Prince william(full name: William Arthur Philip Louis, Duke of Cambridge) is the eldest son of the Prince of Wales, Charles and his first wife, Princess Diana, grandson of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain. He is second in the line of succession to the British throne after his father.
Place of Birth: London: Paddington Region
Education:
High school: From 1990 to 1995, the prince attended Ludgrove School in Berkshire. At school, he was the captain of the hockey team and the rugby team. He loved swimming, football and basketball. On several occasions, he has represented his school in cross-country marathons.
college: After school, William entered the famous Eton College, where he studied geography, biology, and art history. The prince was always a diligent student and received good grades in both specialized subjects and education. In addition, he easily found a common language with peers due to his sociability, modesty and absolute lack of arrogance.
University: After school, Prince William chose his future path: he decided to enter the most prestigious University of St. Andrews in Scotland, and soon became a student. Prince's diploma work in 2005 focused on coral reefs. He finished with very good results. After graduation, he represented Great Britain in New Zealand, Wellington and Auckland at celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II.
Military service: In May 2006, Prince William entered the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He was promoted to officer rank in December 2006 and joined the Royal Cavalry as a second lieutenant. In this respect, his career is no different from that of his male ancestors beginning with Henry V. In 2009, after graduating from the Cranwell Flying School, he was transferred to the Royal Air Force and was promoted to Captain (Flight Lieutenant).
A family: On November 16, 2010, Clarence House announced that it had recruited Prince William and his girlfriend Kate Middleton. The wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton took place on April 29, 2011 at St Peter's Church in Westminster Abbey.
On September 4, 2017, Kensington Palace announced that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are expecting their third child, who will be born in the spring of 2018 (The Telegraph, 2017).
Awards
- Order of the Garter (23 April 2008)
- Order of the Thistle (May 25, 2012)
- Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal (6 February 2002).
- Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (6 February 2012).
- Joint Command Medal "For Achievement" (USA, 2008)
Personal interest:
- Sports (hockey, rugby, swimming and running, soccer, etc.)
- travel
- military service
Prince harry(full name: Henry Charles Albert David Mountbatten-Windsor) is the youngest son of the Prince of Wales, Charles and his first wife, Princess Diana, grandson of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain. From early childhood, he was known under the surname - Harry, which is even used in official sources. It is currently the fifth seat to the throne of the British throne.
Place of Birth: London: Paddington Region
Education:
High school: In September 1987 he enrolled at Weatherby School in London. In 1992, he joined Prince William and became a student at Ludgrove School in Berkshire, where he studied for the next five years.
At the age of 17, British media called him a "wild child" as a result of his use of marijuana and alcohol (Reuters, 2008).
college: In September 1998, he entered Eton College. He graduated in June 2003 with a negative geography score (BBC, 2005).
Military service: In 2006, he was admitted to the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, where he successfully completed a 44-week training course. As a second lieutenant, he was enlisted in the Blues and the Royal Regiment of the Palace Cavalry.
At the end of April 2007, it was announced that the prince would be sent to serve in Iraq, but in May it was decided to send the prince to Afghanistan. From December 2007 to February 2008, he served in Helmand province as a gunner.
Family status- not married not married.
Awards
- Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (June 4, 2015)
- Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal (2002).
- Medal "For participation in the military campaign in Afghanistan" (2008)
- Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (2012)
- ISAF NATO Medal
- Commander 1st Class of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (Spain, 12 July 2017)
Military ranks
- April 13, 2006 - Cornet (second lieutenant) of the Royal Horse Guards
- April 13, 2008 - Lieutenant of the Royal Horse Guards
- April 16, 2011 - Captain of the Army Aviation Corps
Personal interest:
- travel
- charity
- military service
Differences
- Prince William is ranked second and Prince Harry is fifth in the line of succession to the British throne.
- At school, Prince William had a better reputation than Prince Harry.
- Prince William had better grades at Eton College than Prince Harry.
- Unlike Prince Harry, Prince William is very active in sports.
