"also volunteered as a guest disc jockey at a local radio station. His interest in African culture prompted him to teach himself Swahili. By 2001, William was back in the United Kingdom and had enrolled at the University of St Andrews. News of this caused a temporary increase in the number of applications to St Andrews, mostly from young women who wanted an opportunity to meet him. The extra attention did not deter him; he embarked on a degree course in Art History, later changing his main subject to Geography, and earned a Scottish Master of Arts degree with upper"
"art as well as 12 GCSEs. Following a gap year, William enrolled at The University of St Andrews in Fife, Scotland, where he graduated in 2005 with a 2:1 degree in geography. To prepare for eventually inheriting and taking over management of the Duchy of Cornwall estate (a ""£760 million (about $1.25 billion) entity established in 1337 to provide a private income for use by the reigning monarch's eldest son"") when his father becomes king, William enrolled in 2014 in a 10-week, vocational agriculture-management course through the Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership (CPSL), whose patron is the Prince of Wales."
"second class honours. While at university, he represented the Scottish national universities water polo team at the Celtic Nations tournament in 2004. He was known as ""Steve"" by other students to avoid any journalists overhearing and realising his identity. William returned to St Andrews in February 2011 as patron of the university's 600th Anniversary Appeal. To prepare for his eventual management of the Duchy of Cornwall, in 2014 William enrolled in a vocational agricultural management course at Cambridge, which was organised by the Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership (CPSL), of which his father is patron. According to a CNN report"
"former President of the Queen Margaret Union, Colum Fraser. Sir William served as Governor of the Caledonian Research Foundation from 1990–99 and Chairman of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland from 1995–2000. He was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1985, and an honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1992, and of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in 1995. He has received honorary degrees (LL.D.) from the Universities of Glasgow (1982), Strathclyde (1991) and Aberdeen (1993), and a Doctorate ""honoris causa"" from Edinburgh"
"Prince William, Duke of Cambridge Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, (William Arthur Philip Louis; born 21 June 1982) is a member of the British royal family. He is a grandson of Queen Elizabeth II, and the elder son of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Diana, Princess of Wales. Since birth, he has been second in the line of succession to the British throne after his father. William was educated at four schools in the United Kingdom and studied for a degree at the University of St. Andrews. During a gap year, he spent time in Chile, Belize, and Africa. In"
"new job, which he felt was a natural progression from his previous role as an RAF search-and-rescue pilot. He left his position with EAAA in July 2017 to assume a more active role in royal duties on behalf of his grandmother the Queen. Upon graduation from university, William began to undertake his own public duties and privately obtained work experience by interning in land management at Chatsworth House and in banking at HSBC. At the age of 21, Prince William was appointed as a Counsellor of State; he first served in that capacity when the Queen was in Nigeria attending"
"December 2006, he completed 44 weeks of training as an officer cadet and was commissioned in the Blues and Royals regiment. In April 2008, William completed pilot training at Royal Air Force College Cranwell, then underwent helicopter flight training and became a full-time pilot with the RAF Search and Rescue Force in early 2009. His service with the British Armed Forces ended in September 2013. He then trained for a civil pilot's licence and spent over two years working as a pilot for the East Anglian Air Ambulance. In 2011, Prince William was made Duke of Cambridge and married Catherine"
"William & Mary; In 1997, he earned an M.A.T. in Teaching from Montclair State University, and studied in the Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children. In 2000, he earned an M.A. external degree in Humanities, with an emphasis in philosophy, at California State University, Dominguez Hills; He also has a Master of Science in natural sciences degree from Delta State University, which was the first of his master's degrees. Phillips received a Ph.D. in communications from Edith Cowan University in Australia. Phillips was a school teacher and newspaper reporter, then editorial consultant and freelancer for national magazines, before"
