Duke of Cambridge: What Now for William? Future Duties, Roles, Responsibilities

[Dman]

I think the media and others should calm down. William is just taking a 10 week course. I don't think anyone can call him a full-time student at Cambridge.

 

[Osipi]

Cambridge University could face harassment charges over pictures of Prince William | Royalty in the News

I'm glad they've spoken up about taking all those pictures of Wills. The Tab is basically urging students to harass another student and that should not be tolerated. Its bullying at its worse.

 

[royalistbert]

Prince William should ask The Queen to change is dukedom to St Andrews.

 

[Lumutqueen]

Prince William should ask The Queen to change is dukedom to St Andrews.

There is an exsiting Earl of St Andrews, else that option would have been most plausible at the time of his wedding.

This is a student newspaper, it's hardly main stream knowledge, next week when freshers starts again, William will be forgotten.

 

[royalistbert]

I was joking. Hence the .

 

[sndral]

Cambridge University could face harassment charges over pictures of Prince William | Royalty in the News

Unfortunate that 5 days after the initial furor, and after the press pointed out to Mr. Heilpirn(sp?) that it was harassment to urge fellow students to do this (and asking him how he'd feel if someone did this to him) and his seeming to backtrack w/ saying it wasn't decided yet - he's tweeted to follow the blog following P. William. I guess the philosophy major liked his moment of fame and now wants to extend it.

 

[Dman]

Prince William Begins Cambridge Uni Course:
Prince William Begins Cambridge Uni Course

Prince William knuckles down to 10-weeks of seminars, lectures and meetings at Cambridge University today.

 

[marine2109]

Search - Getty Images : GBR: Prince William Arrives At St John's College For His First Day

http://www.express.co.uk/news/royal...Cambridge-to-become-a-full-time-student-again

http://www.imageforum-diffusion.afp...D=3132322&lang=&ID_Fulcrum=1272675514_0&mui=1

https://www.anpfoto.nl/royalimages/search.pp?eventid=1706422

http://facetoface.de/webgate/index....CHMODE=NEW&TABLIGHTBOX=RESULT&SEARCHSHOWTAB=1

 

[Dman]

One's a student again! Prince William takes the train to Cambridge to begin university agriculture course-
One's a student again! Prince William takes the train to Cambridge to begin university agriculture course | Mail Online

 

[TLLK]

Will William arrive one morning out of breath, coffee in hand and begging for a Number 2 pencil and a blue book?

 

[windsorgirl]

I find it strange that William isn't carrying anything (briefcase or something to hold information or paperwork). In the Daily Mail photos, there appears to be a man behind him carrying a back pack. I'm glad he's continuing his education, though, and can't quite understand why the brouhaha over an executive education course. Most universities offer something similar and it's based on ability to pay rather than prior academic achievement.

 

[marine2109]

Prince William arrives for his study Agricultural Management

www.Brunopress.com

Prince William walks around the grounds of St. John's college

www.Brunopress.com

On Tuesday, January 7, 2014, His Royal Highness The Duke of Cambridge arrived at St. John’s College at the University of Cambridge to begin his 10-week executive program in Agricultural Management.

http://royalcorrespondent.com/2014/...-royal-highness-the-duke-of-cambridge-videos/

Prince William starts first day at University of Cambridge

http://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/2014010716391/prince-william-first-day-cambridge/

Prince William back to college

http://www.hola.com/noticias-de-actualidad/07-01-2014/105530/casasreales/

https://translate.google.com.tr/tra...alidad/07-01-2014/105530/casasreales/&act=url

Prince William at university: Freshly received in Cambridge for its agricultural curriculum

http://www.purepeople.com/article/p...-cambridge-pour-son-cursus-agricole_a134491/1

https://translate.google.com.tr/tra...ge-pour-son-cursus-agricole_a134491/1&act=url

Prince William's first day on the new training

http://svenskdam.se/2014/01/prins-williams-forsta-dag-pa-nya-utbildningen/

https://translate.google.com.tr/tra...liams-forsta-dag-pa-nya-utbildningen/&act=url

The Duke of Cambridge begins his course at Cambridge University

http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/new...bridge-begins-his-course-cambridge-university

 

[Dman]

Prince William ran to catch London-bound service after finishing a day's studying at Cambridge University-
Duke of Cambridge dashes to catch train in time to celebrate Kate's birthday - Telegraph

 

[cepe]

Prince William ran to catch London-bound service after finishing a day's studying at Cambridge University-
Duke of Cambridge dashes to catch train in time to celebrate Kate's birthday - Telegraph

Gosh! Husband dashes home for wife's birthday

 

[Roslyn]

Yep! Must be a really slow-news day.

