Willie Gets His WIngs

Prince William was awarded his Royal Air Force wings today.

William, who is second in line to the throne, has been on attachment with the RAF and today his beautiful girlfriend Kate Middleton, watched on as William received his Royal Air Force wings from his father, Prince Charles. (Ahhhh) The Duchess of Cornwall was also present at the event showing a family unity after the recent ‘Diana-gate’ events in court.

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After the short ceremony, Kate joined William for lunch fuelling speculation in the media that they are more or less marriage material! Poor souls do not stand a chance. I think I quite like young William…..although the poor boy has been brought up in a upper class society with no real understanding of what life is truly like for those in society ‘beneath’ him, I believe he will make a less of a mess than his father has.

I’m not a royalist, but I do feel we need a royal family. It is great for the tourist industry and nobody can deny that go up to London and all you can see is Americans and Japanese outside Buck House snap shots. The royal family HAVE to adapt to survive and it must be hard for an 80+ year-old lady to understand what a modern world wants. I have an 80+ year-old neighbour and she cannot understand contemporary life!

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But back to young William who will eventually be head of the all the armed forces as King of our country. Learning to fly solo has been his childhood ambition and 12 weeks of training at RAF Cranwell in Lincolnshire, have ensured that this dream has been successfully fulfilled:
“Going solo is one of those things - if you had a list of the top 50 things to do before you die, it would be in there," William said.

Air Chief Marshal Glenn Torpy told the graduates: "This is probably one of the most significant milestones in an aviator's career. It's something that not many people can do and you should be very proud of what you have done."

Prince William graduated from Sandhurst in December 2006 and spent a year with the Household Cavalry's Blues and Royals before his four month attachment. His next attachment will be with the Royal Navy in June. Such a shame that he will probably never see action like his brother has….shame his brother only saw a few weeks of action.

I don’t know what the plan is for William after he completes his ‘attachments’. It must be horrible being born a royal because your life is not your own. It is mapped out - prep school, Public School, Armed Forces or Uni depending on how thick you are but always Armed Forces. What if you are not the army/navy/air force sort of person? Tough if you are a top royal. If you're a minor royal then great! All the celebrity status with the money to go with it........As long as no money from the CIVIL list goes to those minor money grabbing, sitting on their arse all day or playing golf royals, then I'm happy.

Other Royal Aviators
William is not the first Royal Prince to gain his wings, his father Prince Charles also gained his Royal Air Force wings, as did the Duke of Edinburgh. William’s great-great-grandfather Prince Albert, later King George VI, was the first royal to serve in the RAF, between 1918 and 1919.