Will and Harry Unlimited

...For May 2006

May 20, 2006 -

Prince Hurry legs it

By JAMIE PYATT

PUFFING Prince Harry proves his fitness yesterday with an EIGHT MILE early morning run through his grandmother’s back garden.

Harry, 21, was among 60 booted squaddies and officers from the Blues and Royals of the Household Cavalry who pounded from their barracks to Windsor’s Great Park. But he had no time to admire the views of the castle, the Queen’s favourite home. He was too busy staying in the leading group.

An insider said: “It was his first proper training run with the regiment and he passed with flying colours.”
BOMB FEAR OVER WILLS

By Chris Hughes

PRINCE William was caught up in two security breaches at Sandhurst yesterday. The military academy where he is training to be an officer was partially evacuated after a suspect package was found. Bomb disposal experts blew up the package - just hours after police had been called because an intruder was spotted in the grounds. William was there throughout. The MOD said neither incident was serious and "swift action" had taken place to deal with each situation.

The spokesman said: "A controlled explosion was carried out."

Both alarms turned out to be false. The intruder was not arrested and what was feared to have been a bomb was a discarded bag.

Royal insiders said Prince William was in a different part of the academy when the package was destroyed. An MoD spokesman said: "A bomb disposal team carried out all of their procedures and blew the bag up.

"In the end there was no disruption at the barracks. Both of these incidents show that security procedures are working well. They were dealt with in a swift manner.

"We can confirm an incident in which police were called after reports there was a security breach.

"The incident was dealt with by civilian police and MoD police. There were no arrests."

May 19, 2006 -

WE'RE REALITY SHOW NERDS ADMIT WILLS AND HARRY IN ANT AND DEC INTERVIEW

By Cameron Robertson

PRINCES William and Harry have confessed to Ant and Dec that they are hooked on reality TV shows.
And they also admitted being such avid telly fans they squabble over the remote.
The brothers gave the interview alongside dad Charles at his Highgrove Estate to mark the Prince's Trust 30th Birthday.
During the informal chat, shown on ITV1 tomorrow at 6.55pm, Wills and Harry also admit loving sitcom Friends - and take the mickey out of Geordie Pop Idols hosts Ant and Dec over their dodgy past as 90s chart wannabes PJ and Duncan.
During the interview Wills is asked if he and Harry have similar tastes in TV.
WILLS: Yes, we tend to. We like the same sort of things, although there is usually an argument over the remote control at home about who watches what - that usually goes on for quite a while.
HARRY: Friends is a safe bet.
ANT: So Harry, you mentioned you watched the X Factor, did you watch Pop Idol as well, because I would say out of the two...
HARRY (pointing to Wills): "He won't admit to it but we did both watch it, especially American Pop Idol.
DEC: Argh! That wasn't so good that one!
ANT: But if you're watching anything else, then I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! I can highly recommend.
WILLS: I wonder why?
DEC: But we are looking for contestants for the next series of I'm A Celebrity so if...?
HARRY: You can chuck Simon Cowell in there with his high-waisted trousers.
DEC: That's not a bad idea.
ANT: That's a great idea, I don't think he'd go for it.
The tables were then turned as Charles asked the interviewers: "Do you have to try out all those things before you do them in I'm A Celebrity?"
ANT: Oh no.
CHARLES: You don't eat all those disgusting things?
WILLS: They should do.
ANT: I once tried some of the green ants.
DEC: They're an acquired taste.
ANT: They taste kind of citrusy, apparently you just bite the bottom of them and spit the heads out, so they're not too bad.
CHARLES: Have you tried a witchety grub?
ANT: No.
WILLS: Ah, they look so nasty.
The talk turned to music with Dec asking Charles: How important are William and Harry in keeping you in touch with what's relevant today?
WILLS: Do we look fashionable?
CHARLES: I'm sure they think they are very important. No, they are very good at keeping me in touch with what's going on a bit. I mean particularly on a sort of music front and things like that. I can't keep up with all the different new bands.
WILLS: One you did miss was PJ and Duncan...they were very good.
ANT: They were brilliant.
Dec asked the young princes about their musical preferences: "Do you have similar music tastes or are you quite different?"
WILLS: We're quite similar.
HARRY: Very similar.
WILLS: I'd say his was pretty shocking but mine was very good. But apart from that we tend to like pretty much the same music. Ant turned to
Charles: "Last time we spoke sir, you were saying you're a classical and jazz fan.
CHARLES: Yes I am rather. I tell you who I also think is wonderful is a chap called Leonard Cohen.
WILLS: Is he a jazz player?
CHARLES: No, not really, but he's remarkable...he has this incredibly sort of laid-back gravely voice.
ANT: Your Royal Highness, congratulations on 30 years of The Prince's Trust.
CHARLES: You're very kind - thank you very much. I can't believe it is 30 years. It is rather worrying. And I'm still alive.
Special glasses to view ITV1's 3D broadcast are on sale at Tesco, post offices and the Carphone Warehouse, with proceeds going to the trust. A longer version of the interview is on ITV1 on Sunday at 12.45pm.
Harry's friend stars on reality show

