William and Catherine were ambassadors for the London 2012 Summer Olympics at several sporting events during the Games. [149] In September 2012, they visited Singapore, Malaysia, Tuvalu, and the Solomon Islands as part of the Queen`s Diamond Jubilee celebrations. [150] William and Catherine attended other birthday commemorations throughout the year, including the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant in July. [151] [152] [153] The Prince held his first investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace in October 2013. [154] In April 2014, William and Catherine made a royal trip to New Zealand and Australia with their son Prince George. The itinerary included visiting the Plunket Society for Children and visiting fire-damaged areas in New South Wales. [155] In June 2014, the couple travelled to France to attend the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the Normandy landings at Gold Beach. [156] In September 2014, William travelled to Malta to commemorate the 50th anniversary of independence and represented his wife after her second pregnancy was announced. [157] On October 21, William and Catherine met with the President of Singapore, Tony Tan, during his state visit to the United Kingdom. [158] In December 2014, he met with President Obama in the Oval Office and delivered a speech to the World Bank in Washington, D.C., condemning the illegal wildlife trade.

[159] In December 2014, the couple traveled to New York City and attended a charity dinner at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He was the first child of a Prince and Princess of Wales since Prince John in 1905.[160] At the age of nine months, William accompanied his parents on their tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1983, his first overseas trip.[9] [10] In 1991 and 1998, he travelled to Canada with his family. [11] [12] The prince has been an avid fan of Aston Villa F.C. since childhood. As part of an order-in-council in 1960, the descendants of Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh were given the surname Mountbatten-Windsor, which combined the surnames Elizabeth and Philip. Although the title bears, all of the Queen`s children decided to use the surname in honour of their father. For their summons for their first marriages, William`s aunt Anne, the Princess Royal, and her own father, Charles, Prince of Wales, used Mountbatten-Windsor instead of Windsor. Mountbatten-Windsor is now officially treated as the surname of all descendants of the Queen and Duke, except those, like the children of the Princess Royal, who have a new paternal surname (in this case, “Phillips”).

Prince William has access to many things that we mortals don`t have, including, but not limited to: castles, crowns, and a fleet of potentially bred corgis. But one thing the rest of us have that they don`t? A surname, apparently. Now that he is the Prince of Wales, his name will change again to reflect this. Now, however, Harry has resigned from his royal duties, along with his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, and their children, Archie and Lilibet, he has access to the surname Mountbatten-Windsor. However, he also used the surname “Wales”, a reference to his father, the former Prince of Wales, during his school years and while working in the Royal Navy, Royal Air Force and as an ambulance pilot. Prince William William (William Arthur Philip Louis Mountbatten-Windsor; born 21 June 1982) is the eldest son of the Prince of Wales and Princess Diana, Princess of Wales. He is second in line to the British throne and to the thrones of each of the other Commonwealth realms. Son of the Prince of Wales and grandson of Queen Elizabeth II, Prince William is a member of the British royal family.

He recently graduated as an officer from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and, like his younger brother, Prince Harry, is expected to join the Blues and Royals regiment of the British Army`s Household Cavalry. His official name as an army officer is Second Lieutenant William Wales. [1] He is 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) tall. [2] The new Prince of Wales has acquired a number of new titles since the death of Queen Elizabeth II – what are William`s official names? So yes, Prince William doesn`t have a surname, but if he wants one, he goes with “Wales” or “Mountbatten-Windsor,” and his kids use “Cambridge.” Fin! This surname was to be used by all members of the royal family without official royal titles and for those who needed a surname for official documents. From Prince William and Kate Middleton`s new titles to the possibility of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle`s children becoming prince and princess, here`s everything you need to know about royal titles. Harry is a common diminutive of his real name and is used by those who know him, including family, friends, and the wider public. In particular, everyone is interested in knowing exactly what Prince William`s full name is and whether or not he has a last name, and like most royal rules, this can be quite complicated to understand. In 1960, the Queen and Prince Philip decided to give their untitled descendants (aka members of the royal family who do not use “His Royal Highness”) a special surname. The Queen`s death comes just over a year after the death of her husband, Prince Philip. Plans for the funeral procession of the late monarch or the coronation of the new king have not yet been announced. For some time there was speculation as to whether Charles would choose the royal name King George VII in reference to his grandfather, but it is now clear that he chose to keep his name.

