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Prince William to swap armed forces for royal duties | |
(35 minutes later) | |
Prince William is to leave the military after more than seven years of service, Kensington Palace has announced. | |
The Duke of Cambridge completed his final shift as an RAF search and rescue pilot on Tuesday. | |
He will now focus on royal duties and charity work together with the Duchess of Cambridge, a palace spokesman said. | |
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince George are expected to move from their Anglesey home to Kensington Palace within the next few weeks. | The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince George are expected to move from their Anglesey home to Kensington Palace within the next few weeks. |
The BBC's royal correspondent, Peter Hunt, tweeted that royal officials said the next 12 months would be "transitional" for Prince William. He will not become a "full time royal" at this stage, they said. | |
The duke will continue to support the work of the Queen and the Royal Family through a programme of official engagements - both at home and overseas - with the Duchess of Cambridge, the palace added. | |
He will work closely over the next year with the Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry. | |
The palace spokesman said: "He will expand his work in the field of conservation, particularly in respect of endangered species." | |
"The duke will continue to work with his charities on issues relating to children and young people, veterans and serving members of the armed forces." | |
Prince William is currently considering a number of options for public service, the palace added, with a further announcement to follow in due course. | |
'Immensely special' | |
Tuesday's final RAF shift brought to an end a three-year posting on Anglesey for the prince. | |
In a speech at Anglesey Show in August, the duke thanked the island's people for being so welcoming to him and his wife. | |
"I know that I speak for Catherine when I say that I have never in my life known somewhere as beautiful and as welcoming as Anglesey," said the duke. | |
"I know that both of us will miss it terribly when my search and rescue tour of duty comes to an end next month and we have to move elsewhere. | |
"From the bottom of my heart, thank you for making my wife and me so welcome when we arrived here, as you do thousands of visitors each year." | |
He said the island had been their first home together and would always be an "immensely special place for us both". |