"He had no formal education beyond that, but completed a Royal Navy commissioning course at Britannia Royal Naval College and other courses during a military career. Andrew's election to the Royal Society in 2013 prompted ""Britain's leading scientists"" to ""revolt"" due to Andrew's lack of scientific background, with some noting he had only a high-school level education. In an op-ed in ""The Sunday Times"", Humboldt Prize recipient David Colquhoun opined, in references to Andrew's qualifications, that ""if I wanted a tip for the winner of the 14.30 at Newmarket, I'd ask a royal. For most other questions, I wouldn't"". Prince"
"William continued his education there. His father died there in 1843 but William stayed there to complete his education. He attended the University of Montpellier and graduated as a Bachelor of Letters in 1844. He returned to his homre city of Edinburgh in June 1844 and began to study Medicine. He gained his doctorate (MD) in 1849. He did further postgraduate studies in both Paris and Heidelberg. Returning to Edinburgh he began working as a pathologist at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary in 1852. In 1853 he succeeded Harold and John Goodsir as Curator of the Museum within the Royal College of"
"Koskull: ""If she was your daughter, I would marry her!"" He was admitted to the University of Cambridge (Trinity College) in 1787, and granted his MA in 1790. On 25 August 1805, Prince William's father died, and he inherited the titles Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh and Earl of Connaught. From 1811 until his death he was Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. He was offered the position of king of Sweden in 1812 by some members of the Swedish nobility, but the British government would not allow it. On 22 July 1816, he married Princess Mary, his cousin and"
"they walked behind the funeral cortège from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey. William was educated at independent schools, starting at Jane Mynors' nursery school and the pre-preparatory Wetherby School, both in London. Following this, he attended Ludgrove School near Wokingham, Berkshire, and was privately tutored during summers by Rory Stewart. At Ludgrove, he participated in football, swimming, basketball, clay pigeon shooting, and cross country running. He sat the entrance exam to Eton College and was admitted. There, he studied Geography, Biology, and History of Art at A-Level, obtaining an 'A' in Geography, a 'C' in Biology, and a 'B' in"
"in 2014, the duchy is ""a £760 million (about $1.25 billion) entity established in 1337 to provide a private income for use by the reigning monarch's eldest son"", which William will inherit when his father becomes king. Having decided to follow a military career, in October 2005 William attended the four-day Regular Commissions Board at Westbury in Wiltshire, where he underwent selection to judge his suitability to become an army officer. He passed selection and was admitted to the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in January 2006. After completing the course, William was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant at Sandhurst on"
"in Kent, then at Eton College, where he achieved mention in the ""Eton College Chronicle"" for his performance in junior cricket and achieved house colours for football. After leaving Eton in 1960, he went up to Magdalene College, Cambridge, to read history, graduating with a BA degree in 1963, subsequently raised to an MA (Cantab.) degree in 1968. After Cambridge, he spent a post-baccalaureate year at Stanford University, studying political science, American history, and business. After returning to Britain, he took a position with Lazards, a merchant bank. Prince William was the second member of the British royal family to"
"on the street. After his return to Europe, he followed what seems to have become a calling and carried out a one-year traineeship at the headquarters of the Red Cross in Geneva. During his school holidays, he also participated in programmes for looking after groups of children and supporting the elderly. After spending two years in the United States, where Prince Louis underwent training in ""Aeronautics and Aeronautical Management"" and gained his ""Private pilot certificate"", the princely family moved to the United Kingdom. There, Prince Louis and Princess Tessy attended university. In May 2014, Prince Louis graduated from Richmond, The"
"Search and Rescue Force. In January 2010, he graduated from the Defence Helicopter Flying School at RAF Shawbury, where he had been under the instruction of Squadron Leader Craig Finch. On 26 January 2010, he transferred to the Search and Rescue Training Unit at RAF Valley, Anglesey, to receive training on the Sea King search and rescue helicopter; he graduated from this course on 17 September 2010. This made him the first member of the British royal family since Henry VII to live in Wales. It was announced on 15 April 2010 that William would remain at RAF Valley for"
"invaded the privacy of his nephew Prince William in September 2001, when he was studying at the University of St Andrews, against industry guidelines regarding the privacy of members of the royal family; William's father, Charles, Prince of Wales, was reportedly angered by the incident. In March 2002, Edward announced that he would step down as production director and joint managing director of Ardent to concentrate on his public duties and to support the Queen during her Golden Jubilee year. Ardent Productions was voluntarily dissolved in June 2009, with assets reduced to just £40. Edward met Sophie Rhys-Jones, then a"
