Prince William current events 22: May 2009-

[Sonjapearl]

I give him bravery points - I would've fainted, or screamed my head off!

[rchat]

Haha - me too Sonjapearl.

Here's an article from the Daily Mail about this event that includes a video of his speech:
Prince William opens £78 million Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum | Mail Online

[Skydragon]

The royal took the creature into the palms of his hands during a visit to open the Natural History Museum's completed multi-million-pound Darwin Centre

'Sweaty' Prince William holds tarantula - Telegraph

It was meant to be the day Prince William declared his love of the natural world and told of the debt he owes his mother and father

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle6834276.ece

VIDEO

Prince William faced a fear by meeting and holding Sarah the tarantula shortly before he opened the new multi-million pound Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum in London.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8255814.stm

They are quite friendly and can be super pets.

[queenofthelight]

Skydragon, thank you very much both for the articles and the video.
The last one was really great!
Frankly speaking, I'll be able to take this spider in my arms.

Here are more photos of Prince William's visit to The Darwin exhibition at The Natural History Museum, London.

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[cd255]

William looks really good in these pictures and I like the speech he gave, thoughtful & humorous.

[shanaz]

I'm glad he's interested in nature and the environment. It looks like quite an impressive place! I wish we could see more pics of the inside.
He looks like a real scientist here
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[ghost_night554]

I took this off another forum since I'm too lazy to type it out myself

On Monday Wills hosted a gathering of representatives from multiple charities he and Harry have ties to. Harry was working at RAF Shawbury, so this time Wills was by himself. The last time they had a meeting for their charities forum, Harry was there by himself, and Wills was at work at RAF Shawbury. Here's the link from the Prince of Wales' website:

The Prince of Wales - The Princes' Charities Forum

And a video of chairman William presiding over the meeting.

[Mermaid1962]

Is it just my Canadian ears, or do other people find William hard to understand? He seems to speak very quickly. I could understand the other interviewees much more easily. I also find Harry easier to understand.

[Iluvbertie]

Originally Posted by Mermaid1962

Is it just my Canadian ears, or do other people find William hard to understand? He seems to speak very quickly. I could understand the other interviewees much more easily. I also find Harry easier to understand.

I gave up trying to understand William years ago. He needs to be subtitled I think.

[rchat]

I think he just needs to train himself to slow down a little and enunciate a bit more. Perhaps he's just nervous in front of the camera.

So it looks like he had both the Darwin Centre opening and then this event at Clarence House on Monday. Busy day for him!

[Westminster]

Originally Posted by Iluvbertie

I gave up trying to understand William years ago. He needs to be subtitled I think.

Yes! He mumbles and is too fast at talking. Should have a bit more training!

[cd255]

Here are a couple more pictures from the Darwin Centre visit:

http://princeofwales.gov.uk/content/...155513_LRG.jpg
"Prince William thanks 10-year-old Melissa Shaw for showing him the interactive wall in the Darwin Centre."

http://princeofwales.gov.uk/content/...154617_LRG.jpg
"Sir David Attenborough looks on as Prince William delivers a speech to open the second phase of the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum."

[rchat]

That's a sweet picture of him kissing the girl.

Originally Posted by queenofthelight

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He's so handsome in these pictures. I noticed he tends to clasp his hands in front just like his mother used to do.

[Skydragon]

PRINCES William and Harry met servicemen wounded in Afghanistan on a secret and emotional visit to a hospital after a personal plea from their father.


The two young Princes went to the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine at Selly Oak in Birmingham last *Friday after Prince Charles told them it was “full to the gunnels” with injured military personnel who needed cheering up.


Daily Express | UK News :: Princes’ trip to boost our wounded heroes

[ada]

It was great the visit lasted 3 1/2 hours.

[ghost_night554]

I don't get why my picture was removed but here's the picture from the hospital's website with an article
http://www.uhb.nhs.uk/News/2009/09/u...nd-prince.html

[Warren]

Copyrighted pictures or pictures posted with no copyright accreditation have been routinely removed since late 2006 to protect the Forums from lawsuits.
The posting of copyrighted images without the written permission of the copyright holder is against the Forum rules and is ILLEGAL.

[ghost_night554]

^^
oh sorry Warren guess I missed that part. Is it okay what I posted now? The website's link?

[Marsel]

Originally Posted by Skydragon

PRINCES William and Harry met servicemen wounded in Afghanistan on a secret and emotional visit to a hospital after a personal plea from their father.

The two young Princes went to the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine at Selly Oak in Birmingham last *Friday after Prince Charles told them it was “full to the gunnels” with injured military personnel who needed cheering up.

Daily Express | UK News :: Princes’ trip to boost our wounded heroes

Well done to William, Harry and Prince Charles for doing their best to help (emotionally, in this case) the soldiers. I am sure their visit was appreciated.

[rchat]

This is the speech William gave at the Darwin Centre opening last week. I got it off the Royal Family's website. I noticed from the video posted before that he had added the funny part about Sarah the tarantula.

The Prince of Wales - A speech by HRH Prince William at the opening of the second phase of the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London