Prince William current events 11: July-August 2006

[Royal Fan]

I Honestly dont se the harm in him smiling on duty :P

[Heidi P.]

I really like seeing this side of William. The Sandhurst photos contrast sharply and nicely with the polo photos!

[CasiraghiTrio]

Here are some polo pics from Rex (July 1st and July 5th pics). I hope the watermarks don't bother you. I get nervous about these image hosting sites coming after me for hosting copyright pics. I try to cover my ducks, so to speak. Hopefully no one takes offense.

[Paula**]

Uau he looks good, his hair when is blonde(not that kind of brown in the winter) you can't see that he is losing his hair :p

[CasiraghiTrio]

Originally Posted by Paula**

Uau he looks good, his hair when is blonde(not that kind of brown in the winter) you can't see that he is losing his hair :p

Yeah, the military cut obscures the hair-loss realities, but it's hard to believe, even seeing it with my own two eyes, how pale he is!! After that holiday in Barbados and everything! Why is he so pale?

[gj123]

He looks pretty impressive in his uniform, doesnt he?

[Roslyn]

Originally Posted by gj123

he sure plays an awful lot of polo.

That he does! And the feminist in me daydreams about seeing a photo captioned, "Prince William watches Kate Middleton playing polo".

[HRH Mims]

Hillaaaarious Roslyn! It's really good idea, but I don't know, if Kate'll look so good on horse like William.

[kpusa1981]

William has played Polo the last two Wensdays. Weren't they doing anything at Sandhurst on June 28, 2006 and July 5, 2006?

[Jo of Palatine]

Originally Posted by kpusa1981

William has played Polo the last two Wensdays. Weren't they doing anything at Sandhurst on June 28, 2006 and July 5, 2006?

Here in Germany after the initial 6 weeks of basic trainung young soldiers who are excellent sportsmen are allowed to do sports training and attend tournaments and sports events as part of their military training. We even have our own regiment for that. You can see eg these men on horse riding events eg. dressage events because they wear their uniform then instead of the required dress coat the other riders wear.

Maybe it's the same in the UK and polo is considered a sport which should be supported that way? IIRC, polo has been an traditional sport for officers so I guess it could be for that reason he is allowed to attend while training to be an officer.

P.S. I found this information at the hompage of the official organisation for polo in the Uk, the Hurlingham polo association about how polo came to be a sport played in the UK:

1869. Edward "Chicken" Hartopp, 10th Hussars, read an account of the game in The Field, while stationed at Aldershot, and, with brother officers, organised the first game - known then as "hockey on horseback"- on a hastily-rolled Hounslow Heath against The 9th Lancers. The 1st Life Guards and the Royal Horse Guards were quick to follow suit on grounds at Hounslow and in Richmond Park; and then on a small ground near Earl's Court known as Lillie Bridge.

[Skydragon]

Originally Posted by Jo of Palatine

Here in Germany after the initial 6 weeks of basic trainung young soldiers who are excellent sportsmen are allowed to do sports training and attend tournaments and sports events as part of their military training. We even have our own regiment for that. You can see eg these men on horse riding events eg. dressage events because they wear their uniform then instead of the required dress coat the other riders wear.

It is the same here in the UK, although it is 'unusual' for anyone in training to be allowed to go off on 'a jolly' but, he is 2nd in line and we should not expect him to be treated as a normal Officer Cadet.

[mariacris]

Pics from the Polo event (WireIamge)
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[mariacris]

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[karla64]

Kate and the Prince

There has a video talk about them....

http://www.tmz.com/206/07/05/kate-and-the-prince/

[Dickinson]

Thanks for the pics mariacris! I wonder why Pharrell was there?

[kpusa1981]

Skydragon, are they letting him play in middle of the week simply because he is 2nd in line to thorne?

[Elspeth]

Originally Posted by Skydragon

It is the same here in the UK, although it is 'unusual' for anyone in training to be allowed to go off on 'a jolly' but, he is 2nd in line and we should not expect him to be treated as a normal Officer Cadet.

Well, that's true if there's some royal event going on where his presence is required, but I hope we're past the days when a senior royal can just turn his back on military training in order to go off and indulge in some hobby or other.

[Skydragon]

Originally Posted by Elspeth

Well, that's true if there's some royal event going on where his presence is required, but I hope we're past the days when a senior royal can just turn his back on military training in order to go off and indulge in some hobby or other.

I'm afraid it seems we are not past those days. Trainee officers are not normally allowed time off during the term, except for death bed vigils, severe family illness and funerals. :(

Once he has passed out, he can join any number of army teams (football, rugby, polo, showjumping, to name a few) and get time off to attend, unless he is on active service (bit hard to get home from Afghanistan to play a match).

[kpusa1981]

Originally Posted by Skydragon

I'm afraid it seems we are not past those days. Trainee officers are not normally allowed time off during the term, except for death bed vigils, severe family illness and funerals. :(

Once he has passed out, he can join any number of army teams (football, rugby, polo, showjumping, to name a few) and get time off to attend, unless he is on active service (bit hard to get home from Afghanistan to play a match).

So what you are saying ,Skydragon, is that he hould not get off for the mid-week matches or are you sayin rhat he should not even be allowed to play in Polo matches on the weekend?