Okay then, I am wondering how William will cope with the Duchy of Cornwall. He has little experience and he will have a large number of people directly employed or impacted by his decisions in the future as POW and in particular the Duchy of Cornwall.
Somewhere along the way I got the notion that William's 'transitional year' was to prepare him for his future role as POW. I know learning about things like farming, animal husbandry, marketing and finance can be a bit boring if they are not your thing, but in the not so distant future, he will be directly in control of this. As for The Princes Trust? Does he know the first thing about it's broad base and fantastic work with teens, young entrepenures, etc.
I can't help feeling that William is more interested in what he wants to do now rather than anything he will have to do later.
Okay then, I am wondering how William will cope with the Duchy of Cornwall. He has little experience and he will have a large number of people directly employed or impacted by his decisions in the future as POW and in particular the Duchy of Cornwall.
Somewhere along the way I got the notion that William's 'transitional year' was to prepare him for his future role as POW. I know learning about things like farming, animal husbandry, marketing and finance can be a bit boring if they are not your thing, but in the not so distant future, he will be directly in control of this. As for The Princes Trust? Does he know the first thing about it's broad base and fantastic work with teens, young entrepenures, etc.
I can't help feeling that William is more interested in what he wants to do now rather than anything he will have to do later.
I don't think William even finished his agricultural course. If he had, it would have been announced. If I missed the announcement that he finished, please cite source. He seems to be able to weedle out of every task he says he's going to take. I'm sure this tentative March/April schooling for rescue training will be lost with the new baby. I think he's full of hot air.
he has made a decision on what he's going to do - he's going to fly helicopters. Heaven forbid when that time ends.
I would go further than that and say that William's ability to make decisions has been very easy for him for one simple reason: he decided years ago that he wanted to fly helicopters as a career and he has stuck to that decision through all the obstacles that have been put in his way. I have in the past be critical of William, thinking he needed to make a decision and stick with it, but I think I was wrong and should have looked into it more.
In the Army, he wanted to do active service flying helicopters (like Harry eventually managed to do), but for political reasons and additionally the security threats at that time, he wasn't allowed to do it. Because Army helicopters only fly for training purposes in the comparative safety of British skies (and he obviously didn't want to be a trainer), he changed jobs and went into the RAF.
Via the RAF he was able continue flying and did search and rescue - until the government decided to privatise this area and William's career was curtailed again.
Now, he has managed to get a new job in the East Anglia Air Ambulance.
So in effect, it has appeared that William in indecisive, but the reality is clearly quite the opposite.
With regard to the Agriculture Course, it was announced this would be a ten week course and obviously a second announcement telling us he finished it was not required.
With regard to William's University choices, he decided not to do one course and did another - so one could say that making the right decisions following the wrong choices is something William has never repeated and has since always stuck to the helicopter career choice.
Also within the BRF things were up in the air. The Dukes of Edinburgh and Kent were sick, no one really knew how serious it was and William could very well have been needed sooner rather than later. It was touch and go for awhile and although William's passion is flying he couldn't commit 100 percent until he got the go ahead from the Queen.
So I don't think William is indecisive at all. He recognised that he needed to be flexible and even now his schedule with EAAA will take into account royal engagements he undertakes on behalf of the Queen and Government. Travelling to China and Japan later this month at the request of HM's government is an example.
Exactly. I think it was more an on-call year holding the future open than it was a "William must take a year to decide what to do"-year.I agree that the illnesses did play a role in William's "transitional year." If two of HM's best supporters were no longer available to carry out royal duties, I believe that William would have been called up to be a full time royal.
The 32-year-old Prince attended last year’s jamboree when he presented the Bafta Fellowship Award to Dame Helen Mirren, who played his grandmother in The Queen. Like a preening actor, he posed for ‘selfies’ with admiring fans and high-fived rapper Tinie Tempah.
William returned from a luxurious two-week break in the Caribbean four days before the Baftas. He and Prince George were staying with the Duchess of Cambridge’s parents, Mike and Carole Middleton, in Mustique and he is known to be loath to disrupt his holidays with his in-laws, to whom he is very close.
When William finished his six-week tour of duty as an RAF helicopter pilot in the Falklands in 2012, for example, he chose to fly to the Alps immediately for a skiing holiday with the Middletons.
He did not return for the memorial service marking the 10th anniversary of the deaths of the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret, which was attended by most royals.
The Prince has not carried out a single engagement this year. He is currently three-quarters of the way through the 14 exams he must take to gain his Air Transport Pilot’s Licence, which he needs before he can take up his job as an Air Ambulance pilot in Norfolk.
A Kensington Palace spokesman tells me: ‘Sadly, the Duke was not able to attend this year due to prior commitments.’
If anyone knows what those ‘commitments’ were, please do get in touch.
Sebastian and his ridiculous articles.
Bafta stars put out over Prince WIlliam who wasn't there | Daily Mail Online
Why is it ridiculous? I think it's pretty accurate.
Exactly + 1/3 of 14 exams + flying exams. I don't begrudge him a vacation, an he is not expected to be at the BAFTAs. Like that would have helped "William goes on vacation and his only engagement so far this year is a gala with the rich and famous"....William also attended the Baftas in 2010 when he was named as President. He is also head of The FA but he doesn't attend the FA Cup finals every year. Just like the Queen who is Patron of Wimbledon but only has been to the tournament a couple of times.
He going on a tour to Japan & China at the end of the month. He probably going to be stuck in briefing meetings with Miguel and David Manning for the next 2 weeks.
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With his flying job he is likely to undertake even fewer royal duties than last year.
Is there a problem with that?
True. As long as people don't call him lazy for it!Only for us who like to see him ?
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True. As long as people don't call him lazy for it!
True. As long as people don't call him lazy for it!
Think the idea is for William to find a balance in his new job and carrying out official engagements. It may be the case that we'll start seeing Catherine on official duties a bit more than William. I don't think his job really starts until the summer anyway.