A school friend of Britain's Prince Harry is a housemate on the seventh series of 'Big Brother'.

George Askew, 19, entered the reality TV show house along with 13 other contestants last night (18.05.06). George and Harry were at Harrow School together, and George is also the nephew of the Duke of Sutherland.

His mother was formerly Prince Charles' private secretary. The outspoken public school boy proclaims to hate people who mock the monarchy, immigrant spongers and camp gay men. The student, who enjoys hunting and shooting, currently lives in Chelsea after dropping out of art school. His other housemates in the British TV show include a transvestite Tourette's syndrome sufferer, a model who claims to have the largest breast implants in the UK and a spiritual 'Exercise Scientist' who describes herself as a pensioner in a young person's body.
Prince praises the poet laureate of pessimism

By Caroline Davies

These have been dark days for the "poet laureate of pessimism", the Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, who has accused his personal manager and former lover of stealing $5 million from his retirement fund, leaving just $150,000 and forcing him back to work at the age of 72. Given his present financial state, what he most needs is sales. And who better to help than the Prince of Wales. Leonard Cohen has been forced back into work at the age of 72 Prince Charles's passion for the music of this dark messiah, where bitterness, betrayal, love, sex and religion are constant themes, emerged during an interview with the television presenters Ant and Dec, during which Princes William and Harry shared the sofa, to promote the 30th anniversary of his charity, the Prince's Trust. As his two sons chat about their musical tastes, the prince suddenly chimes in: "I tell you who I also think is wonderful is a chap called Leonard Cohen, do you know him?"

"Is he a jazz player?" inquires Prince William.

There should have been stunned silence. Fair enough, Cohen's heyday was in the late 60s and 70s, when the haunting melodies of Suzanne, Bird on a Wire, So Long Marianne and Famous Blue Raincoat floated through the cannabis-fogged bedsits of many a discerning student. OK, so the last time he toured here, with the up-tempo The Future album, Prince William was only 10. Cohen ranks alongside Bob Dylan as one of pop's great lyrical poets - though obviously not among students at St Andrews University.

"He's remarkable," Prince Charles continues, explaining that he isn't a jazz player.

"I mean the orchestration is fantastic and the words, the lyrics and everything, he's a remarkable man, and he has this incredibly sort of laid-back gravelly voice. It's terrific stuff." Quite what this fantastic endorsement of Cohen will do for the singer is debatable.

He has had a few woes to contend with recently. Having completed The Future tour, and released Ten New Songs - all more than a decade ago, he promptly took himself off to a Zen Buddhist retreat in Los Angeles, where he remained for five years. It was while he was there, he has alleged, that his trusted personal manager - and a former lover, of which Cohen famously has many - began siphoning off money from his retirement fund. By the time he was alerted, some $5 million had gone and just $150,000 remained - not much for a successful career that had seen his songs covered by hundreds of artists. He filed a lawsuit in October last year, which he is believed to have won in March. But, his lawyers have stressed, despite his victory, he may never see the money. On the face of it, it is hardly surprising that the prince should be drawn to Cohen. Both are anguished souls, in a sort of trying-to-make-sense of it all type of way. True aficionados of Cohen reject the "music-to-slit-your-wrists-to" joke all too often uttered by those who have barely listened to his music. The prince, a fan of classical music and jazz, obviously finds elements of both in Cohen's work. And, judging from his speeches, it would be easy to conclude the prince could be drawn to Cohen's themes of religious torment and bleak prophesies on the future of mankind - though he hasn't spoken publicly about sex. It's all a far cry from the Three Degrees, the group Prince Charles always used to cite as among his favourites.

