Prince William

Non-Public Biography Node
Birthday: June 21, 1982
Age: 29
Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: London, England
Hometown: London, England
Big Break: Royalty
Biography
Prince William was born William Arthur Philip Louis to parents Charles Prince of Wales and Diana Princess of Wales.

He is second in line to the British throne, second only to his father. He is currently a Search and Rescue pilot for the Royal Air Force.

On April 29, 2011 Prince William married his longtime girlfriend, Catherine Middleton, whom he met while a student at the University of St. Andrews. A few hours before the wedding, Prince William became the Duke of Cambridge as is customary for princes on their weddings.

Did you know…
  • William played for University of St. Andrews water polo team.
  • William currently is the President of the English Football Association and regularly plays polo with his brother Harry to raise money for his charities, the Tusk Trust which is dedicated to the preservation of African wildlife and Centrepoint an organization for homeless youth.
  • Prince William and Prince Harry once went on a 1000-mile motorcycle trek across South Africa to raise money for charity.
  • Prince William and Kate Middleton were friends for over a year before they ever started dating. They were even roommates at once point with several other friends.
  • While on the water polo team at St. Andrews, he went by the name “Steve” to avoid any journalists overhearing and realizing his identity.
  • When William was 7, he told mother Princes Diana that he wanted to be a policeman when he grew up so her could take care of her. But 5 year-old Harry responded, “Oh, no you can’t. You’ve got to be King!”
  • In 2002, Britney spears claims that Prince William stood her up. She claims, “we exchanged emails for a little bit, and he was supposed to come and see me somewhere, but it didn’t work out.”
  • On Prince Williams’s 21st birthday, Britain’s Royal Mail put his face on over 20 million stamps.
  • In 2007, Will and Kate relationship briefly took a break.
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Katie Couric sat down with Prince William and Prince Harry in a revealing new interview where the men open up about their late mother Diana, Queen Elizabeth, and the Diamond Jubillee. It’s one of the rare moments to witness the young royals as they get emotional about missing their mother.

“I sort of prepared myself beforehand so that I was sort of mentally prepared,” William says of his wedding, “I didn’t want any wobbly lips or anything going on.”
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Aside from being a member of the Royal family, Prince William is a member of the Royal Air Force Search and Rescue team, but apparently his current tour will end mid-next year and he needs to figure out what career to take on next.

So, like, not being a Prince anymore?

This is like a royal quarter-life crisis! Maybe he can dabble in improv comedy and start a food blog!

A palace spokesman says William, 29, has until mid 2013 to figure out what he’s going to do.
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Last April, Prince William and Kate Middleton’s royal wedding beamed into the homes of over two billion television viewers. This year, on the weekend of their first anniversary, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were quietly caught up in another wedding. This time in an English country church, People Magazine reports.

A far cry from Westminster Abby, the low-key wedding at St. Andrew’s church in the village of Wingfield, Suffolk involved the joining of Robert
This time last year, the world breathlessly awaited the April 29th nuptials of England’s Prince William and the stunning Catherine Middleton.

On Sunday, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will celebrate their one-year anniversary but don’t expect the pomp and circumstance of last year’s Westminster Abbey ceremony that drew 2 billion viewers on TV and a million people on the streets of London.
How could you guys do this to Kate Middleton? Oh, wait.

Rumor has it--all the rumors about Kate are making Kate sad. Specifically, the pregnancy talk is really starting to take its toll.

"The constant rumors about Kate being pregnant, or not being pregnant, make her feel uncomfortable," a source close to Middleton tells Us Weekly.

But this is a chick who was once given the nickname "Waity Katy." I'm pretty sure she's learned how to deal with her name in headlines by this point.
Apparently, there was a rumor that Kate Middleton is pregnant, but don't get too excited, because it's not true.

"Kate is not pregnant or about to make a pregnancy announcement," a source told Us Weekly.

Kate has been skiing in France and was also spotted drinking on St. Patrick's Day recently, so yeah. She's either not pregnant, or the worst mom ever.

Pregnancy rumors first started in November, when Kate refused to eat a peanut paste while visiting Denmark
What, Buckingham Palace ain’t good enough for you?

Prince Harry just returned home after his Caribbean and Brazilian tour, and he’s moved in to the Kensington Palace compound, which is where his Prince William and Kate also live.

This is going to be like a British ‘You, Me, and Dupree’, isn’t it?
Yeah, we’re still unofficially calling them Prince William and Kate. I don’t think the Brits like it, but guys, it could be worse. We could give them a cheesy celebrity couple name.

Kate Middleton’s parents, Carole and Michael, have taken their daughter and Prince William, along with their son, James, on a skiing trip.
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My visual: Darth Vader screaming ‘Noooo!’ in Return of the Jedi.

Prince Harry has reportedly been banned from pub hopping as he prepares for deployment to Afghanistan. The Royal loves to party, we love that he loves to party, but sadly, the party is over.

Harry just completed his tour of the Caribbean and Brazil as part of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebration, and now he’s set to dedicate 100 percent of his time to Apache helicopter training.
Prince Harry's got jokes! The royal is still doing the travel rounds, most recently in Rio de Janeiro and gave locals something to laugh about.

He played a game of beach rugby with the locals and afterward went running for charity while wearing a mask of his famous brother, Prince William.

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