The Duke of Cambridge Current Events 2: January 2014 - July 2018


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Skippyboo said:
Helicopter isn’t that high a risk especially when it properly maintained. Royals travel by helicopters all the time. A person is way more likely to get into an accident in a car or a motorcycle. For a car, William would have a police escort but he doesn’t have that with a bike. It would be easier for some car to take him out without even knowing it was William.

Kate didn’t the like the bike. William talked about how becoming a father changed him. He was more at risk for injury or death from the motorcycle so he gave it up.
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My husband has worked with helicopters over 30 years...even in tip top condition they are high risk. Add his job of rescue (and we heard some of the stories) and yes it was a high risk job.

I haven't seen where he said he gave up the bikes...I just remember Kate commenting that it made her nervous because of George liking them.


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The Duke of Cambridge will introduce new @heads_together workplace wellbeing initiatives, created in partnership with @MindCharity, at a conference on mental health at Unilever House on 1st March.


The Duke of Cambridge will visit @RoyalAirForce Coningsby on Wednesday 7th March. The Duke will meet RAF crew who operate Typhoons, and will learn how @rafcgy is engaging local schoolchildren in the physics behind real-life RAF situations.

Via Kensington Palace Twitter
 
Court Circular 8th March:
The Duke of Cambridge this morning attended an internal launch of Mental Health Innovations at Phoenix Brewery, 13 Bramley Road, London W10.
 
The Duke of Cambridge has written the foreword to 'The Stranger on the Bridge: My Journey from Despair to Hope' by @MrJonnyBenjamin.

In the foreword, HRH praises Jonny's bravery, passion and determination, and the incredible example set through talking openly about mental health.

The Duke also reflects on Jonny's support for The Royal Foundation's @heads_together campaign, which culminated in Jonny completing the London Marathon last year.

Via Kensington Palace Twitter

Foreword
 
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HRH the Duke of Cambridge last conducted an engagement on March 23rd. THREE Weeks since. Where has he been and what has he been doing since then ?
There is only so much 'painting the Nursery' to be done surely ?
 
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wyevale said:
HRH the Duke of Cambridge last conducted an engagement on March 23rd. THREE Weeks since. Where has he been and what has he been doing since then ?
There is only so much 'painting the Nursery' to be done surely ?
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He was in spotted in Poundbury apparently doing Duchy of Cornwall stuff the week before Easter.The kids have been on Easter break the last two weeks so that explains the absence.
 
wyevale said:
HRH the Duke of Cambridge last conducted an engagement on March 23rd. THREE Weeks since. Where has he been and what has he been doing since then ?
There is only so much 'painting the Nursery' to be done surely ?
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School holidays. Same pattern that Wessexes usually follow although this year Edward has covered CW Games.

Both Sophie and William are back at work today.
 
Thank you for the information DanyT and Cepe. I hadn't realized that spring break/holiday was more than one week in the UK. ?
 
TLLK said:
Thank you for the information DanyT and Cepe. I hadn't realized that spring break/holiday was more than one week in the UK. ?
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And it can vary by school. George goes back tomorrow and Charlotte next week.
 
hadn't realized that spring break/holiday was more than one week in the UK.
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Public [ie Private] Schools have longer holidays than State Schools..

When I was at School, we had three weeks at Christmas, a Month at Easter and two Months in Summer ! Parents who 'stump up' school fees moan about it, and mine certainly did...
 
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Private schools here do their own version of holidays. Some follow public school format loosely but add in holidays for religious observances (Good Friday etc) that aren't typically off. They have 'spring break' at different lengths/times.

Homeschooling parents have to adhere to whatever state guidelines have been set up for them.


LaRae
 
wyevale said:
Public [ie Private] Schools have longer holidays than State Schools..

When I was at School, we had three weeks at Christmas, a Month at Easter and two Months in Summer ! Parents who 'stump up' school fees moan about it, and mine certainly did...
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Thank you for sharing. In my children's California school district we have 3 days off at Thanksgiving. Two weeks off at Christmas/New Year's and a week off around Easter. Also throughout the year we'll usually have six school days for local or national holidays: Columbus Day, Veteran's day, Lincoln/Washington birthdays and Memorial day. ?

