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•PrinceWilliam,DukeofCambridgeKGFRS(WilliamArthurPhilipLouis;born21June1982)istheeldersonofCharles,PrinceofWales,andDiana,PrincessofWales,andthirdeldestgrandchildofQueenElizabethIIandPrincePhilip,DukeofEdinburgh.[2]Heissecondinthelineofsuccession,behindhisfather,tothethronesofsixteenindependentsovereignstatesknownastheCommonwealthrealms:theUnitedKingdom,Canada,Australia,NewZealand,Jamaica,Barbados,theBahamas,Grenada,PapuaNewGuinea,theSolomonIslands,Tuvalu,SaintLucia,SaintVincentandtheGrenadines,Belize,AntiguaandBarbuda,andSaintKittsandNevis.Consequently,heisalsosecondinline,againbehindhisfather,tothepositionofHeadoftheCommonwealth(figureheadofthe54-memberCommonwealthofNations)and,inEnglandonly,SupremeGovernoroftheChurchofEngland.•HewaseducatedatfourschoolsintheUnitedKingdomandobtainedadegreefromtheUniversityofStAndrews.HespentpartsofagapyearinChile,Belize,andcountriesinAfrica.HewascommissionedasalieutenantintheBluesandRoyalsregimentoftheHouseholdCavalry—servingwithhisbrotherPrinceHarry—and,twoyearslater,earnedhiswingsbycompletingpilottrainingatRoyalAirForceCollegeCranwell.In2009,thePrincetransferredtotheRoyalAirForce,waspromotedtoflightlieutenantandunderwenthelicopterflyingtraininginordertobecomeafulltimepilotwiththeSearchandRescueForce.InAutumn2010,hecompletedhisgeneralandspecial-to-typehelicoptertrainingandheisnowatRAFValleyonNo.22Squadronperformingco-pilotdutiesonboardaSeaKingsearchandrescuehelicopter.PrinceWilliammarriedhislong-termgirlfriend,theformerCatherineMiddleton,on29April2011atWestminsterAbbey.[3]Hourspriortohiswedding,PrinceWilliamwascreatedDukeofCambridge,EarlofStrathearnandBaronCarrickfergus.[4][5]Familylife•PrinceWilliamwasbornatStMary'sHospital,Londonon21June1982.HewasbaptisedintheMusicRoomofBuckinghamPalaceon4August1982(the82ndbirthdayofhispaternalgreat-grandmother,QueenElizabeththeQueenMother)bythethenArchbishopofCanterbury,RobertRuncie.William'sgodparentswere:formerKingConstantineIIofGreece(hispaternalcousin);PrincessAlexandra,TheHonMrsAngusOgilvy(hispaternalcousin);theDuchessofWestminster;theLadySusanHussey;LordRomsey(hispaternalcousin);andSirLaurensvanderPost.[6]•Asamale-linegrandchildofthesovereignandsonofthePrinceofWales,Williamwasstyled'HisRoyalHighness''PrinceWilliamofWales',thoughhewasaffectionatelycalled'Wombat'byhisparents[7]or'Wills'(thelatteranamecoinedbythepressbywhichheisstillknownbythegeneralpublic).[8]Itwasreportedthat,atageseven,thePrincesaidtohismotherthathedesiredtobeapoliceofficerwhenhewasolder,sothathemightbeabletoprotecther;astatementtowhichhisbrotherresponded:Oh,noyoucan't.You'vegottobeKing.[9]William'sfirstpublicappearancewason1March1991(SaintDavid'sDay),duringanofficialvisitofhisparentstoCardiff,Wales.Afterarrivingbyaeroplane,thePrincewastakentoLlandaffCathedral,wherehesignedthevisitors'book,therebydemonstratingthathewasleft-handed.On3June1991,WilliamwasadmittedtoRoyalBerkshireHospitalafterhavingbeenhitonthesideoftheforeheadbyafellowstudentwieldingagolfclub.ThePrincedidnotloseconsciousness,butdidsufferadepressedfractureoftheskullandwasoperatedonattheGreatOrmondStreetHospital,resultinginapermanentscar•William'smotherdesiredhertwosonsshouldhavewiderexperiencesthanareusualforroyalchildren.DianatookWilliamandhisbrothertoWaltDisneyWorldandMcDonald's;inadditiontheyvisitedAIDSclinicsandsheltersforthehomeless.Shealsoboughtthemthingstypicalteenagersused,suchasvideogames.[11]Diana,PrincessofWales,whowasbythendivorcedfromthePrinceofWales,diedinacaraccidentin1997.William,alongwithhisbrotherandfather,wasstayingatBalmoralCastleatthetime,andthePrinceofWaleswaiteduntilearlythefollowingmorningtotellhissonsabouttheirmother'sdeath.[12]Athismother'sfuneral,Williamaccompaniedhisfather,brother,paternalgrandfather,andmaternaluncleinwalkingbehindthefuneralcortègefromBuckinghamPalacetoWestminsterEducation•Williamwaseducatedatindependentschools,startingatJaneMynors'nurseryschoolandthepre-preparatoryWetherbySchool,bothinLondon.[13]Followingthis,heattendedLudgroveSchoolandwasprivatelytutoredduringsummersbyRoryStewart.[14]AtLudgrovehealsoparticipatedinfootball—alongwithswimming,basketball,claypigeonshooting,andcross-countryrunning.WilliamsatfortheentranceexamtoEtonCollegeandwasadmitted.Therehestudiedgeography,biologyandhistoryofartatA-Level,obtaininganAingeography,aCinbiologyandaBinhistoryofart.[15][16]AtEtonhecontinuedtoplayfootball,captaininghishouseteam,andtookupwaterpolo.[17]ThedecisiontoplaceWilliaminEtonwentagainstthefamilytraditionofsendingroyalchildrentoGordonstoun(William'sgrandfather,father,twouncles,andtwocousinsallattended);itdid,however,makethePrincefollowintheSpencerfamilyfootsteps,asbothDiana'sfatherandbrotherhadattendedEton.[11]ItwasalsoagreedbetweentheRoyalFamilyandthetabloidpressthatWilliamwouldbeallowedtostudyfreeofpaparazziintrusioninexchangeforregularupdatesofthePrince'slife.ThenchairmanofthePressComplaintsCommission,JohnWakeham,saidofthearrangement:PrinceWilliamisnotaninstitution;norasoapstar;norafootballhero.Heisaboy:inthenextfewyears,perhapsthemostimportantandsometimes