 

[marine2109]

Prince William dashes home from Cambridge University to be with Kate on her birthday

Prince William dashes home from Cambridge University to be with Kate on her birthday - hellomagazine.com

Prince William takes the train to university

http://www.billedbladet.dk/kongelige/england/prins-william-tager-toget-til-universitetet

https://translate.google.com.tr/tra...william-tager-toget-til-universitetet&act=url

 

[marine2109]

Prince William: It was he called at school

Prins William: Det blev han kaldt i skolen | Billed Bladet

https://translate.google.com.tr/tra...s-william-det-blev-han-kaldt-i-skolen&act=url

 

[royal-blue]

Future Roles of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

Charles has a thread to discuss his future reign, so William deserves one too.

What is William likely to be like as King? Will he take after his father or grandmother?

 

[Cris M]

Wow, we'll discuss now the reign of King William V! I think it'll be a very interesting discussion, but I also think he'll not reign for another 25-30 years.

About his reign, I think he'll take a lot after his grandmother, but he'll also take a lot after his father. But he'll introduce a much of his own style into the Monarchy.

Now, I wonder how long it'll take until we have "The Monarchy under George" thread.

 

[royalistbert]

Bit to far into the future to predict. This thread should really wait for Charles reign to begin to even speculate the reign of King William.

 

[royal-blue]

On the contrary, we don't know what the future holds and William is only two heartbeats away from the throne. I think he will do much to modernise the monarchy as he has definitely had a more "normal" childhood and early life than even his father did. It will be interesting to see how he chooses to fulfil his future role of Prince of Wales too.

 

[RoyalDaisy]

I predict the longest thread on record

 

[VictoriaB]

I think a discussion of the monarchy under William is too early because we don't know what changes Charles will implement when he is King. Inevitably William will build on changes made by Charles.

As Cris points out, William's reign is some 20-30 years in the future. We have no idea what sort of person William will be in 20 years.

Personally I think a discussion about William as potential Prince of Wales is far more relevant at this time.

 

[royal-blue]

I think a discussion of the monarchy under William is too early because we don't know what changes Charles will implement when he is King. Inevitably William will build on changes made by Charles.

As Cris points out, William's reign is some 20-30 years in the future. We have no idea what sort of person William will be in 20 years.

Personally I think a discussion about William as potential Prince of Wales is far more relevant at this time.

Excellent point. Thread title changed to reflect this.

 

[Iluvbertie]

Will he even be king?

 

[Cris M]

I think he'll follow on his father's footsteps as Prince of Wales (in my opinion, Prince Charles was the one who defined what's the role of the Prince of Wales), but he'll always keep his own style and personality, as Prince of Wales and as King.

 

[royal-blue]

Is William's opinion of Buckingham Palace known?

 

[Iluvbertie]

Each Prince of Wales has seen the role differently and done it for themselves. I don't see that Charles did a lot differently to David for instance - represented the Monarch overseas, founded a 'Prince's Trust', worked extensively with the poor and underprivileged - all the things Charles has done.

Edward VII made opening buildings and doing that side of things very much something a Prince of Wales should do, as well as represent the monarch both at home and abroad - not as much as he would have liked but he still did it,

Others have served in the military and even fought.

Times have also changed so that the primary role is now ceremonial whereas in the past it was more actively political e.g. George IV supported the opposite side of politics to his father - simply to get up his father's nose just as Frederick Prince of Wales had supported the opposite side of politics to his father.

 

[scooter]

On the contrary, we don't know what the future holds and William is only two heartbeats away from the throne. I think he will do much to modernise the monarchy as he has definitely had a more "normal" childhood and early life than even his father did. It will be interesting to see how he chooses to fulfil his future role of Prince of Wales too.

Well said. Also, there has been the recent events with Charles' letters to ministers about to come out, which may prove problematic.

 

[MARG]

Give it a rest Scooter. Unless Charles has been promoting sedition and/or treason, I think it's a non-event.