During the interview, Prince William and Prince Harry admit that they share similar musical tastes. But, Prince William adds, pointing at his brother, "I'd say his was pretty shocking but mine was very good". The Prince's Trust 30th Birthday - Live is broadcast tomorrow at 6.55pm on ITV1. An extended version of the programme, Ant and Dec meet the Three Princes, will be shown on Sunday at 12.45 on ITV1.
William and Harry are X Factor fans

Princes William and Harry have revealed they are reality TV fans and loved Pop Idol and the X Factor. Prince Charles and his sons have given an unprecedented interview to TV stars Ant and Dec to mark the 30th anniversary of The Princes Trust. Aired at 6.55pm tomorrow on ITV1, it is part of the celebrations which will include a pop concert at the Tower of London featuring Will Young, Ozzy Osbourne, McFly, Pink, Embrace, Annie Lennox, Lionel Richie, Sugababes and Ronan Keating. William, 23, told the Geordie duo that Harry's taste in music is "pretty shocking" but that they liked the same TV programmes.

"We like the same sort of things, although there is usually an argument over the remote control at home about who watches what - that usually goes on for a while." Harry, 21, added: "Friends is always a safe bet."

Ant then asked: "So Harry you mentioned you watched the X Factor, did you watch Pop Idol as well because I would say out of the two..." Harry, pointing at William, said: "He won't admit to it but we did both watch it, especially the American Pop Idol."

Dec, mulling whether the princes would be keen to try out the Australian jungle, said: "We are looking for contestant for the next series on I'm A Celebrity so if...?"

Harry replied: "You can chuck Simon Cowell in there with his high waisted trousers."

Charles asked the Geordie duo on if they had ever eaten any of the bugs used for the bushtucker trials.

Ant revealed he had tried green ants, saying: "They taste kind of citrusy, apparently you just bite the bottom of them and spit the heads out, so they're not too bad, but I wouldn't try any of the eye balls."

Asked if his sons keep him up to date with modern culture, Charles said: "I'm sure they think they are very important, ha, no I do, they are very good at keeping me in touch with what's going on a bit.

William brought up Ant and Dec's former alter egos PJ and Duncan, joking: "One you did miss was PJ and Duncan... they were very good." Ant declared: "Now they were, sir, they were brilliant."

Laughing, William points at Ant and Dec: "But I was at school - we love them, don't we ... that's those two." Ant said: "We, we had a very brief music career." Dec added: "In a former life."

Ant and Dec congratulated Charles on the 30th birthday of The Trust. The Prince said: "You're very kind - thank you very much. I can't believe it is 30 years, do you know that?"

Charles added: "It is rather worrying. And I'm still alive."

May 16, 2006 -

Army in war ban on Wills

SOLDIER Prince William is unlikely to ever face real bullets — after Army chiefs blocked his deployment to a war zone. William, 23, is expected to join the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards when he leaves Sandhurst military academy later this year.

The regiment will start a six-month tour of Bosnia before he is ready to join them and will not be deployed again until 2009, by which time he may have left the Army to pursue royal duties. Instead of risking his life on the front line, William will spend 30 months as part of the public duties battalion protecting the Queen. Earlier this month William’s brother Harry, 21, threatened to quit the Army unless he was allowed to serve on the front line.
Wills is Prince of Hearts

By JOHN COLES

CARING Prince William delayed presenting the FA Cup so he could comfort the son of a fan who DIED during the final, it was revealed yesterday. And his instinctive compassion reminded all around him of his mum Diana, dubbed the Princess of Hearts.

