Princess Diana, from left, Prince Harry, Prince William and Prince Charles gather for the commemorations of VJ Day on August 19, 1995, in London.
Charles, the Prince of Wales, and his son Prince Harry stand for the anthems during the Wales versus Scotland game in Cardiff, Wales, on February 17, 1996.
Left to right: Princes William, Harry and their father Prince Charles wait in front of the Westminster Abbey in London after the funeral ceremony of Diana Princess of Wales on September 6, 1997.
Prince Harry stands in the Drawing School on May 12, 2003, between two of the works he completed while studying at Eton College. His work involves a mixture of painting and printing, and reflects his habit of using animals as his starting point.
Prince Harry takes part in the Wall Game at Eton College in March 2003.
The youngest son of the Prince of Wales, Prince Harry makes a slice of toast in his house kitchen situated in the house library, which is the preserve of the senior House prefects, in March 2003 at Eton College.
Britain's Prince Harry, right, and his father The Prince Of Wales play polo for The BFF/Highgrove Team in a match for The Indian Cavalry Polo Trophy in Tidworth, England, on July 12, 2003.
Prince Harry paints in Eton College's new Drawing Room on May 12, 2003.
A man reads the New York Post newspaper on January 13, 2005, featuring the "Royal Nazi" headline about Prince Harry who attended a fancy dress party wearing a khaki uniform with an armband emblazoned with a swastika.
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Harry share a joke as they watch Prince Charles and his bride Camilla Duchess of Cornwall leave St. George's Chapel in Windsor, England, following their marriage blessing on April 9, 2005.
Prince Harry takes part in the Trooping Of New Colours alongside his fellow officer cadets at the Royal Military Academy on June 21, 2005, in Sandhurst, England.
Prince Harry sitting below the turret of his Spartan armoured vehicle as he communicates with other units by radio, in the desert in Helmand province in Southern Afghanistan, on February 20, 2008. The 23-year-old, an officer in the Household Cavalry regiment, secretly served for several weeks in the volatile southern province of Helmand.
Prince Harry skis with the Walking with the Wounded team, who have gathered on the island of Spitsbergen, Norway - situated between the Norwegian mainland and the North Pole - for their last days of preparation before setting off to the North Pole by foot on March 29, 2011.
Prince Harry climbs on board a specially decorated golf buggy as he goes on a tour of Harbour Island in Nassau, Bahamas, on March 4, 2012. The Prince was visiting the Bahamas as part of a Diamond Jubilee tour as a representative of Queen Elizabeth II.
Left to right: Carole Coe, Prince Harry and Peter Phillips enjoy the atmosphere as they watch track cycling at the Velodrome on August 7, 2012 at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
- Prince Harry will be based at Camp Bastion in Helmand province for his tour of duty
- He is a qualified Apache helicopter pilot in Britain's Army Air Corps
- He was hurried back from a previous deployment to Afghanistan in 2008
- The prince was hit by scandal last month after he was photographed naked in Las Vegas
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Prince Harry arrived in Afghanistan Friday on a military deployment in his role as an Apache helicopter pilot, Britain's Ministry of Defence said.
Harry, the grandson of Queen Elizabeth II and third in line to the British throne, is a captain in Britain's Army Air Corps.
He will be stationed at dusty Camp Bastion in Afghanistan's Helmand province, with the 100-strong 662 Squadron, 3 Regiment Army Air Corps.
Cheeky Prince Harry vs dull brother Wills
The austere conditions will be a far cry from the more luxurious lifestyle he enjoys when on leave in the United Kingdom -- or on his widely covered trip to Las Vegas last month, where a scandal broke after he was photographed naked while partying in his hotel room.
Prince Harry served briefly in Afghanistan four years ago, but was hurriedly withdrawn amid safety fears when news of his deployment leaked.
Prince Harry has been deployed to Afghanistan.
The media are allowed to report on his deployment this time, although the timing of his arrival in Afghanistan was kept under wraps.
Harry qualified to fly an Apache Attack helicopter in combat early this year, after doing some of his training over the deserts of Arizona and Nevada. He won an award as best co-pilot gunner in his peer group during training.
The Camp Bastion complex is one of the busiest airfields in the world, with over 28,000 people working on site, according to the UK Ministry of Defence.
The prince hit the headlines last month after he was photographed naked while in his swanky Las Vegas hotel suite with friends and a group of women they had met.
The images were widely published on the internet and by Britain's best-selling tabloid newspaper The Sun, prompting questions over media invasion of privacy.
Other UK media outlets respected a request by St James's Palace not to publish the images, one of which showed Harry using his hands to shield his modesty, while another showed his bare bottom.
The Press Complaints Commission, the UK newspaper watchdog, said Thursday it had received about 3,800 complaints from the public about the decision by The Sun to publish the images -- but none from palace officials.
"The Commission is in continuing dialogue with Prince Harry's representatives but as yet has not received a formal complaint," the PCC said in a statement.
While the body appreciates the concerns raised by members of the public, an investigation without the consent and involvement of royal officials would be "inappropriate," the statement said.
CNN's Max Foster contributed to this report.
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