"2015. Slade was formerly a teacher, Headteacher and Executive Headteacher. In 2007 he was the youngest state secondary school headteacher in the United Kingdom. On 1 March 2017 during a school visit to Llanfoist Fawr Primary School in Monmouthshire, HRH The Duke of Cambridge launched The Prince William Award programme. The Prince William Award was conceived by Ben Slade with support from specialist writers, funding from LIBOR and investment company Standard Life plc. The University of Birmingham Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues are academic partners. The PWA is the UK's first character and resilience award programme for children and"
"from 2001. In 2003, Oxford University awarded him an Honorary Doctor of Civil Law. During his tenure of office, Balliol improved its overall finances, substantially extended its fundraising and in 2008 combined obtaining the most first class degrees in finals, with the men also going Head of the River. He stood down as Master of Balliol on 1 October 2011. He is the son of the late author, Winston Graham and is married to Peggotty whose career at the Open University culminated as Dean and Director of Studies for the Social Sciences. They are both passionate windsurfers. Andrew Graham’s final"
"1971, was renamed Prince William School in his memory. William was the heir apparent of his father's peerages, Duke of Gloucester, Earl of Ulster, and Baron Culloden. Upon his death, his younger brother Prince Richard of Gloucester became heir apparent, and succeeded to these peerages in 1974. William was the first grandchild of King George V and Queen Mary to die. For his 21st birthday, in 1962, Prince William was granted the use of the Royal Arms, differenced with a label argent of five points, the outer pair and central point bearing lions gules, the inner pair crosses gules. Prince"
"1999) and twins Princess Raja'a and Prince Muhammad (born 2001). 1975–1983 The Harrow School in Harrow, London, England. 1983–1984 The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, UK. (Standard Military Course No.34) 1984–1989 Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Washington DC, USA. Five-year Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service-Master of Science in Foreign Service Joint Degree program BSFS Concentration: International Politics, Law and Organization. MSFS Concentration: US Foreign Policy and Diplomacy 1975–1978 St Edmund's School, UK 1973–1975 American Community School, Amman 1972–1973 Orthodox College, Amman Special Advisor to King Abdullah II National Security Advisor to King Abdullah II and Director of the"
"University. He has been married to Davina (Barclay) since 1962. Andrew Palmer (diplomat) Andrew Eustace Palmer, CMG, CVO, a British diplomat, was Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Holy See 1991-1995. Palmer was Ambassador to Cuba 1986-1988, and Private Secretary to TRH The Duke and Duchess of Kent 1988-1990. He retired from the Diplomatic Service, which he joined in 1961, in 1995. He has since held a number of positions at the University of Reading, where he was awarded the Degree of Hon D Litt in March 2016. He was educated at Winchester College and the University of Cambridge. He"
"probably hereditary, which is widely believed to be the illness that most likely caused George III's mental breakdown. Prince William died in 1972, aged 30, in an air crash while piloting his plane in a competition. Prince William was born at Hadley Common, Hertfordshire. His father was Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, the third son of George V and Queen Mary. His mother was Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, the third daughter of the 7th Duke of Buccleuch and Lady Margaret Bridgeman. He was baptised in the Private Chapel at Windsor Castle on 22 February 1942 by Cosmo Gordon Lang, Archbishop"
"He has published on endocrine physiology, biotechnology, sustainable consumption and production, and science advice for policy makers. He was the Master of St Edmund's College, University of Cambridge from 1996 until 2004 and has been a Special Professor in Animal Physiology at the University of Nottingham since 1988 until 2016. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1989, and held the post of Royal Society Vice President and Foreign Secretary from 1996 to 2001. He was Executive Editor of the ""Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Series B"" from 2004-2007. He is a founder member of the"
"studied for a degree with the Open University, a part-time distance learning university, and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in 2001. He studied history as a postgraduate at the University of Hertfordshire, completing his Master of Arts degree in 2010. In 1984, James joined the Royal Navy as a rating. He trained as an electronic engineer, and specialised as a Weapons Engineering Artificer. He worked on the ""Resolution""-class and ""Vanguard""-class submarines, which operate the Polaris and Trident nuclear programmes respectively. In 1992, he was promoted to chief petty officer. He left the navy in September 1998 after 14 years"
