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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. | 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 in December. | |
| 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. | 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. | 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. | The secondments will follow a year with the Blues and Royals, where William is a 2nd Lieutenant commanding 12 men. |
| Prince Harry is also a 2nd Lieutenant - referred to as a Cornet - in the Blues and Royals, after graduating from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in April last year. | Prince Harry is also a 2nd Lieutenant - referred to as a Cornet - in the Blues and Royals, after graduating from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in April last year. |
| The Army decided earlier this year that Harry, 23, would not be sent to the conflict in Iraq. | The Army decided earlier this year that Harry, 23, would not be sent to the conflict in Iraq. |
| This represented a U-turn on an earlier decision that Harry would be sent as an armoured reconnaissance officer, and followed reports that militant groups in Iraq planned to kill or kidnap the prince. | This represented a U-turn on an earlier decision that Harry would be sent as an armoured reconnaissance officer, and followed reports that militant groups in Iraq planned to kill or kidnap the prince. |
| The princes' 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. | The princes' 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. | William has recently rekindled his relationship with Kate Middleton, whom he met at university, after the pair split up in April. |