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Prince William vs Prince Charles

Prince William is one of the two sons of Prince Charles and Princess Diana and is the eldest of the two. Prince William is the third grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II. Prince William is the second successor after his father for the throne of 16 states. Prince William mostly lives in the United Kingdom. Prince William got his education from four different schools of UK after which he graduated from the University of St. Andrews. Prince William is a commissioned lieutenant of Blues and Royals regiment of Household Cavalry where he has obtained wings after completing training for pilots at Cranwell’s Royal Air Force. Prince William was transferred to Royal Air Force where he got promoted to flight lieutenant and obtained training to fly helicopter for the sake of becoming full time pilot with Search and Rescue force. The Prince then completed his special training of helicopter flights and is now serving at No. 22 Squadron at the RAF Valley. He is performing duties of co-pilot on search and rescue helicopter called Sea King. Prince William’s Clearance House announced his marriage with the long-term girlfriend Kate Middleton. Afterwards, it was announced that the wedding ceremony would take place at Westminster Abbey in London on 29th of April 2011 at 11am.

Prince Charles is the heir of Queen Elizabeth II and is the eldest son of Queen. Prince Charles is the longest serving heir in the history of Great Britain. He is known as Prince of Wales in addition to which he was given title of Duke of Rothesay in Scotland. Prince Charles got his education from Goddonstoun and Cheam schools, the same as which his father had attended in his childhood. Prince Charles obtained his degree from Trinity College Cambridge in Bachelor of Arts. Charles also worked as tour of duty with Royal Navy in the time period of 1971-76. Prince Charles was married to Lady Diana in 1981 in a ceremony which was televised across the globe. Prince Charles and Diana had two sons who were Prince William, born in 1982 and Prince Harry, born in 1984. Diana and Prince Charles separated after they faced allegations from Tabloid regarding their relation. Prince Charles divorced Diana in the year 1996 after he was blamed by Diana of having an affair with Camilla Parker. Prince Charles admitted on television about adultery. During the year 2005, Prince Charles married Camilla which brought her the title of Duchess of Cornwall. Prince Charles is popular for the works of charity that he did and also for his sponsorship in programs such as Prince’s Regeneration Trust, Prince’s Foundation for Built Environment and Prince’s Trust. Prince Charles also worked for promotion of medical treatment such as herbal treatment and others. He is also famous for the concern he had for preservation of old buildings and for architecture.

Prince William has graduated from the University of St. Andrews and has followed his studies according to the royal traditions. However, Prince Charles had broken a number of traditions and one of them was when he went from secondary school in to university directly instead of joining Armed Forces as earlier members of royal members. Prince Charles, unlike Prince William, also had knowledge about Welsh Language and Welsh History which he got from University of Wales. Prince Charles was the first Prince who was born outside Wales and attempted to learn language.