- Prince William is married with 2 children, while Prince Harry is unmarried and has no children
Prince William and Prince Harry have a lot in common. Both participate in charitable activities, military service, achieve military ranks and awards. Both love to travel. Prince Harry, like his brother, does not hold the title of "Prince of Wales": the title belongs exclusively to the direct successor to the British throne, in this case to his father, Charles.
0 22 September 2018, 12:00Prince George and Princess Charlotte
Over the past few decades, the education system in the British royal family has undergone some changes. If earlier its members studied at home, now they go to kindergarten and school on an equal basis with ordinary children, and then continue their studies in higher educational institutions. About what has changed in the education of British monarchs since the school years of Queen Elizabeth II and what awaits the children of Prince William in the near future - we tell in our material.
Kindergarten
Like most children in Great Britain, the heirs to the royal throne begin their education at an early age. Prince Charles, as well as his sister Princess Anne and brothers Prince Andrew and Edward received their pre-school education at Buckingham Palace. They were taught by a governess named Catherine Peebles.
In the 1980s, the royal education system underwent some changes when Prince William, his mother, Princess Diana, went to kindergarten in 1985, and two years later Prince Harry followed suit.
In January 2016, at the age of 2.5 years, Prince George enrolled in kindergarten at the Westacre Montessori School Nursery in Norfolk. This educational institution, by the way, was quite democratic by royal standards and cost his parents 76 thousand rubles a month.
And here is Princess Charlotte at Willcox Kindergarten, which is next to Kensington Palace, earlier this year. The kindergarten costs her parents about 100 thousand rubles a month. Prince Louis, when he grows up, will most likely go there too.
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Preparatory school
Royals generally do not attend publicly funded schools and, like many well-to-do children, attend private educational institutions. Prince Charles attended Hill House Preparatory School in West London, and his children from five to eight years old went to the elite Wetherby School in Kensington.
A year ago at the age of four to school and Prince George. But, contrary to expectations, he went not to the same educational institution that his father and uncle attended, but to Thomas's Battersea school. A year of study there costs 23 thousand dollars (at the current exchange rate, this is about one and a half million rubles!) In 2019, his sister Princess Charlotte will be visiting with him.
Primary School
After preparatory school, British children continue their education in primary. They visit it from eight to 13 years old. Here they are already beginning to prepare for entrance exams to prestigious secondary schools.
The last two generations of the royal family have followed in the footsteps of Prince Philip, who was sent to the Cheam boarding school near London at the age of eight. He also sent his son Prince Charles there.
Princes William and Harry faced the same fate as their father and grandfather. They attended Ludgrove Boarding School in Berkshire, where, among other things, they lived in tents and grew flowers and vegetables. It is too early to say whether George will be sent to the boarding school, but it is likely that he will stay at home, since children under 13 go to his current school.
high school
For many years, Scotland was the main country in choosing secondary education for members of the royal family. Princes Philip, Charles and Andrew studied here, as well as Peter Phillips and Zara Tyndall. True, Prince Charles speaks of those times not with warmth and calls them "catastrophic."
It was for this reason that he decided to send his children to Eton College in Windsor. Both Prince William and Prince Harry really enjoyed studying there. In addition, in college they made a large number of friends with whom they are friends to this day.
As for the representatives of the royal family, the most popular with them was Marlborough College in Wilshire - Kate and Pippa Middleton and Princess Eugenie studied here.
It is not yet clear where Prince George will go, but most likely he will still follow in the footsteps of his father and uncle and also become a student at Eton College.
Intermediate year
The concept of a gap year, or intervening year, did not exist during the studies of Queen Elizabeth II and her son Prince Charles. Now English students are happy to use this opportunity in order to take a short break and relax after leaving school and before entering the university. Prince William, for example, had time to train with the Welsh Guards in Belize, volunteered in Chile and Africa, and on British dairy farms. Kate Middleton volunteered in Chile, studied at the British Institute in Florence, and was a member of the crew of the Round the World Challenge sailing regatta in the UK. Prince Harry also had a good time and worked on farms in Australia, Argentina and volunteered in Africa.
The university
While Princess Anne and Prince Andrew began their royal lives at the age of 18, when the former became president of the Save the Children charity and the latter as a military, Prince Charles became the first member of the royal family to graduate in archeology and anthropology (he studied at Trinity College, Cambridge).
