Prince William current events 22: May 2009-

[Iluvbertie]

Originally Posted by Skydragon

All pilots are rotated, whether for Afghanistan, the UK and all the other countries where we are active. Training William to perform solely in the UK means another poor blighter will have an extra deployment to a danger zone.

Much better to have spent the money training an ordinary chap who can fulfill all of the duties, including the deployments expected of a pilot.

You are, of course, assuming that he won't actually be rotated to Afghanistan (I don't think he will either by the way) but then again I thought one of the reasons for this training was that he would be rotated to a frontline post somewhere.

Maybe he will be posted to a peacekeeping area rather than Afghanistan but I think he will get to see some suit of frontline duty partly in order to justify the expense involved.

[Skydragon]

If he does do a battle line stint, it will not be until they have managed to sort out the Kevlar problem. AFAIHH, there are no plans to allow William anywhere near a battle ground, it would take too many extra people/craft to guard him.
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A mother-of-three viciously attacked by a pitbull in Sutton received a royal gift to cheer her up during recovery.
The 38-year-old woman, known as Maureen, was surprised by a handwritten letter and a bunch of flowers from Prince William, who is the patron of the charity she works for.

Prince William sends letter to Sutton charity worker attacked by dog (From Your Local Guardian)

[Myself1995]

Stories like this are why I like the BRF.

[mktv2000]

Here is another quick story on this topic. I too love stories like this - with all the lather about the BRF, sometimes this stuff gets missed.

[lumutqueen]

How beautiful. William is such a wonderful person.

[Wisteria]

Originally Posted by lumutqueen

How beautiful. William is such a wonderful person.

How touching, I bet he went out and chose the flowers all by himself.

[Elspeth]

I'm sure he didn't. But it does sound as though he wrote the note all by himself.

[muriel]

Originally Posted by Iluvbertie

You are, of course, assuming that he won't actually be rotated to Afghanistan (I don't think he will either by the way) but then again I thought one of the reasons for this training was that he would be rotated to a frontline post somewhere.

Maybe he will be posted to a peacekeeping area rather than Afghanistan but I think he will get to see some suit of frontline duty partly in order to justify the expense involved.

This has been a long standing argument as to whether senior royals should serve in the armed forces or not. The reality is that a senior member of the royal family (and most certainly the future monarch) will never serve a full term in the forces as a normal person would. So to that extent, it could be argued that resources spent on William's training could be better spent elsewhere. That said, IMO, the British people expect that senior members of the BRF have military careers. If Wills had left the army and entered royal duties full time instead of joining the SAR, he would have come in for severe criticism for not serving with the very troops he was expected to one day lead. So, IMO, there are no really simple answers here, and there are clear arguments for both sides!

[Myself1995]

Prince William hopes to strike black gold in Azerbaijan - Telegraph

[cd255]

Where the heck is this place? I've never even heard of Azerbaijan. Is this for real?

[Mermaid1962]

It's in Asia.

Originally Posted by cd255

Where the heck is this place? I've never even heard of Azerbaijan. Is this for real?

[grevinnan]

Originally Posted by cd255

Where the heck is this place? I've never even heard of Azerbaijan. Is this for real?

Just read some international news and you will not be able to avoid news stories about it.

[Myself1995]

Originally Posted by cd255

Where the heck is this place? I've never even heard of Azerbaijan. Is this for real?

It's on the Caspian Sea, and it's bordered by Russia, Georgia, Armenia and Iran, which is probably more than you needed to know. I didn't know they were a big polo playing country, though.

[ParisJackson]

Originally Posted by Wisteria

How touching, I bet he went out and chose the flowers all by himself.

I find it hard to take to William seriously lately. His decision-making could only be described as misguided at best. And, no, I don't blame Kate.

[lumutqueen]

Originally Posted by Harold

In the first photo, the profile view, he looks a lot like his uncle Edward.

He does, looks very handsome.
I've just looked at the pictures from when William was called to the Middle Bench as a Royal Bencher. I think he looks stunning, very very regal.

[ParisJackson]

Originally Posted by Harold

In the first photo, the profile view, he looks a lot like his uncle Edward.

I've thought this for a very long time - I've always seen more of Edward than anyone else.

He's reasonable looking, IMO, nothing out of the box. He would still attract his share of girls though even if he weren't a worldwide rich and famous prince and heir, as he's tall etc.

[Sereta]

http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/4813/89787381.jpg
He does look tall. How tall is William?

[Dierna23]

He's 6' 3" tall (1m90).

[rchat]

Originally Posted by Harold

In the first photo, the profile view, he looks a lot like his uncle Edward.

I don't think he looks like Edward in the face though.

Here's another pic of him at his RAF base. I think it's funny how the word KING is on the wall in the background.

http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/...urdfW/610x.jpg

[Skydragon]

JOKER Prince William tried to trick drinkers into thinking he was just a Royal LOOKALIKE.

He told pub customers unsure if it was him: "I get that all the time.

Double fake by Prince William | The Sun |News|Royals