Take that, you Yankee Wankas

Haven't had anything worthwhile to post in a while--other than getting up close and personal with an F-22, breaking 25 min in a 5K (don't laugh), advocating for gays in the military to my class of mostly Christian conservatives, and in general loving/dreading Air & Space Basic Course in Alabama--but good things come to those who wait to blog about them...
How is it that the British Royalty fights alongside the common serfs, but not the American upper class?

Training photo of Prince Harry.