The flying prince

A couple of weeks ago, Prince William flew a military helicopter to his girlfriend's house. There's nothing more romantic than a whirlybird on the front lawn.

What I find interesting about the story is that while critics called the flight "ridiculous and inappropriate," the government defended it, claiming "he achieved essential training objectives," that it was "fully authorized," and that the RAF claimed, "Battlefield helicopter crews routinely practice landing in fields and confined spaces away from their airfields as a vital part of their training for operations." Granted, helicopters in battle don't have great choices for landing sites, so picking oddball sites makes some sense. However, the obvious question that, it seems at least, no one has asked: when have RAF pilots previously flown to their girlfriends' homes?