After that, other members of the royal family followed suit and received a liberal arts education. Prince William and Kate Middleton studied art history at the prestigious University of St Andrews in Scotland (however, William later changed his profile to study geography). Princess Beatrice studied history at Goldsmiths College London, and Princess Eugenie graduated from the University of Newcastle with a degree in English and art history.
However, not all members of the royal family had a penchant for the humanities. Peter Phillips and Zara Tyndall studied physiology at the University of Exeter. But Prince Harry made a choice in favor of a military career.
Royal teachings
Of course, the education of members of the royal family goes beyond the generally accepted. They should receive training from Special Air Services (SAS) to learn how to cope with dangerous situations such as terrorist attacks or kidnapping attempts. In addition, they should take a specific driving course that has been specially designed so that they can quickly find their way in an emergency. And, of course, there are special trainings that all members of the royal family undergo in order to feel comfortable during public speeches, official meetings, briefings and foreign trips.
Additional courses
Although work experience is not required for the royal family, Prince William, for example, has become familiar with working life. He worked for some time at the Bank of England, the London Stock Exchange, the insurance market and even the fish market. According to him, he wanted "to have an understanding of how various financial institutions work." And in 2014, he completed a ten-week course in agricultural management to govern the future of the Duchy of Cornwall, which he will inherit from his father.
The youngest son of Prince Charles of Wales and Princess Diana was born on September 15, 1984 at St. Mary's Hospital in London - a week ahead of schedule. According to media reports, the childbirth lasted nine hours. The boy weighing 3.1 kilograms was given the name Henry Charles Albert David Mountbatten-Windsor. The abbreviated version of "Harry" was considered a family name, but soon began to be used in official sources as well.
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Princess Diana later admitted that her husband had always wanted a girl and could not contain his disappointment when she gave birth to another prince: “The first thing he said was:“ Oh my God, it's a boy. ” Second: “And he even has red hair,” the princess recalled (her words are quoted in a biography by Edrew Morton, released in 1992).
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The birth of Prince Harry aroused even more interest than the first birth of Princess Diana, despite the fact that at that time Harry was only the third heir to the throne (he is currently the sixth contender for the crown). This was largely due to the growing popularity of Princess Diana, who from a modest aristocrat Spencer turned into a favorite of Great Britain, eclipsed even Queen Elizabeth II.
Photo: one-year-old Harry in the playroom at Kensington Palace, October 1985.
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Grandmother's favorite
Prince William, as the future head of the royal family, always had more responsibility - therefore, the relationship with his grandmother was more serious. It was even rumored that the queen showed more love and care for her youngest grandson. This topic began to be discussed especially actively in 2017, when the media found in the office of Elizabeth II - along with photographs of members of the royal family - a portrait of Meghan Markle.
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Young diplomat
Princess Diana described her son as "very artistic and athletic." In his youth, the prince showed interest in horse riding and hunting. On weekends, the royal family was often chosen from Kensington Palace at Highgrove House, the residence of Prince Charles of Wales in Gloucestershire.
Harry often accompanied his mother to various official events and dinners.
In the photo: the young prince greets the artists of the Cirque du Soleil in August 1990.
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Interest in military service
Prince Harry attended the same schools as Prince William - Jane Minors' London Kindergarten, Wetherby Elementary School in London and Ludgrove School in Berkshire. During his studies, he showed an interest in military affairs, which he retained even after entering Eton College.
In the photo: The 9-year-old prince rides a light tank while visiting the barracks of a British Army cavalry regiment in Hanover, Germany.
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An irreparable loss
Harry was 12 years old when his mother died in a car accident. He and his brother Prince William took part in the mournful procession - the young heirs to the British crown had to endure their grief in full view of the whole country. The princes' participation in the funeral ceremony was criticized by the brother of Princess Diana, Earl Spencer, who called the decision of the royal family "inappropriate and cruel." Harry himself first said that no child should be required to do such things under any circumstances, but later changed his position and said that it was a joint and necessary choice, and now, looking back, he is glad that he did exactly that.
In the photo: Prince Philip, William, Earl Charles Spencer, Princes Harry and Charles.
