06.22.08 - Added pictures of William, Harry, and Kate watching polo and trying to build a tent on William's birthday (6.21.08) and pictures of William and Harry playing polo today while Chelsy and Kate watched. 06.20.08 - We have a new email address - teamhighgrove@gmail.com. Please use this email from now on. Please resend any emails sent in the last couple days. 06.18.08 - Photos of Harry attending a ceremony for the fallen troops of Afghanistan during his tour there. 06.16.08 - Photos of William, Harry, and Kate attending the Order of the Garter Ceremony for Wills. 06.14.08 - Photos of the royals attending Trooping of the Colour.
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After sitting the Common Entrance Exam, William
began at Eton on 7 September 1995. His parents and brother Harry had brought him
to the school, and they had all posed with William and his new housemaster Dr
Andrew Gailey. The next day, cameras went off again as William lead his fellow
first-year classmates of to their first class.
William immediately
flourished at a school well used to blue bloods, having been attended by several
members of forgein royalty and nineteen British prime ministers. As had been the
case at Ludgrove, William was academically sound at the competitive school.
That, however, was not all that concerned his parents. Eton is known for being
an all-around school, and William was a very useful player on the sporting
field. Beyond the athletic and academic competency, Charles was convinced that
the school had “done wonders” for William in general. He was a popular boy,
living with around fifty others in Manor House. In his house, William was taken
care of by Dr Gailey, the “dame” or matron Elizabeth Heathcote, and Shauna
Gailey, the doctor’s wife. Like every other boy, he had a personal tutor, who
helped not solely with academics but took a huge interest in how he was doing
overall. He thrived under their joint care.
William achieved GCSEs in
subjects including English, maths, biology, history of art, and geography, and
several forgein languages: Spanish, Latin, and French; he achieved an A in
Spanish and several other subjects, and all of his grades were As and Bs. William choose to stay on at the school for the Sixth Form, and began
preparing for his A-levels. He passed AS-levels in Biology, History of Art, and
Geography, and continued all three subjects into the Upper Sixth (the senior
year of high school). At A-level, he achieved a C in Biology, a B in History of
Art, and an A in Geography. During his Upper Sixth year, William became House
Captain as well as a prefect, very honorable positions. He also won the highly
coveted Sword of Honor for best cadet in the school’s combined cadet force.
Throughout his time, he had played on many of the sports teams, swimming,
playing polo, playing rugby and playing football (American soccer) for Eton,
among other sports. He also took part in the infamous Eton Wall Game as well as
the Eton Field Game.
During an interview to mark his 16th birthday,
William said that he liked both Eton and the distinctive black-and-white
tailcoat uniform. On an interview to mark his 18th, William said that he had
“very much” enjoyed his time at Eton and would miss his friends as well as his
housemaster.
The Gap Year
William graduated from Eton College in July 2000. For
months, rumors had abounded of how he wanted to spend his gap year. All of them
agreed that he had told his father that he wanted to play polo in Argentina
during his gap year. They all concluded, though, that William had been told that
fun would be mixed with work and that polo would be seen as an unacceptable
year-long holiday. His father and advisors (reportedly much to William’s dismay)
began working on alternate arrangements, so William ended up playing only his
normal amount of polo during his game year, and not training abroad. He headed
off to Belize, where he stayed in the jungle and where he received his A-level
results via the army phone, where Dr Gailey was waiting with “good news.” In the
army, William trained with the army for survival skills. He then spent a few
weeks doing an educational project. The project was kept private.
