![]() ![]() ![]() His father’s reign “will be seen as a transition to his son - much younger, more glamourous. “They’re not so young now, but in that respect they will certainly give the monarchy, after such old monarchs, a sense of modernity that is probably needed to help with its continuity,” he told AFP. “I think William and Kate mirror, in many ways, a young queen and Philip,” said veteran royal correspondent Robert Jobson. In August 2022, a YouGov poll put William and Kate as the British public’s second and third-favourite royals, trailing only the queen. The couple have embraced social media and their official Twitter, Instagram and YouTube accounts have millions of followers. Both he and Kate were photographed getting jabbed. Like his father, William contracted Covid-19 in 2020 and has spoken out against anti-vaccine disinformation. He has also embraced environmental causes, founding the Earthshot Prize, rewarding people who come up with solutions to the problems threatening the planet. He has spoken of his “pain like no other pain” at the death of his mother, Princess Diana, as well as traumatic experiences as an air ambulance pilot. In contrast to previous generations’ emphasis on a stiff upper lip, William has promoted initiatives to improve mental health William has gradually taken on more royal responsibilities, including bestowing knighthoods, while also promoting a diverse range of causes. William vented about the difficulties of sharing home schooling duties with Kate during the coronavirus lockdown - albeit living in a 10-bedroom country house given to him by his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II. Kate and William’s children are reportedly being raised to enjoy outdoor pursuits with limited screen time. The family moved to Adelaide Cottage at Windsor and this week all three children began at a nearby private school called Lambrook.Ĭharlotte and George previously attended a private day school in London where fees exceed £6,000 ($8,000, 7,000 euros) per term, while Louis went to a nursery. He became a full-time royal in 2017 and shifted the family’s base to an apartment in Kensington Palace, London. William then switched to work as a civilian air ambulance pilot from 2015, living at Anmer Hall, on his grandmother’s Sandringham estate in Norfolk, eastern England. After marrying Kate, he lived with her and young George, who was born in 2013, for several years in a rented farmhouse on Anglesey off the coast of northwest Wales. He qualified as a Royal Air Force search and rescue helicopter pilot in 2009. Like his uncle, Prince Andrew, brother Harry, and father Prince Charles, William opted for a military career, becoming an army officer in 2006. William and Kate, both now 40, met while studying at the University of St Andrews in Scotland.Īt the time, the prince was considered a heartthrob, with his attendance massively boosting applications to the ancient Scottish university. ![]()
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