Prince William

by Brian Hoey

Beginning with the death of his mother, Princess Diana, and her funeral, this is a portrait of Prince William's life to date. Chapters deal with the life of the Prince, from his birth and babyhood through his years at Eton, gap year abroad, and time at the University of St Andrew. William's private life is examined with details of his girlfriends and other students whom he hangs around with at University, and the way in which he divides his life between university and the highly privileged life of the Royal Family hunting, shooting, country house parties, and his introduction into public life. The planning of his education, including contribution from Chris Patten, a member of the committee that met in the early days to discuss the King's future training, and his training for Kingship, considered through the eyes of constitutional experts Lord St John, Lord Blake and the former Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, are discussed, as is the way in which the Queen and Prince Philip have influenced his upbringing. The final chapter deals with William's relationship with his father and brother and also looks at the way in which he has accepted Camilla Parker Bowles into his life.

Genres: Nonfiction

150 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Brian Hoey is one of the united Kingdom's best informed royal chroniclers. He has written a wide variety of books on the royal family.

He was one of the BBC's first television newscasters and has been a writer and broadcaster for over 40 years at 2002.

He lives in South Wales with his wife and the couple have three grown-up children.

Reviews

[Sabrine · Rating 4 out of 5]

This review is about the prince William. He was born 21 June 1982 in London. He is the first child of Charle , prince of the wales and Diana , princesse of the wales. He studies in four schools in United Kingdom. On 24 september 1985, William starts school at Mrs Mynor's School in Notting Hill. On 15 September1984 a new brother is coming for William .He is name is Henry. In January, 1987 William change school, he went Wetherby School. William is a friendly boy. After 8 years William move to Ludgrove School. He lives there, and he goes home for school holidays. He was very happy at Ludgrove . William loves play game, and his good at football. At twelves years old he gets a prize for shooting. In June 1991, William is playing golf with friend at Ludgrove . Suddenly, an accident happened at school. A friend hit him on the head. The school send him to the hospital to reading. William has to do an operation on his head. Prince Charle and Princesse Diana divorce in August, 1996. After Ludgrove , William goes to England's famous School for boys. It is a friendly school. He is very happy there, and he has many friends. Sometimes William goes out of the school with his friends. Sometimes photographers go after them.But William does not like this. After a time William star to look at the girls. Every year, at Eton, there is an Open Day. The boys' families can visits the school on that important event. But in this event William does not want his mother and father. Early in the morning of 31 August 1997 princess Diana and Dody are deadin a car accident. In April 2008, he qualified as a pilot by completing pilot training. After he star driving helicopter. His more than seven-and-a-half years of full-time service with the British Armed Forces ended in September 2013.William married Catherine Middleton, on 29 April.. Their first child, Prince George of Cambridge, was born on 22 July 2013, and their second, Princess Charlotte of Cambridge, was born on 2 May 2015.