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Study at Eton
Like his older brother, Harry entered Eton College (in 1998). There he played in rugby, cricket and polo teams. Voluntarily joined the United Cadet Corps, underwent military training, in May 2003 he was promoted to officer-cadet. The prince graduated from Eton College with modest results.
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Graduate
During his studies at Eton, Prince Harry has earned a reputation as the most rowdy member of the royal family. In 2002, he confessed to his father that he used marijuana. After that, Prince Charles decided to send his 17-year-old son for one day to the Featherstone Lodge rehabilitation center to learn about the consequences of drug use on people suffering from real addiction.
Photo: Prince Harry in the Eton College dormitory shortly before graduation, 2003.
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In the footsteps of the mother
After college, Prince Harry took on what he called a gap year, which he spent doing charity work overseas. He continued his mother's campaign against the use of landmines and became a trustee of the HALO Trust, which is dedicated to the disposal of mines and unexploded ordnance that pose a threat to civilians. In 2006, the prince went to Lesotho, where, in particular, he worked in an orphanage for orphans whose parents died of AIDS. In the South African kingdom of Harry, he founded the charitable organization Sentebale with the Prince of Lesotho to help these children.
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Tabloid hero
In 2005, 20-year-old Harry appeared at a costume party wearing clothes that mimic the uniforms of the African military units of the Third Reich. This caused violent indignation among anti-fascist and Jewish organizations. The prince had to explain: in his statement, he admitted that it was a "rash choice" and that he regrets what happened.
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Pride of Windsor
In May 2005, Prince Harry began his studies at the Sandhurst Military Academy in Surrey, and a year later he was commissioned as a cornet of the Blues and Royals regiment of the Royal Horse Guards and sent to serve in Windsor.
In the photo: Elizabeth II receives the Royal Horse Guards parade.
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Military service
In early 2007, Prince Harry was going to serve in Iraq, but due to information about a possible assassination attempt and incoming threats, the leadership of the British armed forces decided not to send him there. The prince was very upset by the actions of his superiors and threatened to leave military service. As a result, he was nevertheless sent to a hot spot - to Afghanistan, where he secretly served as an aviation gunner. However, the media learned of his whereabouts, after which the prince had to be returned to the UK for security reasons.
In 2008-2009, Harry took courses in piloting military helicopters, passed the exam for a military helicopter pilot. In 2011, he completed a 10-month elite training course to pilot an Apache attack helicopter and was soon awarded the title of Captain of the British Air Force, which allowed him to return to Afghanistan. It is known that during the second service, the prince killed one of the field commanders of the Taliban. Harry became the first member of the royal family after his uncle, the Duke of York Andrew, who took a direct part in the hostilities (the duke took part in the war with Argentina for the Falklands in 1982).
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Party lover
In 2012, Prince Harry again appeared on the pages of the tabloids. While on vacation in Las Vegas, he threw a strip game, and his nude photos made it to the press. The British royal house issued a statement saying the prince was on a private trip and resting before returning to military service.
Pictured: Prince Harry with Kanye West and P Diddy during the 2007 Princess Diana Music Festival.
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Invictus Games
Towards the end of his military career, Prince Harry announced the start of the Invictus Games, a sporting event for former and active military personnel who have become disabled. Men compete annually in basketball, volleyball, rugby and indoor rowing.
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International relationships
During a trip to Washington in 2015, Prince Harry met with Barack Obama, which grew into a friendship (two years later, Harry interviewed Obama for BBC Radio 4). The American president helped the British prince "promote" the next Invictus Games, which were to be held in May 2016 in Orlando (Florida).
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Probably the most smiling monarch in the world, Prince Harry, celebrates his 31st birthday today. We have already talked about the best jokes and the funniest deeds of the grandson of Queen Elizabeth II, but for three decades of his life he distinguished himself not only for this. HELLO.RU wishes Harry a happy birthday and recalls 20 interesting facts from his life that will help you get to know better the red-haired heir to the british throne.
1. Prince Harry's real name is Henry Charles Albert David Mountbatten-Windsor. Harry began to call him in early childhood, the name stuck to the boy so much that it is now used even in official sources.