So I can understand why we haven't seen much of the Wessexes or William in recent weeks as they are now the only working royals with school aged children.
 
Court Circular 16th April:
The Duke of Cambridge this evening attended the Welcome to the United Kingdom Reception at The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Broad Sanctuary, London SW1, for delegates from the Commonwealth Business, People's, Women's and Youth Forums.

Court Circular 17th April:
The Duke of Cambridge this morning received Her Excellency Ms. Samia Suluhu Hassan (Vice-President of the United Republic of Tanzania) at Buckingham Palace.

The President of the Republic of Kenya called upon His Royal Highness at Buckingham Palace.

The Duke of Cambridge afterwards attended a joint session of the Commonwealth Youth Forum and Commonwealth Business Forum on youth entrepreneurship at The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Broad Sanctuary, London SW1.

Court Circular 18th April:
The President of the Republic of Namibia called upon The Duke of Cambridge at Buckingham Palace this morning.

His Royal Highness afterwards received the Hon. Gaston Browne (Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda).

The President of the Republic of Ghana later called upon The Duke of Cambridge.

His Royal Highness subsequently received the Hon. Enele Sopoaga (Prime Minister of Tuvalu).

The President of the Republic of Uganda this evening called upon The Duke of Cambridge at Buckingham Palace.
 
Good couple of days for William. Met with 7 heads of state or heads of government.

cepe said:
Not really a current event but looks like William is doing a MAsters in Pre Hospital Care

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This is pretty cool. A Masters in Pre Hospital Care

“We had HRH Prince William here to receive an Honorary Fellowship in January. He managed to let slip that he is now doing a Masters in Pre Hospital Care, and said he would be delighted to come back to events related to this long term interest, and I am delighted to say, also to sample some of our offerings around mental health. He also managed to tease me about my sudden inability to identify a couple of the guests who had travelled far for the occasion. But that gentle teasing was but nothing compared to what happened last week when HRH the Duchess of Cambridge came here for her last official engagement before going on maternity leave.”
 
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Rudolph said:
This is pretty cool. A Masters in Pre Hospital Care

“We had HRH Prince William here to receive an Honorary Fellowship in January. He managed to let slip that he is now doing a Masters in Pre Hospital Care, and said he would be delighted to come back to events related to this long term interest, and I am delighted to say, also to sample some of our offerings around mental health. He also managed to tease me about my sudden inability to identify a couple of the guests who had travelled far for the occasion. But that gentle teasing was but nothing compared to what happened last week when HRH the Duchess of Cambridge came here for her last official engagement before going on maternity leave.”
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Wow! Just finished reading the story of Crown Prince Frederik as the first royal to finish a university degree (although I leave the truth of his accomplishment to other historians on the forum), but it is interesting to know whether the Duke will be the first royal with a graduate degree! Bravo:flowers:
 
He will not be the first royal with a graduate degree. Princess Laurentien has a Masters degree and I believe 1 or 2 Luxembourg royals are even working on their PhDs!
 
gerry said:
Wow! Just finished reading the story of Crown Prince Frederik as the first royal to finish a university degree (although I leave the truth of his accomplishment to other historians on the forum), but it is interesting to know whether the Duke will be the first royal with a graduate degree! Bravo:flowers:
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Frederik the first?Oh really,well,all Dutch Royals do have a university degree they actually worked for...
But that's not what this tread is about...:)..
 
It’s likely the Duke of Cambridge will join Prince Harry and Meghan at an Anzac Day service at Westminster Abbey this afternoon, a palace source says. Richard Palmer (@Royalreporter)
via Twitter

Sounds like William is going to be taking on a duty today. Interesting that he'd choose a memorial service. Questions about his newborn son could overshadow things a bit. Or at the very least make things...I don't know. It just seems odd.
 
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