West Ham supporter David Luckhurst, 50, had a suspected heart attack 20 minutes into the game and collapsed in front of son Gary, 32. News of the tragedy swept the terraces and reached Wills in the VIP box. The 24-year-old Prince reacted just as Di would have done, telling officials he wanted to comfort Gary. And after the final whistle he spent several minutes consoling the son in a first aid room at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium. As a result victorious Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard had to wait before receiving the trophy from Wills, the Football Association’s new president.

Grieving Gary said: “The Prince was such a godsend for me. He gave me real strength while I was trying to come to terms with my father’s death.

“He was just such a nice fella, very considerate and understanding.

“It was amazing. He said, ‘I’m very sorry to hear about your father passing away. It must have come as a real shock for you.’

“He looked genuinely upset and said, ‘Anything I can do to help, please feel free to ask.’

“He was with me for several minutes before his bodyguards tapped him on the shoulder and motioned for him to leave.

"He said, ‘Oh, I’ve really got to leave now, I’m running late.’ He shook my hand and went.”

Dad-of-two Gary, of Chadwell St Mary, Essex, added: “I burst into tears the moment he left. It was such an emotional moment. And the Prince still looked upset when he handed over the Cup.”

The son said warehouse manager David, a father of five and lifelong Hammers fan, was laughing and joking before his sudden collapse.

He added: “He fell on to his side and his eyes just glazed over.

“I knew straight away he had died.”

West Ham have given Gary permission to scatter David’s ashes on the club’s Upton Park pitch after his funeral next week.
Harry's nail-biting march

A CONCERNED Prince Harry bites his nails yesterday as he has a break during training to take part in the Trooping the Colour march past to celebrate the Queen’s 80th birthday. Top brass have agreed to bend the rules to allow Harry to be in the ceremony on June 17.

But Harry, 21 — training at the Blues and Royals’ riding school in London’s Knightsbridge — must first prove he is good enough. An Army source said: “There is no guarantee that he will make the grade.”
Wills' sympathy for fan

By VICTORIA RAYMOND

Sun Online

PRINCE William delayed the trophy presentation at Saturday's FA Cup final to console a West Ham fan whose dad collapsed and died at the match, it emerged today. Gary Luckhurst today praised the 23-year-old heir for offering support in his "time of need" and said his words had been a "godsend" at a difficult time. Mr Luckhurst's father David, a lifelong Hammers supporter, died of a suspected heart attack after keeling over 20 minutes into the clash. Prince William - who is president of the FA - was on the sidelines to present the trophy at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff when he noticed Gary waiting near the medical centre and spent about 10 minutes talking to him.

Mr Luckhurst told a newspaper: "He shook my hand and held my shoulder and then said 'I'm very sorry to hear about your father passing away'.

"It gave me real strength while I was trying to come to terms with my father's sudden death."

In a statement on the West Ham website, Mr Luckhurst, 32, said it had been his 50-year-old father's first year as a season ticket holder and that they had grown closer after spending time together at the games. Father-of-five Mr Luckhurst, who lived in Dagenham, was married to Jeanette and also had four daughters and six grandchildren. The family plans to wear West Ham shirts to his funeral next Wednesday and the procession will pause outside the club's Boleyn Ground as a mark of respect.

May 15 2006 -

'WILLIAM ISN'T INTERESTED IN MY PRINCE'S TRUST WORK'

By Victoria Ward

PRINCE Charles will moan tomorrow that not even William appreciates his efforts. And he says that he is in a "no-win situation" with people complaining if he does nothing, or grumbling if he acts. In a documentary to mark the 30th anniversary of The Prince's Trust, Sir Trevor McDonald asked if Prince William was impressed by his work with the organisation.

The prince replied: "As so often happens, they can't believe their fathers do anything at all. I just hope that bit by bit he may take an interest in some of these things."

When Sir Trevor asked about his charity getting involved in social policy the prince admitted he could be seen as a nuisance.

He said: "The trouble is you're in a no-win situation, because if you do absolutely nothing at all and stuff all, they're going to complain about that, and if you try and get stuck in and do something to help they also complain. So at some point you just have to say I'm going to do it and that's that."

The prince added: "It would be criminally negligent of me to go round this country and not actually want to try and do something about what I find there. I think that's my duty to do so, if some people don't like it that's too bad, frankly, because there are more important things to worry about."

