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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 to know? It's all here!

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A New Prince!

I t is the evening of 21 June 1982 the first day of summer. Newspaper and television reporters near the doors of St Marys Hospital in Paddington, London, talk quickly into their telephones.

'It 's a boy ... Yes! ... Princess Diana has a little boy ... at 9.03 this evening ... England has a new prince! ... Yes, and mother and child are well ... We're waiting to see Prince Charles ...'

At el even o'clock that night, Prince Charles the Prince ofWales comes out ofthe hospital. He answers questions from the reporters about his new SOI L

'H e has blue eyes,' Prince Charles says. 'He and his mother are very well.They're coming home tomorrow.' 'What's his name?' the reporters want to know.

Pr ince Charles smiles. 'We don't know,' he says.

'W e're thinking about it.' Charles likes the name Arthur, but Diana does not. She wants William. A week later, the reporters have their answer:William Arthur Philip Louis. His mother's name for him is'Wills'.
Early Days

Prin ce Charles wants Mabel Anderson to be Prince William's nanny. She was Prince Charles's nanny years before. Princess Diana says no. She doesn't want an old person .They give the job to Barbara Barnes.

Prin cess Diana is a very loving mother. She likes having William near her.and her bedroom at Kensington

P alace is near his room. Later, she often gets into bed with William and his brother at night. She says,'Who loves you?' They answer,'You! ' The princess smiles.

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I t is 1983. Prince Charles and Princess Diana are going to visit Australia and New Zealand. But Diana wants to be with William. W hat can she do?

Th en the Prime Minister of Australia, Malcolm Praser, writes a letter to Diana. In it he says, 'Please bring Prince William with you.'

Dian a talks to Charles, and he says yes. They take William to Australia with them. The young prince stays in Woomargama, a place in New South W1les, with Nanny l3arnes. His mother and father often visit him.

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On 15 September 1984, a new brother arrives for William.Two days later, he goes to the hospital to see him.The new child's name is Harry, and William loves

pla ying with him.
School Days

A yea r later,on 24 September 1985,William starts school at Mrs Mynor's School in Notting Hill, in London. It is very near to Kensington Palace. A policeman goes to school with William every day.

On the first morningWilliam runs out of the car,but his mother stops him.The newspaper reporters all want to take his photograph. Television reporters want his

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William goes to school two mornings a week, then
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ever y morning, Now he knows numbers. and he can write his name. He quickly makes a lot offriends. But he is not always a good boy at home. 'Go to bed, William,' says Nanny Barnes, 'No,' says William. 'You can't say that to me! I'm going to be king on e day.'
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Wa llace. Williams name for her is 'Nanny R oof' .

At the same time,William starts at Wetherby School. This is in Notting Hill, too. Here he plays a lot of sports,and he gets a prize for swimming.Every year the school has a Sports Day.William and his friends watch Princess Diana and Prin ce Charles in the games for mothers and fathers.

H e moves to Ludgrove School in Berkshire in September 1990. He lives there, and he goes home for school holidays. William is very happy at Ludgrove. Again, he plays a lot of games, and he is good at football.At twelve, he gets a prize for shooting.

Pr ince Charles likes country sports and often takes his young son with him. William watches his father shooting at Sandringham, one of the Q ueen's country
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h omes.After that, William wants to shoot, too.

A t Ludgrove,William is good at writing. He gets the school prize for writing in 1992.

An Ac cident at School

I t is June 1991, and William is playing golf with his Princess Diana in11 gamej(Jr mothers.friends at Ludgrovc. Suddenly, there is an accident. A 4

f riend hits him on the head.The school sends William to a hospital in Reading.

P rincess Diana is eating with a friend. She hears about the accident and goes quickly to the hospital. Prince Charles also hears about it and drives to Reading.

Th e doctors are not happy. They send William to Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, in London . Diana goes with William, and Prince Charles goes in his car.

