Prince William wanted to be a police officer when he grew up, the story goes. His mother, Princess Diana , had done so much to protect him from the fact that he would one day be king that the now Prince of Wales had no idea of his destiny until he started school. ‘His innocence of his position was soon ended by fellow pupils,’ Andrew Morton wrote in 2011, ‘who left him in no doubt who he was.’ Celebrating Lady Louise Windsor at 22: How Prince William and Kate Middleton's adorable flower girl has grown into an elegant young royal and ‘secret weapon’ of the monarchy By Stephanie Bridger-Linning Read More

And if William’s introduction to kingship was a reluctant one, this week marks the culmination of many decades of preparing for statesmanship. On a triumphant trip to Bra

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