He said he felt even his exhausted private secretary feared what initiative he would dream up next. The Prince of Wales Up Close, screened on ITV at 9pm, tells the story of the Trust which Charles started in 1976 with his Navy pension. The prince said he would have been a "blinding idiot" not to have paid attention to the UK's problems at that time. And he said the decision to help young people start businesses was a reaction to the 1981 Toxteth Riots, adding: "All I ever want to do is help reintegrate things and heal things that need healing." The Trust was partly inspired by his former boarding school Gordonstoun.

He explained: "The main principle underlying the school was that to help transition from childhood to adulthood you need to give adolescents responsibilities." On his great uncle Lord Mountba

tten, killed by the IRA, he said: "We have to find ways of living in harmony."

Pierce Brosnan and Gwyneth Paltrow are among the stars taking part. Phil Collins reveals he bought the prince some silver earplugs to get him thro ugh a Trust concert.

May 14, 2006 -

Bowler and brolly for Cornet Wales

By Catriona Davies

Prince Harry undertook his first public duty as Cornet Wales yesterday when he joined a parade in London with the Household Cavalry. Cornet Wales, as Prince Harry will be known as a second lieutenant in the Blues and Royals, wore a bowler hat, dark suit and regimental tie and carried a furled umbrella as he marched through London's Hyde Park.

Prince Harry joins his regiment , The Blus and Royals, in the Combined Cavalry Old Comrades Parade He was one of more than 2,000 serving and former soldiers taking part in the annual parade and service of the Combined Cavalry Association. Members of all cavalry and yeomanry regiments marched past the Cavalry Memorial in the park before an open-air service at the bandstand.

Prince Harry, who completed his officer training at Sandhurst last month, is spending two weeks settling in and getting to know his regimental history at Combermere Barracks, in Windsor, before beginning his tank training in Bovington, Dorset, on May 22. He chatted to regimental colleagues as they congregated before the parade, and then marched with absolute precision, removing his bowler hat while passing the memorial and replacing it afterwards. The tradition for officers to wear bowler hats for their annual parade dates back to the first such event 82 years ago, when the outfit was considered correct dress for walking out. Officers are still expected to wear their City gent attire whenever they are in London on duty. Brian Lane, a retired major and one of the organisers of the parade, said: "When the parade began it was held at the beginning of May so that people could go to the regimental cup final on the Saturday morning, the FA Cup final in the afternoon, the regimental dinner in the evening and then the parade on Sunday."

May 13, 2006 -

Britain's Prince Harry will be driving tanks and firing guns as a part of his new officer training. The training will prepare the young royal for his immediate transfer to Iraq - although many senior officers have questioned the prince's deployment to the front line. Harry will be taught to command a team of 11 soldiers when he begins training at Bovington, England on May 22. According to Britain's Daily Star newspaper, the five month course will include driving and fixing tanks, as well as, lessons on tactics, signalling and weapons. Captain Al Heathcote, who will be training the prince, said: 'I know he's very keen to get started and we're very excited to have him join us. 'Harry will be commanding operations, but still needs to know how to drive and fire a tank in an emergency.' The 21-year-old is training to be a Reconnaissance Officer - a role which includes monitoring the enemy's front line movements. A squadron from the Household Cavalry, which Harry will join in October, will be sent to Iraq for six months in early 2007. The royal has made it clear in the past he wants to fight alongside his men on operations. The prince - who is third in line to the throne - can expect a gruelling regime which will include six hours of training and two hours of exercise every day. However, his weekends will be free, so the prince can look forward to meeting up with his girlfriend Chelsy Davy.

May 12, 2006 -

Harry's road to the front line starts here

By Thomas Harding, Defence Correspondent

Prince Harry will begin the training this month that will prepare him for immediate deployment in Iraq, senior officers said yesterday. For the next five months the newly-commissioned officer will take the troop commander's course in Dorset and get "up to his elbows in engine grease" while sharing a cramped and sometimes noxious tank with two others. Extra security measures have been taken at the Armour Centre in Bovington where the prince will learn to lead a troop of four Scimitar armoured reconnaissance vehicles.

