Last royal to die in combat?

(I posted here rather than story research but if that's the wrong place, I apologise).

Does anyone know who was the last member of the British royal family to die in combat? As opposed to the last monarch. This came up in a discussion at work and the only stipulations are that it should be someone fairly close to the throne, as in crowned prince, second son or thereabouts, and they had to die in actual combat on the battlefield (as opposed to say some incident at home related to a conflict, for instance).

I suppose it is cheating a little to ask here, but I would imagine the rest of them are all off cheating elsewhere. Anyway, rep points for anyone who knows!

dpaterso said:

I'd have been inclined to answer Lord Louis Mountbatten if I hadn't seen your "at home" stipulation...

One of Queen Victoria's grandsons was killed in France during WWI, damned if I can remember who, and wading through the usual million random web pages that list whenever you try to find something useful doesn't seem like a productive way to spend the morning.

...of course, having said that, up pops this:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/02/29/nharry629.xml


Depends if you class the poor blighter as a "Royal" or not.

-Derek

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Derek - I've put down Prince George as my answer as I think that counts as 'Royal' enough. Just have to see what my colleagues come up with! (I said Mountbatten when we were discussing what was or wasn't allowed, as that was the first answer I thought of, but they said no.)

I've noted the other answers in case they decide not to accept that one. Besides which, I found it an interesting question anyway and so the answers were great.

Jess

IceCreamEmpress said:

Legally, the monarch's siblings are included in the Royal Family. This is why there was so much brouhaha about Princess Margaret's wish to marry Group Captain Townsend, a--gasp!--divorced man.

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I know, what I meant was 'royal enough' for my colleague. His exact stipulation was 'pretty close to the king or queen family-wise', so I think that qualifies. The question covered any official member of the royal family, really, but he wanted someone close.