Prince William of Wales
Summary
Prince William of Wales (William Arthur Philip Louis; born 21 June 1982), KG, is the elder son of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Diana, Princess of Wales, and grandson of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. As such, he is second in the line of succession to the thrones of 16 independent states, although he is resident in, and most directly involved with, the United Kingdom, the oldest of these realms.Following his education at various schools around the United Kingdom, obtaining a degree from the University of St Andrews, and spending parts of a gap year in Chile, Belize, and countries in Africa, William enrolled in the military.
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Kate pregnancy photos: Australian magazine to print bikini shots
Woman's Day says it will follow Italy's Chi in running controversial snaps despite protests from the royal family.
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Royal pregnancy predictions, Olympic hysteria, BBC crisis ... good luck Britain
The UK is the kind of nation that adopts the Gangnam craze to promote keeping its sewers clean, so I bid you farewell.
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Royal hoax DJs interview – full transcript
Mel Greig and Michael Christian talk to Clare Brady on the Today Tonight programme on Australia's Seven network.
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Royal phone scandal highlights new media risks
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Back in 2007, as investigations were gathering strength into the UK phone hacking scandal involving journalists working under the umbrella of the Murdoch media empire, a comedy show based around prank telephone calls made a low-key debut in Britain.
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A story is born - papers devote pages to the royal pregnancy
How can newspapers devote so much space to a one-fact story? Today's national titles managed it by carrying page after page of nonsensical, speculative copy about the Duchess of Cambridge (aka Kate Middleton) being pregnant.
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Clear winners among newspaper websites after Olympics
Effect of Games is difficult to gauge, but website readerships continue to soar on Mail, Guardian and Telegraph.
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Why do republics dance to the British monarchy's tune?
Look at the strange result of the publication of those intimate photos of a British prince and his wife - an Irish politician calls for a privacy law and French police raid a magazine, effectively closing its offices.
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William and Kate win legal case over Closer France
Closer France has been ordered to hand over all digital copies of topless photos of the Duchess of Cambridge by a French court today, which has also blocked the further publication of the images in France.
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Italian Magazine Publishes Topless Images of Kate Middleton
An Italian gossip magazine on Monday became the latest outlet to publish images of the Duchess of Cambridge, the former Kate Middleton, sunbathing topless in France.
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Topless photos 'a shocking breach of personal intimacy', French court told
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge launch case against Closer magazine, while editor of Irish Daily Star is suspended.
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