The training, which starts on May 22, will make Prince Harry qualified to lead his men into battle by October when he joins the Household Cavalry Regiment in Windsor. Discussions are under way at a senior level to consider the security implications on sending the prince into Iraq where 109 British troops have been killed. The Royal Armoured Corps has been on almost continuous operations for the past 10 years serving everywhere apart from Sierra Leone. A squadron of Household Cavalry will deploy to Afghanistan next month and early next year another will be sent to Iraq for six months as part of 1 Armoured Brigade. The decision how to use the prince, who has expressed a strong desire to fight alongside his men on operations, will be made by his commanding officer at Windsor, Lt Col Ed Smyth-Osbourne. "He is third in line to the throne and that brings with it certain implications. But Prince Harry is a troop commander and he has a job to do," said Col Jamie Martin, the chief of staff at the Armour Centre.

"Here he will be treated like any other officer and he will be addressed by me by his christian name and by others as Cornet Wales."

Cornet is a rank unique to the Blues and Royals and is used to address a second lieutenant.

"It will be a physically and mentally challenging course but one that will prepare him well for the future," the officer added.

Prince Harry will learn "the skills of a poacher" using his armoured reconnaissance vehicle and its surveillance equipment to be the eyes and ears of his commanders. The eight-ton Scimitar, with a 30mm cannon and powered by a 4.2 litre Jaguar engine has been used extensively in Iraq for long-range patrols and will provide mobile armour for the lightly-armed troops in Helmand province in Afghanistan. On the course the prince will learn driving and maintenance, signalling, gunnery and armoured tactics. When he goes to Windsor he will command a troop of 11 men including a "hugely experienced and wise" sergeant, two corporals and eight other soldiers. Col Martin ended his briefing at Bovington by quoting a Second World War tank commander just after an engagement with the enemy. The anonymous officer said: "The 75mm is firing but the 37mm is firing traverse round the wrong way. The Browning has jammed. I am saying 'driver advance' on the radio set and the driver, who cannot hear me, is reversing and as I look out of the top of the turret and see 12 enemy tanks 50 yards away someone hands me a cheese sandwich." Prince Harry should be prepared for things to be as chaotic, Col Martin added.

May 9, 2006 -

HARRY IN FIRST POST

PRINCE Harry yesterday joined the Blues and Royals on his first day in the Household Cavalry. The 21-year-old, third in line to the throne, who left Sandhurst last month, began his stint at Combermere Barracks in Windsor.

Cornet Wales will spend two weeks there before four months of training at Bovington in Dorset. He will become an Armoured Reconnaissance Troop Leader and hopes to see action on the front line.
Harry's chum in Big Bruv

By RICHARD WHITE

A HOUSEMATE on the new Big Brother show is an old school chum of Prince Harry, The Sun can reveal. The student toff is related to The Queen Mother and likes fox-hunting and shooting. As well as being pals with Harry he was also at Ludgrove Prep School, in Berkshire, with Prince William. He describes both as “good blokes”. A pal said: “He’s as posh as they come. He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and gets all his money from Daddy.

“He’ll drive housemates mad. He’s always going on about his Royal connections and how he went to school with the Princes. He knows Harry better than William.

“He says they were good blokes who liked mucking about like everyone else.

“Big Brother must have put him in the house because he’s such a snob.

“It will be hilarious to seem him mixing with ‘commoners’, as he calls them.

“It doesn’t take him long to wind up people who live in the real world.”

The housemate, who lives in London, is cousins with members of the Queen Mother’s Bowes-Lyon family. He has been a guest at Glamis Castle in Scotland, where she grew up, and is related to the Duke of Sutherland. Housemates for the 13- week BB — which starts on May 18 — are in secret locations in Spain and France. They are believed to include a former Miss Wales, two gays, a topless model with breast implants and a City stockbroker.

May 8, 2006 -

Prince Harry joins his army regiment

LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry, who recently completed his basic military training, joined his British army regiment Monday, taking the next step in a military career that could take him to Iraq. Harry, third in line to the throne, joined the Blues and Royals division of the Household Cavalry. The 21-year-old second son of Prince Charles and the late Princess of Wales, finished his training at Sandhurst military academy last month.