His wife, Camilla Parker Bowles, now holds the title of Queen Consort. William`s name has also since changed, and when he was given the title Duke of Cambridge, he officially became “His Royal Highness William Arthur Philip Louis Duke of Cambridge”. Not having a last name can get a bit awkward when you`re trying to join the military and go to school, so Prince William has a few names available. During his school years and while working in the Royal Navy, Royal Air Force and as an ambulance pilot, Wills used the surname “Wales” because his father was the Prince of Wales. I think we can all agree that “William Wales” sounds both great and a bit hilarious, although when FYI was a pilot he called the much more official “Flight Lieutenant Wales”. The member of the royal family, officially known as Prince Harry, resigned from his royal duties in 2020. Officially, he remains the Duke of Sussex, but as he no longer serves as Senior Royal, he relinquishes the official “His Royal Highness” before his name, but he remains the Duke of Sussex. After choosing a military career, William was admitted to the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in January 2006.

As “Lieutenant Wales” – a name based on his father`s title Prince of Wales – he followed his younger brother[44] into the Blues and Royals as a troop commander in an armoured reconnaissance unit, after which he trained for five months for the post at Bovington Camp in Dorset.[43] He had a younger brother, Prince Harry.[45] His father`s second wife, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, was his stepmother and bore the princes a half-brother, Tom Parker Bowles, and a half-sister, Laura Lopes. As the eldest son of the current Prince of Wales, William is also expected to ascend the thrones of the United Kingdom and the other 15 Commonwealth realms, respectively. If William decided to use his first name as his royal name, he would be known as William V. However, William was free to use any of his Christian names as royal names, as Edward VII (Prince Albert) and George VI (also Prince Albert) say. If he chose one of the three (Arthur Philip Louis), their use would be the first for a royal name in the usual calculation. (Although Philip II of Spain was King of England and Louis VIII of France was proclaimed King of England in London in 1216; the semi-mythical King Arthur would certainly not count, since the calculation of royal numbers usually begins with the Norman conquest of 1066. There is also the possibility that his father could rule as Philip or Arthur, meaning that William would be the second incarnation of that name.) Please note that William`s full name has changed since birth. Now that he is Duke of Cambridge (a title Queen Elizabeth gave him after his marriage to Kate Middleton), William is called “His Royal Highness Prince William Arthur Philip Louis Duke of Cambridge”, which you can see on Princess Charlotte`s birth certificate: Here`s everything you need to know about the Prince of Wales` full name and titles: Prince William was born on 21 June 1982 in London at St.

Mary`s Hospital as the first child of the Prince of Wales (later King Charles III) and his first wife Diana, Princess of Wales. His name, William Arthur Philip Louis, was announced by Buckingham Palace on 28 June.[5][6][7] He was baptized by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie, in the Music Hall of Buckingham Palace on August 4, the 82nd birthday of his paternal great-grandmother, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.[5] 3. In June 1991, William was admitted to the Royal Berkshire Hospital after being accidentally hit in the forehead with a golf club by a classmate. He suffered a fractured depressed skull and underwent surgery at Great Ormond Street Hospital, resulting in a permanent scar. [125] News of this incident spread quickly and journalists came to Ludgrove School to look for the name of the boy who had swung the golf club, but no one revealed the name after the principal informed his students and vowed to remain silent. [27] In a 2009 interview, he called the resulting scar a “Harry Potter scar” and said, “I call it that because sometimes it shines and some people notice it — sometimes they don`t notice it at all.” [126] In 1999, he underwent surgery on his left hand after breaking a finger. [127] However, the use of a surname is sometimes essential and William is known to use a pair.