Prince
William appeared to be having a high time on the not-so-high seas today as he
appeared before the press on the second day of his two-month attachment with
the Royal Navy.
Mind you, he had every reason to smile when he discovered what his penalty was
for having failed to successfully release the training ship’s anchor.
As if there was ever any danger of his fellow students not knowing the identity
of the new face in class, Prince William wore an identity tag reading ‘W Wales’
as he made his first public appearance in the uniform of a Sub Lieutenant.
Over two years after he graduated from St. Andrews University in
Scotland, and just weeks after he received his Wings following an
attachment with the RAF, the
prince was once again back in the classroom, putting his hand up to ask
a question
of his tutor aboard the static training vessel Hindostan.
During his training today, the 25-year-old prince and future Head of The Armed
Forces also joined colleagues aboard another vessel, a Picket Boat, on the
River Dart.
However, it was during his time aboard Hindostan that the prince discovered
he has a lot to learn before he’ll finally be allowed to embark on his tour of
duty aboard HMS Iron Duke in the sunny climes of the Caribbean.
When it came time for William to slip (i.e. release) the ship’s anchor, the
prince failed in his task.
However, as already reported here earlier today, the prince wouldn't have been too distraught
by his lack of success, for in line with Navy tradition he now has to buy the
whole crew a crate of beer.
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