At Great O rmond Street, William has a small but important operation on his head. His mother waits at the hospital. Prince Charles cannot stay because he has important visitors. But the operation goes well. The doctors say to Princess Diana,'William is OK.' Charles and Diana Divorce William often telephones his mother from school. He\likes talking to her, and she wants to talk to him. Diana and Charles are not happy. William knows

thi s. He knows about their problems, and he is unhappy about them.They are not good for the Queen or for the country,and William knows this, too.

Prin ce Charles and Princess Diana do not live in the
S;l111C house. Charles lives in his country home at Highgrove House. William visits him there. He likes Highgrovc, and he loves his father. But it is a difficult time for him.William likes watching television .

' Television is bad for you: his father says.'Why don't you read a book or come for a walk in the country"JVillian: at the agc of nine.
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Pr incess Diana lives at Kensington Palace with the boys. William loves to run to his mother's bedroom every morning. He plays games with her and they talk.

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O ne day, William says to Harry, 'I'm going to be a policeman.' 'You can't,' says Harry.'You 're going to be king.' William does not want to think about this.

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P rince Charles and Princess Diana divorce in August, 1996.After that, holidays with their mother and father are never the same for William and Harry.

Th eir mother takes them to the Caribbean to swim in the sea. Or she takes them skiing in Canada or America. Charles takes them skiing in Klosters, in Switzerland, or to Greece, or on a boat in the Mediterranean.They often go to Balmoral, the Queen's home in Scotland.

After th e divorce,William and his brother have a new nanny at their father's home. Her name is Alexandra
'Tiggy' Legge-Bourke and she is young. Diana is not very happy about Tigb'Y, but William and Harry like her.
'Please Stay Away!'

Aft er l.udgrove, William goes to England's famous school for boys Eton. It is a friendly school. He is very happy there, and he has many friends.

So metimes William goes out of the school with two or three boys.They go into the town of Windsor, to the shops or to a cafe. William likes going shopping

so metimes. But two policem en always go with the boys, and they are always near.

So metimes photographers go after them and take photographs.William does not like this.And newspaper reporters often write stories about his unhappy mother and father.T his makes hiin very unhappy, too.

But h e is starting to look at girls! He has pictures of girls at Eton photographs of beautiful girls and young W0111cn from television and films.

On e year at Klosters.Williarn meets a girl. She goes skiing with him, and they have a very happy time.

Eve ry year, at Eton, there is an O pen Day.The boys' families can visit the school on that important day.

B ur one year, William does not want his mother and father at the Open Day. It is a happy day for his friends and their families, and he does not want a lot of photographers there.T he prince and princess understand, and they do not go.But William does ask Tigb'Y.

I t is a happy day for W illiam. He eats with T igb'Y. T hen he and one of his friends walk and talk with the mothers, fathers and sisters of the boys.And they meet a lot of beautiful young girlsI
The Car Accident

E arly in the morning of 3 1 August 1')')7 , Princess Diana comes out of the R itz Hotel in Paris with Dodi Faved. A short time later, they are dead, in a car accident. Princess Diana is only thirty-six years old. JVillinn. Oil hisfirst day at ErOIl .

W illiarn and Harry are on holiday at Balmoral with their father. At 3 o'clock in the morning, Charles and
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t he Queen hear about the accident. T he two young prin ces are sleeping.At 7.30. their father talks to them about the accident. He then telepho nes Tiggy. She comes to Scotland to be with the boys.

Willi am and Harry go to church with their father later that morning. Newspaper and television reporters and a small number of people watch quietly.

F ive days later, Charles and his sons go to London and look at the thousandsofflowers near Kensingt on Palace. They talk to some of the people there. People in every country watch the pictures ofWilliam on television.

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Di ana was a very good mother. 'Her boys' were very important to her.And she wanted to reach them about people - not only about queens, princes and pnncesses.

Wi lliam went shopping with her and they went into cafes.T hey went to see people with no homes, and to see very ill people.