2. According to the British press, the Prince has another nickname - Spike. That's what his friends and guards call him at Scotland Yard. In addition, under this name, Harry allegedly registered on the social network Facebook many years ago, but then deleted the account.
3. Harry was born at 04:20 on Saturday morning 1984.
4. Harry's birth was surrounded by many rumors. Someone stated that the father of the baby is not Prince Charles at all, but Diana's guard - the cavalry officer James Hewitt. Allegedly, the royal court threatened him to keep his mouth shut. However, over the years, not a trace remained of the rumors. Yes, and Hewitt himself told reporters that he began an affair with Diana when Harry had already learned to walk.
5. According to biographers of the royal court, in childhood, the characters of the princes were completely different: now a diligent family man, William was a difficult child who could bring everyone to a nervous breakdown, including his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II. The joker and merry fellow Harry, on the other hand, was reserved and modest.
6. As a child, Harry loved the crime series Starsky and Hutch about two cops, but Diana forbade him to watch the show due to the amount of violence on the screen.
7. Harry's first trip was an official trip to Italy with his parents - Prince Charles and Princess Diana. Then the heir was only 8 months old.
8. When Harry and William's mother, Princess Diana, died in a car accident, many subjects brought bouquets of flowers to English palaces. Little Harry laid down white freesias and a note with the word "Mommy".
9. Harry graduated from the famous Eton College. Tuition there costs over £ 20,000 a year. At least 18 British prime ministers studied there, as well as writers George Orwell, Henry Fielding, Ian Fleming and others. Prince Harry cannot be called the best student of this prestigious educational institution - he graduated with a low score in geography.
10. As a child, Prince Harry was a big fan of the Spice Girls. In 1997, he even attended the band's concert during his tour to Africa with Prince Charles. One of the members of the group, Emma Bunton, then called the meeting "cute", according to her, it was nice to eat sandwiches with Harry. But the heir himself called this event one of the brightest in his life.
11. Harry became a participant in more than one scandal, the most famous one concerns the publication of photographs that depict a naked prince during fun in Las Vegas in 2012. It turned out that at the party, friends were playing strip billiards, and apparently, Harry, who is good at polo, football and more, is not very good at this sport. The prince had to apologize to the public more than once for his unworthy behavior.
12. Prince Harry made a documentary at the age of 19. The title of the film was "Forgotten Kingdom: Prince Harry in Lesotho", and it was dedicated to the problem of AIDS in Africa. With the help of the painting, the prince managed to collect two million dollars for the benefit of the Red Cross.
13. Prince Harry, like any Englishman, loves football. He is a supporter of the London side Arsenal and often attends their matches.
14. After college, Prince Harry took a "gap year" to work in various locations. He went to Australia and took a job on a farm for a while as a trainee and sheep driver.
15. Prince Harry is known in England as a fan of Britain's Got Talent, one of the show's judges, Amanda Holden, in 2011:
He told me that he even records our show every week when it is on Sky Plus!
16. Harry's longest romance was with Chelsea Davy - they dated for six years. They met as children when they studied at neighboring schools. The relationship between Chelsea and Harry could not be called stable - the couple broke up several times and converged again. The prince invited Chelsea to officially accompany him at the wedding of his brother William and Kate Middleton, but it was this important step that turned out to be decisive. The girl said that she did not want such a fate and "such a life is not for her."
17. After several of the prince's novels, the English press "brought out" Harry's favorite type of girls: a slender blonde with long hair, who graduated from the University of Leeds.
18. Prince Harry and Prince William are approximately the same height: Harry is 1 meter 89 centimeters, and William is 1 meter 91 centimeters. Moreover, the height of their parents - Diana and Charles - is only 178 centimeters.
19. In 2011, the press wrote many times that Harry is a fan of the Star Trek franchise. In addition, Harry allegedly wants to become the first British monarch to go into space. While the birthday boy has not yet managed to climb into the stratosphere, he made an expedition to the South Pole.
20. Prince Harry loves to go to a fast food restaurant near Kensington Palace and eat hamburgers. Once he even invited Cressida Bonas, whom he then met, on a date there.
