# Wikijunior:Kings and Queens of England/Future monarchs


## Prince William of Wales

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Prince William of Wales was born at St. Mary\'s Hospital, Paddington on
21 June 1982. His parents are Charles, Prince of Wales and Lady Diana
Spencer. He is next in the line of succession to the British throne.

On 1 March 1991 (St. David\'s Day), Prince William made his first
official public appearance during a visit to Cardiff, the capital city
of Wales. After arriving by plane, the eight-year-old prince was taken
by his parents to Llandaff Cathedral. After a tour of the cathedral, he
signed its visitors book, which showed that he was left-handed. Prince
William went to the Mrs Jane Mynors\' nursery school and the pre-prep
Wetherby School both in West London, and later attended Ludgrove School
in Berkshire. After passing an entrance exam he went on to attend Eton
College in Berkshire. Whilst there he studied geography, biology and
history of art at A-level.

Like a growing number of British teenagers, Prince William chose to take
a gap year after finishing Eton College. He took part in British Army
training in Belize. He spent the final stage of his gap year in southern
Chile as a volunteer with Raleigh International. Pictures of the prince
cleaning a toilet were broadcast around the world. After his gap year,
Prince William attended the University of St Andrews in Fife, Scotland
from 2001 until he was graduated in 2005. He started doing a degree
course in Arts History, although he later changed his main subject to
Geography and gained a Scottish Master of Arts degree with upper-second
class honours. In January 2006, the prince began his cadet course at the
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst to train as an Army Officer. William
joined his brother who had been there since May 2005.

In July 2005, William carried out his first official engagements
representing Elizabeth II, as Queen of New Zealand, at World War II
commemorations in New Zealand. In September of the same year, it was
announced that William will become president of The Football Association
in May 2006 and patron to the UK charity Centrepoint, which works with
homeless young people. In April 2011, he married Kate Middleton. In July
2013, the Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to their son, Prince George of
Cambridge, third in line to the throne. The couple\'s second child,
their daughter Princess Charlotte of Cambridge who is fourth in line to
the throne, was born in May 2015. Prince Louis of Cambridge, the fifth
in line to the throne, was born in April 2018.

## Prince George

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After William, Prince George of Cambridge will be the king of England.
He was born on the 22nd of July, 2013. His full name is George Alexander
Louis.