"Arts College and took up the oboe at the age of 15. Having obtained his first MMus and a BMus(Hons) as an oboe/cor anglais player and singer, Andrew is now studying for a Masters in Choral Conducting at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (formerly Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama). Andrew's passion for choral music began as a member of the Tees Valley Youth Choir, which progressed to the grand final of the 2006 BBC Choir of the Year Competition. In the summer of 2012 Andrew became the first Student Conductor of the National Youth Choir of Scotland, helping"
"themselves of any academic sins (which they may have acquired by stepping on the PH cobblestone) before they sit exams in May. In 2011, the event was 'officially' moved by the Students' Association to East Sands in response to concerns for health and safety in its former location on Castle Sands. Notable University of St Andrews alumni include King James II of Scotland; United States Declaration of Independence signatory James Wilson (1761); Governor General of Canada John Campbell; discoverer of logarithms John Napier (1563); founder of the Church of Scotland and leader of the Protestant Reformation John Knox (1531); notable"
"life, invention and photography"". The many public bodies on which he has served include some connected with shipbuilding and agriculture, and he also has links with Strathclyde University which made him an honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD) in 1979. He is a member of the Royal Company of Archers. In 1999, Sir William passed on the chairmanship to his son James, around the time of his 65th birthday. At the time, the press reported his belief that many of British shipbuilding's problems in the 1960s and 1970s could be attributed to government policies stemming from the Treasury. He had apparently"
"a background of funding cuts and proposals from the Williams Commission for changes including extensive reform of local government boundaries. Andrews was born in Cardiff, and brought up in Barry until the age of 11, when his family moved to Dorset. He holds a BA Honours (English and History) from the University of Wales, Bangor and an MA in History from the University of Sussex. He has been a visiting Professor at the University of Westminster from 1997 to 2002; and has been an Honorary Professor at Cardiff University since 2004. He was appointed as Professor of Practice in Public"
"D. He abandoned his business degree at Liverpool University after taking a gap-year with Torch Computers in Cambridge and then with NEC. In 2005 Dunstone was awarded ""The Daily Telegraph's Business Person of the Year."" He made a Knight Bachelor in the 2012 Birthday Honours 'for services to the mobile communications industry and to charity'. In the 2015 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) for his work with The Prince's Trust. Dunstone has established a charitable trust, which is the main sponsor of the Fulwood Academy school in Preston, Lancashire. He was also"
"a donation from The Shirley Foundation, he raised £15 million to found the Oxford Internet Institute (OII), the first multidisciplinary research centre at a major university examining the effects on society of the Internet. He has also been a consultant to the BBC, writing extensively on the case for public service television, a Board Member of Channel 4 Television, a Trustee of the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation and an elected member of the Council of Oxford University, 2006-2011. After being Acting Master of Balliol from 1997 to 2001 (while Sir Colin Lucas was on leave as Vice-Chancellor), Andrew was elected Master"
"William's admission to the program prompted some criticism from commentators who believed William had an unfair advantage, but criticism receded after observers noted that the program was a short, non-degree-granting executive education-type course that was customarily open to anyone willing to pay for it, without regard to past grades or academic records. William's younger brother Prince Harry also graduated from Eton; Harry does not have a university degree but completed ten months of officer commissioning training at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. In 2005 Sarah Forsyth, one of Harry's former teachers at Eton, said that Harry was a ""weak student"" and"
"science and helped him pass his exams as a Prussian officer. When William started his studies at Oxford University he accompanied the young prince there and obtained a doctorate ""honoris causa"" from Oxford himself in 1811. William was next appointed aide-de-camp of the Duke of Wellington during the Peninsular War and Rebecque likewise entered British service again on 12 May 1811 as a major, and participated in every battle the Duke (and William) fought there, distinguishing himself at the Battle of Vittoria. When William, and his father William I of the Netherlands, returned to the Netherlands in November 1813, Rebecque"