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Prince William is the son of Princess Diana. One day

he's going to be the King of England. This is William's

story - family, school, sports, girls. What do you want

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IIIIIII

A New Prince!

It is the even ing o f 2 1 Jun e 1982 - th e first day of

su m me r. N ew spaper and tele vision rep ort ers near the

doors o f St Mary s H ospital in Paddington, London,

talk qui ckly in to th eir tele phones.

'It 's a bo y ... Yes! ... Princess Dian a has a little

bo y ... at 9.03 this even ing ... England has a new

prince! ... Yes, and moth er and ch ild are well ... We 're

waiting to see Prince C ha rles ... '

At eleven o 'cl ock that night, Prince C harles - the

Prince of Wales - co me s o ut of the hospital. H e answers

question s from th e r eporter s about his n ew SOI L

'H e has blue eyes,' Prince C harles says. ' He and his

moth er are very well. Th ey're co ming home tomorrow .'

' Wh at's his name ?' the re por ter s want to kn ow.

Prin ce C harles sm iles. ' We don't know,' he says.

'W e 're thinking about it .'

Cha rles likes the name Art hur, but Dia na does not.

She wants W illiam . A week later, the repo rters have

th eir an swer: W illiam Arthur Philip Loui s. Hi s moth er 's

name for him is ' W ills'.

Ea rl y Day s

Prin ce C harles wants Mabel And er son to be Prince

Wi lliam's nanny. She was Pri nce C harles's nann y years

before. Prin cess Di ana says no. She do esn't want an o ld

person . Th ey g ive th e j ob to Barbara Barn es.

Prin cess Dian a is a ver y loving mother. She likes

having W illiam near her. and her bedroo m at Kensington

Palace is nea r his room. Later, she of te n gets int o bed

wit h Wi lliam and his brothe r at night. She says, 'W ho

loves yo u?' T hey answe r, 'You! ' T he princess sm iles.

•

It is 1983. Pr in ce C harles and Prin cess Di an a are go ing

to visit Au stralia and New Zealand. But D iana wants to

b e w ith W illiam. W hat can she do?

Th en the Prime M ini ster o f Au stralia , Malcolm

Praser, w r ites a letter to D iana . In it h e says, ' Please

bring Prince Wi lliam w ith yo u.'

Diana talk s to C harles, and he says yes. T hey tak e

William to Au stralia w it h th em. The yo ung pr inc e stays

in Woomarg ama, a place in New So uth W1les, with

Nanny l3arn es. Hi s moth er and fath er oft en visit him.

•

On 15 Sept ember 1984, a new brother arrives for

W illiam . Two days later, h e go es to th e ho spital to see

him. The new child's name is H arr y, and William loves

playin g w ith him.

School Days

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r ile age '!f uuo.

A year later, o n 24 Septem ber 1985, William starts school

at Mrs M ynor's Scho ol in N o tting Hill , in London.

It is very near to Ken sington Palace. A poli ceman

goes to sc hoo l with William every d ay.

On the first m o rning W illiam runs o u t of th e car, but

his m o th er sto ps him . Th e newspap er repo rters all wa nt

to take his photograph. Telev isio n rep orters want hi s

pi ctur e, too.

W illiam goes to sc ho ol two m ornin gs a week, the n

•

In Janu ar y, 1987 , Willi am has a new nanny - Ru th

Wallace. Wil liams na me for he r is ' N an ny R o of' .

At the sam e time, Will iam starts at Wetherby School.

This is in Notting H ill, too. H ere he plays a lot of

sp or ts, and he gets a pr ize for sw im m ing . Every year the

scho ol has a Sports Day. W illiam and his friends wa tc h

Princess Diana and Prin ce C harles in the games for

moth ers and fath er s.

H e m oves to Lud grove Sc hoo l in Berk shire in

Septe mber 1990. H e lives there, and he goes home for

scho ol holidays. W illiam is very happy at Ludg rove.

Again, he plays a lo t of games, and h e is good at

football . At twe lve, he get s a prize for sho o ting.

Pr in ce C harles likes co unt ry spo rts an d o ften take s

his yo u ng son w ith him. William wa tc he s h is fathe r

sh oo ting at Sand ring ha m, o ne o f the Q ueen 's co untry

h om es. Aft er that, Wi lliam wa nt s to s hoo t, to o.

At L udg rove, W illiam is goo d at wr iti ng. H e gets th e

scho ol pr ize for wri ting in 1992 .

An Ac cident at School

It is June 1991 , and W illiam is playi ng golf w ith his

frie nd s at Lud grovc. Sudde nly, the re is an acci de nt . A

Princess Diana in 11 game j(Jr mothers.

ever y morning , Now he kno ws numbers. and he can

w rite his nam e. H e q u ickly makes a lot of fr iends.

Bu t he is no t always a good bo y at home .

'Go to bed, Wi lliam,' says Na nny Bar nes,

' N o,' says Will iam . 'Yo u can 't say th at to m e! I'm

go ing to be king on e day.'

fri end hi ts h im on the head . T h e schoo l sends Willi am

to a hospital in R eading.

Pr incess Dian a is eating w ith a friend. She hears

abo u t the accide nt and goes qui ck ly to the hospi tal.

Pr ince C harles also hears ab o ut it and dri ves to

R eadin g.

Th e doctor s are not happ y. Th ey send W illiam to

Great O r mond St reet H ospital for C h ildre n, in

L ond on . Dian a goes w ith Will iam , and Pr ince C harles

goes in his car.

At G reat O r mo nd Street, William has a sma ll but

im p ort ant ope ratio n on his head . H is mot her waits at

th e hospital. Prince C harles can no t stay because he has

im po rtant visitors. But the ope ratio n goes well . Th e

doctor s say to Pr incess D iana ,'W illiam is OK .'

Charles and Diana Divorce

W illiam o fte n teleph on es his mot her from scho ol. H e

likes talking to her, and she wan ts to talk to him .

Diana and C harles are not happy. Wi lliam kn ows

thi s. H e kn ows about th eir problems, and h e is unhappy

abo ut the m . Th ey are not goo d for th e Qu een or for

the co un try, and Wi lliam knows thi s, too.

Prin ce C harles and Princess Diana do not live in the

S;l111C hou se. C harles lives in his co untry home at

Hi gh grove H ou se. W illiam visits him there. H e likes

H ighg rovc, and he loves his father. Bu t it is a diffi cult

time for hi m . W illiam likes watchi ng television .

' Television is bad f or yo u: his fathe r says. ' W hy do n 't

you read a book o r co me for a walk in th e count ry"

J Villian: at the agc of nine.

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