HGD Guillaume, Current Events 1 to 8: January 2003 - January 2007

[bad_barbarella]

thanks drimal... we dont know what we would do without you...

i cant believe at sandurst he lived so basically... i never thought a prince could do that...

[ShksprNLov]

Merci beaucoup Drimal for the translation. You're so awesome. I don't see how Guillaume lived so basically either. He had the means to go home when he wanted which would be nice, if that is even allowed at a military academy. Doesn't seem like it would be.

[msfroyste]

thanks for the translation drimal. it's greatly appreciated. my dad stated that sandhurst was a cake walk, from what he saw from when he briefly visited the school, compared to the US marine corp's training camp called paris(h)? island.

[Mandy]

Originally Posted by msfroyste

thanks for the translation drimal. it's greatly appreciated. my dad stated that sandhurst was a cake walk, from what he saw from when he briefly visited the school, compared to the US marine corp's training camp called paris(h)? island.

I think you are comparing apples and oranges. Paris Island is a functional oraganization for training marines whereas Sandhurst is more comparable to the US Academy at West Point. Guillaume is probably at Sandhurst for officer training rather than combat duty.

[gaggleofcrazypeople]

I don't think that he would be allowed to fight in combat.

[bad_barbarella]

Would you think living such a sheltered life there would want to stay nice and safe

[gaggleofcrazypeople]

To seek adventure?

[msfroyste]

ok, i'm confused, is i back at sandhurst, b/c i thought that he was done with that already?

[hillary_nugent]

Didn't he finish at Sandhurst a while back?

[msfroyste]

i thought so too, like it 2001 or in 2002, b/c he's been at the university of durham since 2002. i think it would be odd for him to go back to sandhurst.

[suturegeisha]

He graduated in 2001. Somewhere on this board there are pictures of his graduation ceremony.
Lollies!
-Kara-

[Nathalian]

i saw the pictures......I found kind of strange peole still saying that he´s in Sandhurst.....ehehehe...now he´s doing what curse in college?

[gaggleofcrazypeople]

He is studing political sciences.

[KatieLouise]

And history, right?

[bad_barbarella]

Lol studying to run a country... dont they have courses for that these days

[KatieLouise]

How to be a Grand Duke 101

[drimal]

Originally Posted by suturegeisha

He graduated in 2001. Somewhere on this board there are pictures of his graduation ceremony.
Lollies!
-Kara-

It was on 8.09.2002!

Here are the pics of Guillaume's graduation at Sandhurst Military Academy:

1. with his siblings and his parents on the stairs of the Miltary Academy
2. beautiful picture with Guillaume, Alexandra, Sebastien, GD Josephine-Charlotte (:( ) and Grand Duke Jean
3. Guillaume and Alexandra have a very good relationship :)
4. Maria Teresa can be proud of her eldest son
5. funny picture
6. the late Grand Ducal couple at the ceremony
7. GD Josephine-Charlotte, GD Jean and GD Maria Teresa among the spectators
8.and 9. with all the guests (the boy near Felix is Marie Astrid's son Imre)
10. a presentation

[drimal]

11. to 15. Guillaume durnig the ceremony (how good he looks in his uniform)
16. at Sandhurst's library
17. gleaming his shoes
18. in his room at Sandhurst
19. looking on an indicator board
20. Guillaume in training with a good camouflage!

[Nathalian]

Yeah...very hard work.......poor Guillaume...

[ysakuraba]

Pic from Thai's newspaper