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Maev Kennedy Clearly worried that a 2:1 master's degree in geography, a three-year career as a helicopter pilot and a great deal of gap year foreign travel might not quite equip him for running the 130,000 acres of land spread across 23 counties that make up the Duchy of Cornwall, Prince William is going back to college.
Clearly worried that a 2:1 masters in geography, a three year career as a helicopter pilot, and a great deal of gap year foreign travel, might not quite equip him for running the 53,000 hectares of land spread across 23 counties which make up the Duchy of Cornwall, Prince William is going back to college. Almost three centuries after his ancestor George III was nicknamed Farmer George and mocked for his interest in agricultural improvement and his herd of pedigree sheep, William, second in line to the throne and heir to the Duchy, will be heading for Cambridge University next week to become a full-time student of agricultural management.
Almost three centuries after his ancestor George III was nicknamed "Farmer George" and mocked for his interest in agricultural improvement and his herd of pedigree sheep, William, second in line to the throne and the next heir to the Duchy, will be heading for Cambridge university next week to become a full time student of agricultural management. Although he will have up to 20 hours of lectures, seminars and tutorials a week, on top of essays and field trips, it will be a long way from the years he spent at St Andrews becoming the best-educated royal in generations. The course, specially designed for him at the Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership, where his father is patron, will last for just 10 weeks.
Although he will have up to 20 hours of lectures, seminars and tutorials a week, on top of essays and field trips, it will be a long way from the years he spent at St Andrews becoming the best educated royal in generations. The course will only last 10 weeks, specially designed for him at the Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership, where his father is patron.
Nor will he be burdened with a student loan: a spokesman at Kensington Palace said the cost of the course would be met privately.Nor will he be burdened with a student loan: a spokesman at Kensington Palace said the cost of the course would be met privately.
The spokesman said the Prince was greatly looking forward to it - presumably not just because, as he recently admitted, he wished his five month old son slept better at night and filled fewer nappies, though he is expected to live in Cambridge during the week. The spokesman said the prince was greatly looking forward to it – and presumably not just because, as he recently admitted, he wished his five-month-old son slept better at night and filled fewer nappies.
The course, which does not lead to a formal qualification, is specifically designed to help him with running the Duchy of Cornwall, but will also take in wider agricultural issues. The course, which does not lead to a formal qualification, is specifically designed to help him with running his estates, but will also take in wider agricultural issues.
"The executive education programme of seminars, lectures and meetings will draw on the strengths of academics across the university. It will start in early January and run until mid-March" the spokesman said. "The course has been designed to help provide the Duke with an understanding of contemporary issues affecting agricultural business and rural communities in the United Kingdom." "The executive education programme of seminars, lectures and meetings will draw on the strengths of academics across the university," the spokesman said. "It will start in early January and run until mid-March, and has been designed to help provide the duke with an understanding of contemporary issues affecting agricultural business and rural communities in the United Kingdom."
William will still carry out a number of royal engagements over the coming months, as the younger royals gradually take over some of the workload of the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh. William will still carry out a number of royal engagements over the coming months as the younger royals gradually take over some of the workload of the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh.
The Prince, whose mother Diana famously described herself as "thick as a plank" and left school at 16 after failing her O levels, studied at St Andrews - where he met his future wife Kate Middleton - from 2001 - 2005, eventually leaving with a 2:1 masters in geography. His father was the first heir to the throne to obtain a university degree, but only managed a 2:2 from Cambridge. The prince, whose mother Diana famously described herself as "thick as a plank" and left school at 16 after failing her O-levels, studied at St Andrews – where he met his future wife, Kate Middleton – from 2001 to 2005, eventually leaving left St Andrews with a 2:1 masters in geography. His father was the first heir to the throne to obtain a university degree, but only managed a 2:2 from Cambridge.
After St Andrews he did 44 weeks of military training at Camberley in Sussex, and was commissioned as an army officer in 2006. He received his RAF wings in 2008, but left the service and his home on Anglesey in September, after completing his tour as Flight Lieutenant Wales, a search and rescue helicopter pilot. He is described by the palace as having "a transitional year" before deciding his next public service role. After university he completed 44 weeks of military training at Camberley in Sussex, and was commissioned as an army officer in 2006. He received his RAF wings in 2008, but left the service and his home on Anglesey in September, after completing his tour as Flight Lieutenant Wales, a search and rescue helicopter pilot. He is described by the palace as having "a transitional year" before deciding his next public service role.
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