On Monday he turned up for duty at Combermere Barracks in Windsor, west of London. He will spend two weeks settling in at the barracks and getting to know his regiment before starting four months of training at Bovington in southwest England. Harry, who currently holds the rank of cornet, will become an armoured reconnaissance troop leader. He has said he hopes to see action on the front line, possibly in Iraq.

The Ministry of Defence has confirmed that he will go to Iraq if his unit is deployed there, but says he might be kept out of situations where his presence would jeopardize his comrades. No date has been set for any possible deployment in Iraq. Separately Monday, Harry's older brother, Prince William, returned to Sandhurst to continue his military training. Both princes attended Eton College in Windsor. Harry went straight from school to Sandhurst, but William, 23, obtained a degree in geography from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland before embarking on a military career.
WILLS CAN CHEER ON ENGLAND

By Mike Merritt

PRINCE William will take time off from officer training to watch England in the World Cup. This month William takes over from Prince Andrew as president of the Football Association - but tomorrow he starts his second term at Sandhurst. Now talks are under way to let Wills, 23, attend at least one England game in Germany.

A source close to the Prince said last night: "It is inconceivable that the FA's president will not be going to the World Cup.

"The problem is not clashing too much with military exercises."

He added: "There is a leave weekend at the time of England's opening game on June 10."

William, an Aston Villa fan, said on accepting the FA job: "Football generates extraordinary passions. It did for me when I followed England during Euro 2004 and will no doubt do so again during the World Cup." Prince Harry, 21, an Arsenal fan, will be officer training with the Household Cavalry.
It's World Cup Willy

By JAMES CLENCH

PRINCE William will cheer on England at their first World Cup match.

Wills, 23, has been given time off from Army training to see the big kick-off against Paraguay in Frankfurt on June 10. The prince — dubbed World Cup Willie after the 1966 lion mascot — plans to meet Sven Goran Eriksson’s team and fans at the match. New FA president Wills is being allowed the day off from his training as a cadet at Sandhurst military academy in Berkshire. And he is begging senior officers for more time away if skipper David Beckham’s stars progress during the month-long tournament. Sven’s No2 Tord Grip said last night: “Prince William will be most welcome in the England dressing room.

“He certainly won’t do our cause any harm.”

Wills said: “Football is a game I love playing and watching.”

May 7, 2006 -

Prince William Calls Himself A ‘Poor Student’
Joanna Wypior - All Headline News Staff Reporter

London, England (AHN) – The future king of England, Prince William, has been quoted as calling himself a ‘poor student’ who cannot afford to go on a Caribbean vacation to Mustique, an exclusive West Indies island, mostly favored by Hollywood stars and royalty.
However, clothing tycoon John Robinson, the multimillionaire behind the Jigsaw fashion chain, has offered to loan his hillside home to the Prince and his girlfriend, Kate Middleton after William was worried that the cost was beyond his reach.
Britain’s Daily Mail reports that William, who flew out for his weeklong break last Saturday, is understood to be making a donation to charity in lieu of the cost.
Meanwhile, reports speculate that the prince might also pop the question and ask his girlfriend's hand in marriage while they vacation on the Caribbean isle together.
Out of the shadows: It's a church wedding at last for Kate and William
By Andrew Alderson and Nina Goswami
(Filed: 07/05/2006)
SOURCE:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/05/07/nwills07.xml
Prince William's relationship with his girlfriend, Kate Middleton, moved a significant step forward yesterday when they appeared together for the first time at a family wedding.
The couple arrived by coach for the marriage of Laura Parker Bowles, the daughter of the Duchess of Cornwall, to Harry Lopes, an underwear model turned accountant, in Lacock, Wiltshire.
Prince William and Miss Middleton, who were among 300 guests, were both looking sun-tanned after a holiday together in the Caribbean. They have been together since they began sharing a flat in 2002, when they were students at St Andrews University.
The presence of Miss Middleton, 24, at an event also attended by the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Cornwall and Prince Harry shows that she is now completely accepted in royal circles.
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