Prince William grew up at Highgrove House in Gloucestershire and Kensington Palace in London.Princess Diana gave birth to the future king of the British royal family and his grandmother bestowed upon him the title of Duke of Cambridge. Prince William of the British royal family was called ‘Wills’ and ‘Wombat’.His mother, Princess Diana wanted both of her sons to experience normal life like other kids and made them visit places like Walt Disney World. Princess Diana also took them to the orphanage, where they could witness the lives of other children. When Prince William was 15 years old, while Prince Harry was 12 years old, their mother died while they were staying at Balmoral Castle with their father. From Kensington Palace to Westminster Abbey, William and Harry followed the funeral cortège.Chocolate biscuit cake is Prince William’s favorite food. He is fond of eating puddings. Prince William is 39 years old. Prince William does not like to wear jewelry, and he even does not wear his wedding ring. He had a scar on his forehead that he called the ‘Harry Potter scar’. Prince William and Kate Middleton can be contacted by writing a letter.Read this article for facts about the future king, Prince William and his Royal Air Force records and some other interesting and surprising fun facts.Prince William’s Early LifePrince William is the eldest son of Prince Charles of Wales and the late Princess Diana.Prince William is the second in line for the British throne and is expected to become king in the near future. Prince William was born on June 21, 1982, in London at St Mary’s Hospital. Prince William is known by the name William Arthur Philip Louis, which was announced by Buckingham Palace. All the royal duties, along with the baptism of the new successor to the British throne, were done by Robert Runcie, the Archbishop of Canterbury, in the music room of Buckingham Palace.The baptism was done on August 4, which was the 82nd birthday of their paternal great-grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, who was the queen’s mother. Prince William, the first future king, had six godparents at the time of baptism. After Prince John in 1905, he was the first child born to Prince Charles and Princess Diana of Wales. In 1983, Prince William accompanied his parents to New Zealand and Australia when he was just nine months old.Prince William’s second trips to Canada were in 1991 and 1998, along with his younger brother Prince Harry. In 1996, when Princess Diana got divorced from Prince Charles of Wales, her royal title was also taken away, and at the time, her elder son assured her of getting the royal title of ‘Her Royal Highness’ once he became king. In the same year, Prince William’s mother died in a car accident, which affected the lives of Prince William and his younger brother, Prince Harry.Prince William attended his mother’s funeral with his father, brother, paternal grandpa Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and maternal uncle Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer. They were taken by the butler, Paul Burrell. Their mother’s death in Paris made him more resilient and he was even praised for the calmness he showed at the funeral. Both the brothers, Prince William and Prince Harry, were very close to their mother.The Education Of Prince WilliamPrince William studied at Jane Mynors’ nursery school, Wetherby School, Ludgrove School, Eton College, St Andrews University, and interned at Chatsworth House.Prince William studied in independent schools. He started his schooling at the Jane Mynors’ nursery school and later joined the Wetherby school for his primary classes. He also studied at Ludgrove School, Wokingham, Berkshire where he got tuition classes from Rory Stewart. He played in football, swimming, basketball, clay pigeon shooting, and cross country running at Ludgrove.He took the Eton College admission test and got accepted. At A-Level, he studied Geography, Biology, and History of Art, earning a ‘C’ in Biology, a ‘B’ in History of Art, and an ‘A’ in Geography. He started to play water polo at Eton and carried on playing football, piloting his game team. It was a path that no one in the Mountbatten-Windsor royal family ever pursued.They were deployed to Gordonstoun. Prince William and his younger brother, Prince Harry, attended Eton College, the same school as their maternal grandfather and uncle. The royal family and the paparazzi media agreed that Prince William would be allowed to study freely in consideration of frequent updates on his activities.A gap year was taken by Prince William during which he participated in army training. In 2001, he enrolled himself at St Andrew’s University in London. The increased attention did not dissuade him and he enrolled in an Art History degree program, subsequently switching his major topic to Geography. In 2005, Prince William completed a Scottish Master of Arts degree with upper second class honors after writing his thesis.In 2004, he was a member of the Scottish national universities water polo team in the Celtic Nations competition. Other pupils referred to him as ‘Steve’ to avoid reporters learning his true identity. William and his wife returned to St Andrew’s University in February 2011 as guests on the occasion of the 600th Anniversary Appeal.Prince William’s Military CareerPrince William got accepted to the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in January 2006 after deciding to pursue a tour of duty, military career. At midnight, Prince William was solemnly appointed as a lieutenant. As ‘William Wales’ and ‘Lieutenant Wales’, he accompanied Prince Harry, his younger brother, into the Blues and Royals in an armored reconnaissance unit as a troop leader. Prince William spent almost five months under training at Bovington Camp in Dorset.Prince William is second-in-line to the