Now Diana is dead, and Prince C harles is trying to do some of the same things with William and his brother. It is a difficult time for them all, but they are a strong and loving family Princess Dianas family want to do things for William and Harry, too.

N ewspaper reporters do not write about Williarn or Harry very often now. or take photographs of them. There are not many pictures of them on
JVillialll I""b ,lI the thousands ,{flowers lIear television. Many people say, 'This is right. They are Kensington Palace. only young boys:
'WilliatTI,We Love You!'

Wi lliam and Harry go to CJnJdJ with their father for J skiing holiday. Hundreds ofgirls wait for J long time in the hot sun in Vancouver. They\VJIlt to see Prince William and Prince Harry.

T he big CJr stops.The doors open. T here are the two young princes. 'WilliJm! WilliJm! ' the girls SJY. 'We love you!' And they give him flowers.

T his is very difficult for William, but he smiles. He takes the flowers and talks to one or two of the girls. "Thank you: he SJYs. Some days later, Williarn visits J school in Vancouver. Girls are waiting there to see him, too. and to give him flowers. 'I love him!' SJys one girl. 'I've got pictures of him at home in my bedroom!'

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A nd now' W illiarn likes Eton and hJS some very good~Villialll talks to 01/(' ortll'O ofthegirls. friends there. But he does not talk about them. He is 'Wills' to them. to the cinema. He likes animals, and he hJS J dog. T he He loves Highgrove House, and he goes there atclog's name is Widgeon.
weekends and in the school ho lidays. It is quiet there.

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T here are 110 reporters, and nu photographers. He and Wi lliam is J young man, but one thy he is goi ng to be Harry play foo tball in the garde ns. T hey swim at King of England. H e kn ows this, but he does not think

H ighgrove, too. There are pictures of sports men andabout it JIl the time.
\VonH~11 in their bedrooms. William is J prince, but he is his mother's son. H e hJS

T heir London home is in St james's Palace now.her blue eyes and friendly smile. William likes driving. He likes skiing. He likes She WJS the 'People's Princess'. WilliJm is the
shooting and JIl country sports. H e loves going to'People's Prince'.
Balmoral in Scotland. H e likes reading books and going
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ACTIVITIES Before you read 1 What do you know about Prince William? a Who is his father? b Who was his mother?

2 Find these words in your dictionary: accident church golf hospital palace prime minister queen reporter divorce dog flower king nanny operation prince princess prize shoot ski sport a Which are words for: people? buildings? an animal? b Which do people do at weekends and in holidays? Pearson Education Limited Edinburgh Gne. Harlo....; EssexCM20 2JE. England and As~onH("d Companies mroughout the world.
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Aller you read 3 Answer these questions about Prince William. a Where does he go on his first visit away from Britain? b Why does he get prizes? c Why does he go to hospital? d Why can't he be a policeman? e Where does he live now?

4 Talk about Prince William. What do you think? a Is it difficull to be a prince? Why (not)? b What does he like doing? Do you like these things? c Why do girls want to see him?

Writing 5 You are William, at Ludgrove School. Write a letter to your mother.Answer these questions:Are you happy? Have you got any friends? What do you like doing?

6 You are a newspaper reporter. Write about Prince William's visit to Canada.

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Penguin Readers Answer Key Prince William
Answers to Book Activities

1 a Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales b Princess Diana, the Princess of Wales
2 a king, nanny, primeminister, prince, princess and queen are all words for people. church, hospital and palace are all words for buildings. dog is a word for an animal.

b People play golf, shoot, ski and play sport at weekends and in holidays.

3 a Australia b Because he is good at swimming and shooting. And he is good at

writing too. c Because his friend hits him on the head playing golf. d Because he is going to be king.

4 a Open answer b William likes driving, skiing, shooting and all country sports. He

likes reading books and going to the cinema. / Open answers. c Because he is handsome and famous.
5-6 Open answers

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