After seven years of service to the Royal Air Force Prince William has decided that it is time to move on. He started as an officer cadet at Sandhurst military academy in 2006 and began search and rescue helicopter training three years later. According to a palace spokesperson William ultimately participated in 156 search and rescue operations and helped to rescue 149 people. He also has garnered more than 1,300flying hours
The timing of his retirement isn’t too surprising as his wife, Kate Middleton gave birthto the couples’ first child, Prince George, in July. William was said to have realized that he couldn’t keep running off to save the world and risking his own safety now that he has family responsibilities. William is going to take a year off to transition back into normal life as well as his new life as a father.
It’s interesting, we heard months ago that Queen Elizabeth was toying with the idea of abdicating and handing the crown to William next summer and this plan certainly would fall into line with that! He will spend the year completing his royal duties, becoming comfortable in his role of family man and by the time next summer rolls around he will likely be mentally prepared to take on more royal duties.
Do you think that the Queen will break protocol to name William and Kate as the next king and queen? For a while Elizabeth was handing some responsibilities to Prince Charles and it looked like she was preparing to pass the proverbial torch to her son as would be expected, but that seemed to come to an abrupt halt. Charles may be her first born but Prince William is the one who is respected by the British people and the one who will follow the lead set by Elizabeth don’t you think? Could this be the reason cruel Camilla Parker-Bowles is said to be planning to divorce Charles?
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