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| Prince to serve with RAF and navy | |
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| Prince William is to serve on attachment with the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy next year, Clarence House has announced. | |
| William is an officer in the Household Cavalry's Blues and Royals, after graduating from Sandhurst last year. | William is an officer in the Household Cavalry's Blues and Royals, after graduating from Sandhurst last year. |
| It had been reported that the prince was thought to be planning the attachments to prepare for his future role as head of the armed forces. | It had been reported that the prince was thought to be planning the attachments to prepare for his future role as head of the armed forces. |
| The 25-year-old will start his secondment with the RAF in January. | |
| That is scheduled to last four months and the prince, who is second in line to the throne, will then serve with the Royal Navy. | |
| The secondments will follow a year with the Blues and Royals, where William is a 2nd Lieutenant commanding 12 men. | |
| His father, the Prince of Wales, trained as a pilot at RAF Cranwell in Lincolnshire at the beginning of the 1970s, before going on to command the Royal Navy minesweeper HMS Bronington. | |
| William has recently rekindled his relationship with Kate Middleton, whom he met at university, after the pair split up in April. |