharton, who is openly gay, writes that he was confronted by "six extremely angry infantry sergeants" who accused him of spreading rumours about one of their soldiers.<br /><br />According to a report in the 'Sunday Times', Wharton was serving as a gunner in the Household Cavalry during a training exercise in Canada when he told the prince he was "about to be murdered".<br /><br />"I climbed into the turret and talked Harry through exactly what had happened," he writes in his book 'Out in the Army'.<br /><br />"I didn't hold back, I told him everything that had gone on. I couldn't stop the tears welling up in my eyes.<br /><br />He said: "Right, I'm going to sort this s*** out once and for all. Harry climbed out of the tank and started having a go. I worried he was about to make the whole thing worse, but he wasn’t holding back.<br /><br />Prince Harry was sticking up for me and putting a stop to the trouble. I had been on track for a battering and had been rescued. He came back 10 minutes later and told me the problem had been 'sorted'," he adds.<br /><br />Wharton came to public attention in 2009, a year after the incident, when he became the first openly gay solder to appear on the cover of 'Soldier', the official British Army magazine.<br /><br />Wharton says that at his first meeting with the prince in 2007, Harry "looked at a photograph of me and my boyfriend on my barrack room wall — and told me we looked good together".<br /><br />Buckingham Palace declined to comment on the claims in the book.<br />The ban on gay people serving in the British armed forces was lifted in 2000.<br />In the book Wharton also claims the prince disclosed details of his sex life to him and another soldier.<br /><br />"Harry told us both an extraordinary tale about the first time he'd had sex. It was fascinating."</p>