Army bosses snub Katie Price offer to visit our troops
Military chiefs have snubbed Katie Price's offer to visit British troops in Afghanistan, it was revealed today.
Marching orders: Price at a book signing in Newcastle on Saturday. She had hoped to visit Helmand
The glamour model, 31, also known as Jordan, was said to be keen on a morale-boosting visit to Helmand Province in the run-up to Christmas. The MoD is said to be deluged with requests from celebrities every Christmas to see the troops, and bids to head to Afghanistan have been pouring into top brass for months.
The mother-of-three's bid was turned down after a formal MoD meeting which looked at all requests to head out to the warzone, and her attempt was considered low priority. An MoD spokesman said: "Katie Price did ask to visit Afghanistan but owing to a packed schedule of visits and the second round of elections in the country, her request was turned down."
The embarrassing snub comes after Price was officially divorced from ex-husband Peter Andre, 36, last week, and on the back of claims that she has thrown boyfriend Alex Reid, 27, out of her house after a series of rows. The two started dating in July, two months after her split from Andre.