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William avoids Zimbabwe upheaval
Prince William is shunning Zimbabwe and the violent
regime of Robert Mugabe during a 15-week trip to
southern Africa which forms part of his gap-year
programme.
He will learn about wildlife, work in
game conservation and help out on safari trips. But
his itinerary has been carefully chosen to avoid
Zimbabwe because of the political unrest there.
The prince, who will return to Britain in time to
celebrate his 19th birthday in June, is due to start an
arts history degree course at St Andrews University in
the autumn. Like many students, he is taking a gap
year off to work and travel.
Since leaving
Eton College last summer he has completed a survival
course with the Welsh Guards in Belize and worked on an
environmental conservation project in Mauritius. Last autumn he
joined a 10-week expedition to southern Chile and he
recently completed a month's work experience on a farm,
finishing just before the foot and mouth crisis began.
William crowns gap year with three-month African
safari Out of Chile, into
Africa. Prince William's thirst for adventure has taken
him on safari in the latest stage of his gap year
before going to university. The prince is to spend the
next 3½ months working in game conservation parks.
He flew last week to southern Africa where he will
help build shelters for park rangers and will act as a
guide for tourists watching wild game from open-top
Land Rovers.
The venture is in keeping with
the prince's action man image. It is also in sharp
contrast to his most recent role - milking cows on a dairy
farm. Since leaving Eton last summer, the prince has
also been to the jungles of Belize and diving in the
Indian Ocean.
He listed going on safari as one
of his greatest ambitions when he answered questions
about his interests three years ago. He missed out when
the Prince of Wales and Prince Harry visited Botswana
in 1997 because he had not yet broken up from
school. However, Tiggy Legge-Bourke, the former royal
nanny, took both the young princes on a safari holiday
to Botswana in April 1999. They slept in tents and
traditional thatched huts as they travelled between wildlife
reserves.
One of those on the Botswana trip was
Mark Dyer, an ex-Welsh Guards captain and Prince
Charles's former extra equerry. Dyer, who has helped draw
up William's gap year programme and accompanied him
on his 10-week trip to Chile last autumn, is with
him again on his African venture. A spokeswoman for
St James's Palace said yesterday: "The prince will
be moving around the continent, visiting more than
one country. He will be involved in game conservation
and will learn about Africa's wildlife and the
environment, and may also help out with safari trips." The
prince's party, which includes some friends from Eton and
two royal detectives, is likely to visit up to four
countries: possibly South Africa, Botswana, Swaziland and
Namibia. It will shun neighbouring Zimbabwe, where
Robert Mugabe, the president, has been blamed for
helping to foment internal strife by supporting squatters
seeking to take over white-owned farms. Prince
William has discussed the venture extensively with his
father, who is paying for the trip. The Foreign Office
will advise immediately on any political changes in
the countries on the itinerary. William will return
in mid-June in time to celebrate his 19th birthday
on June 21. A palace source said: "The prince will
not be doing any shooting, except with his camera."
William embarks on African adventure
PRINCE WILLIAM has left
for a three-and-a-half month visit to Africa on the
latest stage of his "gap year" between school and
university. The 18-year-old will spend some time on safari
and will also become involved in game conservation,
learning about Africa's wildlife and environment. St
James's Palace disclosed yesterday that Prince William,
18, had left for Africa with a friend late last week
but would not say which country he was currently
visiting. A spokesman said: "This visit is independent and
is not linked to any particular organisation." There
will be no official photographs during his visit to
Africa.
St James's Palace also disclosed that before leaving
for Africa Prince William had spent a month, until
mid-February, working on a dairy farm in the South-West of
England. "He worked as a farm hand and was involved in a
variety of farm jobs," said the spokesman, adding that he
completed his work before the outbreak of foot and mouth
disease in Britain.
In an appeal that the Prince
be left alone to enjoy his visit to Africa, St
James's Palace said: "The Prince of Wales and Prince
William continue to be grateful to all the media for
respecting Prince William's privacy."
Officials close
to Prince Charles said that Prince William would
initially be accompanied by a friend but would later spend
time in Africa on his own. The Telegraph has learnt
that the friend is Mark Dyer, a former equerry to the
Prince of Wales and an ex-Welsh Guards officer who spent
time in Chile with Prince William. They have been
friends since 1994.
On his return, the Prince will
spend time at home before attending St Andrews
University in Scotland, where he is taking a degree in the
history of art. Late last year Prince William spent 10
weeks in remote areas of Chile as a volunteer for
Raleigh International.
Wills goes out of Africa
Prince William
has been working as a pounds 3.70-an-hour farm
labourer.
He has spent the last month milking cows,
mucking out cowsheds and bundling bales of straw.
The 18-year-old Prince wanted to raise some pocket
money for the latest major trip of his gap year - a
trip around Africa which he began three days ago.
Prince William - who will start university in October -
worked 12-hour days and was paid the minimum wage.
A St James's Palace source said: "He loved every
minute of the work and couldn't get enough of it.
"He was worked very hard but still loved the rough
and tumble of farm labour."
The Prince
commuted to the farm in South-West England from Highgrove,
Gloucs.
His aides would not give details of where
the farm was but said he had volunteered for the
work. "Someone he knew offered him the work, because he
was aware that William was looking," said the source.
"He had a break over Christmas after returning from
Chile and wanted to fill his time usefully before his
next trip. He thoroughly enjoyed himself. He's a real
country boy."
His decision is understood to have
pleased Prince Charles, a keen organic farmer.
The Prince's trip to Africa has been privately
arranged and funded by his father. It t will focus on
conservation.
Wills of Safari
PRINCE William is braving
the wild animals of Africa on a hair-raising safari.
The adventure-loving royal will get within feet of
lions and other deadly creatures as he finishes his
“gap year” between Eton and university.
Plucky
William, 18, flew into Kenya’s blistering heat so he can
get first-hand experience of the country’s fight to
help endangered species.
The rugged prince
will study the hunting habits of lions at Kenya’s
famous Masai Mara National Park, which also has
leopards, elephants and zebras.
William may witness
one of the regular wildebeest stampedes — described
as a terrifying and unforgettable experience.
The prince chose one of the world’s most inhospitable
and dangerous areas for his trip. He had jabs to
protect him from malaria, hepatitis and yellow fever
before leaving on Thursday.
William will spend
more than three months touring the continent,
returning to England in the summer.
He is due to
start at St Andrew’s University, Fife, in October.
The prince has just finished a month as a £5-an-hour
hand at a West Country dairy farm. He left before the
foot and mouth crisis broke.
William was up at
dawn most days to milk the cows before helping other
hands with fencing and feeding.
A spokesman for
St James’s Palace said: “The prince will learn about
Africa’s wildlife and environment."
