Opinion: Where to draw the line over behaviour

The discussion has roamed around a vast array of issues: the responsibilities of the royal family, the moral issues at stake in relation to parading a swastika armband for fun, and so on - but it has usually returned to Auschwitz. After all, the same week that Harry donned his armband saw the broadcast of the first in a TV series documenting the notorious labour and death camp.

What has any of this got to do with youth work? First, despite his privileged education and his dabbling in active citizenship by very publicly packing boxes for the tsunami relief effort, Prince Harry is still a young person, dealing with his own specific pathways of transition to adulthood. Think of the millions of young people with whom the youth service seeks to engage, and the millions of dubious and sometimes clearly unpalatable moments of behaviour we encounter as we do so.