In
September, William gave his first photo call; about seventy photographers
listened to him talk about his gap year plans, and accuse a former personal
assistant of his mother (Patrick Jephson) of “betrayal” and “exploitation” in
writing a book about her. He also spoke of his joy over his A-level results. The
most public part of William’s gap year would be the ten weeks he spent as a
Raleigh International volunteer in Patagonia, Chile. The area is extremely
isolated- it can only be reached by plane or boat. William gave his first formal
solo on-screen interview while in Chile. He assisted in building projects and
teaching young children English while in the country. He also went kayaking, and
said the “lowest (he’s) ever been” was when he was stranded on an island with
non-stop rain and heavy winds for four days. William slept on the floor in a
sleeping bag with all of the other volunteers, and he took his turn cooking
breakfast and cleaning out the toilet. There was fun, though- he was filmed
doing the Hokey Pokey and otherwise joking and laughing about with the small
children, playing hand drive games with them (although not the electronic kind),
giving one young boy a piggy-back ride, and filling in as a DJ for the radio
station where he was staying in Tortel.
It wasn't all work and no fun;
William also enjoyed the fulfillment of a wish he had expressed in his 16th
birthday interview- going on safari in Africa. He also spent time in Mauritius,
an island in the Indian Ocean. In an interview before starting university,
though, William would pick out working as a farm laborer in England as his
favorite part. He had worked long, hard hours and had been treated like every
other laborer on the farm, including being paid minimum wage. While he worked on
the farm, William slept at home at nearby Highgrove rather than living on the
farm. He would mention in his pre-uni interview that because his work experience
was before foot and mouth, it added to his sympathy for the farmers affected by
the disease. The University Years
In September 2001, William began his MA
Honors course as a History of Art major at St Andrews University in Scotland. He
had chosen St Andrews because of its "community feel." His close second choice
was Edinburgh, but William opted for the smaller and less "busy" of the two.
Like any student, William admitted he was "nervous" and "daunted" and said that
starting university was much like starting school; he was "anxious" about how
things would go. He wanted to be away from the hustle and bustle and get away to
the small university by the sea.
It didn't turn out as well as he had
hoped and planned. He had said in an interview shortly before his arrival how he
wanted to go to university "and have fun." He admitted, however, that he had
been told that "weekends at St Andrews are not particularly vibrant" so he would
go to have a more vibrant time in Edinburgh. He admitted it would be "difficult
to get back home"- Highgrove is seven-and-one-half hours away by car and
three-and-one-half by plane. Even with all this preparation, though, William was
not prepared for the shock. He found it hard to join in, and desperately missed
his friends and family. Reports said that in his first term, he only remained in
St Andrews for two out of thirteen weekends. He was widely described as "bored,"
and he wasn't joining in. By his first Christmas holiday, he was upset enough to
confide his problems to his father. He said the thought of transferring did
"cross my mind," and he had "debated" whether even to go back to St Andrews. In
his next interview in 2003, William said: "My father was very understanding
about it and realised I had the same problems that he probably had. He was very
good about it and we chatted a lot and in the end we both realised – I
definitely realised - that I had to come back."
Having begun to settle
in, William was much happier heading into his second year. He decided to move
from his dorm St Salvators (known as Sally's) into a house with some friends. He
became much happier and settled in his second year. He began to play, as he had
at Eton, rugby and football (American soccer), and "a lot" of water polo," and
in his third year became captain of the water polo team. He spoke in a
mid-course interview, between his second and third years, of his comfortable
room in his house, where he could "relax" in his "own space." He said his
housemates and he took turns cooking and had originally had a schedule of
chores, "Which of course fell into complete chaos." He also began to consider
changing his major; although he had achieved a 'B' at A-level in History of Art,
he had achieved an 'A' in Geography, and has always shown keen interest in the
environment. For his first two years, before he had to specialise, he had taken
modules in both History of Art and Geography, as well as social anthropology and
moral philosophy (2). He waited for his exam results after his second year at St
Andrews to decide, and chose Geography. By near the end of term of his third
year- his first of his new major- he said he was "really enjoying it" but it was
"a bit more work." He was photographed in an official photo opportunity going
into a local shop and buying sweets, stamps, milk, a couple magazine crisps
(chips), and a notebook. He then practised his golf for the cameras, joking,
"Tiger Woods, eat your heart out!"