succession, as well as the ministerial practice of not putting that person in vulnerable positions, expressed concern on his prospects of seeing action, which heightened when Prince Harry’s tour was delayed in 2007 owing to ‘particular concerns’. Instead, Prince William joined the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force, where he was commissioned as a sub-lieutenant in the first and a flying officer afterward, both roughly comparable to the army rank of lieutenant.Prince William was sent to the Royal Air Force (rescue force) at RAF Cranwell following completion of training. When he finished training, his father, Prince Charles who had acquired his own wings after training at Cranwell, awarded him with his RAF wings. Prince William went to Afghanistan in a C-17 Globemaster, returning Trooper Robert Pearson’s body throughout this deputation. Prince William was transferred to the Royal Navy for the training. At the Britannia Royal Naval College, he underwent an expedited Naval Officer training program.Involvement In The Air Ambulance ServicePrince William accepted a full-time position as a pilot with the East Anglian Air Ambulance (EAAA) stationed at Cambridge Airport in 2014. He served as the Air Ambulance pilot until 2017.Prince William required a civil pilot’s license to continue the training before becoming leader of the Air Ambulance although he had prior military helicopter pilot skills. Despite the fact that his employment was compensated, Kensington Palace stated that William will give his complete income to the EAAA charity. At Norwich Airport, Prince William received some of his EAAA pilot training.Prince William began his new career on July 13, 2015, which he saw as a logical development from his prior work as an RAF search-and-rescue pilot. Prince William recounted having erratic shifts and largely handling intensive care situations. He has spoken openly about the implications of experiencing intense trauma and loss as an urgent team member, claiming that it had an influence on his personal life majorly being his psychological health. In July 2017, Prince William took on the comprehensive royal responsibilities in favor of his grandmother and resigned from EAAA. In March 2020, Prince William was appointed as the charity formal sponsor after assisting with an anniversary campaign for London’s Air Ambulance Charity in 2019.During the Covid-19 pandemic, he allowed the charity to refuel on Kensington Palace’s own lawn in May 2020. To commemorate Air Ambulance Week 2020, he penned a letter praising air ambulance personnel and expressing his deep appreciation for the community, especially during the unimaginably terrible epidemic, and noting that the government owes them immense gratefulness.Marriage And ChildrenPrince William married Catherine Middleton (Kate Middleton) on April 29, 2011; their engagement took place on November 16, 2010. Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, have three children: Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis.The Clarence House on November 16, 2010, set forth the engagement of Prince William and Catherine in October in Kenya, while both were about to get married in 2011. He was 28 years old when they got married. The rings exchanged by Prince William and Catherine Middleton (Kate Middleton) belonged to the mother of Prince William and wife of Prince Charles. Queen Elizabeth II gave the newlywed couple Anmer Hall on her Sandringham Estate as a wedding gift.At Westminster Abbey, London, on April 29, 2011, the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton (Kate Middleton) was held. The royal titles of Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Strathearn, and Baron Carrickfergus were promulgated just a few hours before the wedding. The worldwide audience for the wedding was around 300 million people.From December 2011 to November 2020, the Duke of Cambridge, Prince William, and Duchess Catherine Middleton owned the English Cocker Spaniel, Lupo. Catherine (Kate Middleton) announced her first pregnancy on December 3, 2012. On July 22, 2013, Catherine (Kate Middleton) was admitted to the Lindo Wing at St Mary’s Hospital, London. She gave birth to young Prince George, who would be the next king after his father. Princess Charlotte was born on May 2, 2015, while the youngest one, Prince Louis, was born on April 23, 2018. The son’s eldest son, Prince George, is third in the succession line to the British throne and is also very close to his uncle, Prince Harry. The family is known to live at Kensington Palace.Wealth And InheritancePrince William and his younger brother, Prince Harry, have enormous wealth and inheritance. In 1997, when their mother died in a car accident, they were left with £12.9 million which had risen to £10 million each by 2014.Without a doubt, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, belongs to the royal foundation and can even live without any work, but it is thanks to his hard-working nature that he serves the British armed forces, binding himself to the royal protocol. In 2002, according to the news of The Times, William along with his younger brother, Prince Harry, would receive a payment of £4.9 million from their great-grandmother, the Queen Mother, through the Queen Elizabeth trust funds on their 21st birthdays and an additional £8 million on their 40th birthdays.Prince William is the eldest son and would inherit the estate of the Duchy of Cornwall. The brothers also acquired the original words and soundtrack to Bernie Taupin and Elton John’s ‘Candle in the Wind’, which John played at Diana’s burial. In 2014, the boys acquired their mother’s wedding gown, as well as many of her valuables, such as clothes, diamond tiaras, diamonds, letters, and artwork.
Prince William grew up at Highgrove House in Gloucestershire and Kensington Palace in London.
