Beginning with the roar of three Eurofighter Typhoon jets, the City Salute was off to a tremendous start.

Prince William flew into Afghanistan for a secret visit earlier this week to meet British troops.

The Ministry of Defense has apologized today for allowing Prince William to misuse a Chinook helicopter, not once, not twice… but FIVE times.

A visit by Princes William and Harry to injured soldiers at the Headley Court Rehabilitation Center took a personal turn as Prince Harry was reunited with an injured soldier he'd trained alongside and

Counterpoint

In October of 2007, it was announced that Prince William would have secondments of 4 months each with both the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy, in preparation for his future role as king and head of the armed forces. At the time of the announcement Prince William had already completed a successful year training as a cadet at Sandhurst Military Academy, and had almost completed an entire year serving as an armoured reconnaissance troop leader with the Blues and Royals. By the time 2nd Lieutenant Wales embarked on his accelerated training with the RAF, he had already devoted two full years of his life to the military.

Point

In October of 2007, it was announced that Prince William would not only serve in the Army, but would also undertake attachments with the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy "in preparation for his role as king when he will become head of the armed forces." It certainly sounds impressive to be the first royal in recent times to have served in all three branches of the military, but what they didn't initially tell us is that he would only spend 4 months with each branch. William must be an incredibly fast learner, to be fully prepared to be the head of the armed forces in such a short amount of time!

Princes William and Harry are set to carry out a rare public appearance this Monday (21 April) at the Defense Medical Services Rehabilitation Center in Surrey, England.

It looks like previous speculation that Kate Middleton had been banned from Prince William's graduation from the Royal Air Force was incorrect.

Prince William received his RAF wings earlier today.

Prince William will receive his pilot's wings during this Friday's graduation ceremony - but Kate won't be there to see it.