Finally, the student prince headed
into his fourth and final year at St Andrews. It is more common to take a
three-year course, but William had opted for the four-year MA Honours. He was on
course to receive a very respectable 2:1 for his degree. He was working hard on
his dissertation, but working "worryingly close" to his deadline, according to
one professor, who was filmed speaking with him about the paper. Even as his
university career ended, he had not given much thought to his future role, and
although he was very attracted to Sandhurst, he had taken no decision about his
life after university.
William graduated from St Andrews University as
William Wales on 23rd June 2005, two days after his twenty-third birthday. He
had a 2:1 Master of Arts with Honours in Geography. He said he had "thoroughly
enjoyed" his time at St Andrews and would be "very sad to leave." His graduation
was attended by The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh as well as his father and
stepmother.
Growing into his Public Role
As he grew up, William always
maintained that he wanted to be as "normal" as possible. In most of the
interviews he gave between turning eighteen and graduating from St Andrews in
June 2005, he mentioned that he had not actually given his future public role
much thought, that he wanted to mantain as low and "ordinary" a profile as
possible, and that the spread out engagments he would undertake would be with
his father. Indeed, although his brother Harry began solo official duties at the
age of eighteen, all of William's engagments were undertaken with his father,
until after William graduated St Andrews and flew to New Zealand shortly
thereafter. There was a message to be drawn from this: it is Charles, not
William, who is the heir to the throne, and William was not out to overshadow
his father. Besides, he added, like his brother, he did not much care for being
the centre of attention.
Although he tended to shy away from the
spotlight for most of his life, William became espically withdrawn from public
life after his mother's death. While he had avoided the media before, he now
made painstaking efforts to avoid being photographed. He granted an interview
for his 16th birthday, but his exact answers were not published. For his 18th
birthday, his exact written answers were published, and he was photographed at
Eton in a series of official and varied photos. Although he had gone to official
functions, William did not really begin the process of coming out to do official
engagments (to really start them, if very sparadically) until his 21st birthday.
Accompained, as always, by his father, William visisted Wales along with the
pictures and interview. He made several official apperances, including at a food
fair. From here, there was no turning back; he had really begun to start his
public life.
But that did not mean he would leave the protective privacy
shell around his during his full-time education. He was almost entriely left
alone to continue at St Andrews as he had been. It wasn't until November of 2004
that William undertook an official public engagment (which does not include
interviews and several photo calls), at the Cenotaph in London.
July 2005
saw the beginning of William's coming out for solo duties. As he graduated, it
was announced that in the following month (July 2005), William would travel to
New Zealand to join the Lions Rugby Team on its tour Down Under. On the 7th of
July, he planted a tree at Government House, located in Wellington, where his
father had planted a tree 24 years ago. When his he graduated from university,
their was no longer a cover of full-time education to hide under, and so all of
the next steps he would take were published. He spent time working in London
with a baking company and trained with a mountain rescue team. At the end of
both, details and photographs were released. In 2005, William became the patron
of Centrepointe and the Tusk Trust, and it was announced that in May 2006, he would take over as President-Delegate of the Football Association. On 13 May 2006, the day of his appointment to the Football Association, he presented the FA Cup to Liverpool (3). On 31 August he became Vice Patron of the Welsh Rugby Patron.
Military Career
On 8 January 2006 the future commander-in-chief of the armed forces
entered Sandhurst Military Academy. He spent four months on the campus with Harry before his younger brother graduated from the academy on 12 April. William watched with the other cadets as the Queen inspected the troops in the passing our parade for the first time in a number of years. From that point until William also passes out of Sandhurst next December, he will be obliged to salute Harry as his superior officer- he saluted with the other Sandhurst cadets as Harry officially passed out of the academy. But the favour will soon be returned: when William graudates, he will unrank Harry straght away, because he holds a university degree. Following up his determination to be active in his role as President-Delegate of the Football Assocation, he was allowed to attend several World Cup games.As in 2004, William ran a mile for Sport Relief, except for at Sandhurst as opposed to on the banks of the Thames in London. In August 2006, rumors began to circulate that William may choose to join the regiment of Diana's former lover James Hewitt- the Life Guards- although many months will pass until we recieve any confirmation.
