Prince William criticised for taking time off from RAF training to go skiing

September 23rd, 2009 Who inspires Prince William? His grandmotherLONDON — Britain's Prince William says his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, is his inspiration when it comes to doing good works. The prince told the BBC the queen "has been very inspiring.

September 15th, 2009 LONDON - Prince William confessed to having "sweaty palms", even as he held a giant Mexican Red-kneed spider in his hands. William was attending the inauguration of the 78million-pound Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum in West London.

September 3rd, 2009 LONDON - Prince William and long-time girlfriend Kate Middleton were recently spotted on a movie date. The couple went to see 'The Hangover'- a comedy about a group of friends who lose the groom on a stag night.

August 24th, 2009 LONDON - Prince William has reportedly taken his girlfriend Kate Middleton to Mustique for her second holiday just days after she returned from a family holiday on the Caribbean island. The couple flew out to the island on Wednesday for a week's break.

August 20th, 2009 LONDON - Prince William reportedly turned prankster as he tried to make pubgoers believe he was just a Royal lookalike. The second in line to the British throne was said to have told unsure drinkers, "I get that all the time." But the 27-year-old's trick was allegedly exposed since his bodyguards were posted around The Lighthouse in Battersea, South West London, reports the Sun.

August 16th, 2009 LONDON - Prince Harry is all set to start on his advanced pilot training after having completed 40 hours of flight with flying colours. The 24-year-old has gained expertise in take-off, landing, basic helicopter handling and some advanced handling.

August 3rd, 2009 LONDON - Even before completing his chopper pilot training, Prince William is flying real-life rescue missions with RAF helicopters to save stricken sailors off the Welsh coast. The Royal has been on a two-week posting at RAF Valley search and rescue base.

July 7th, 2009 LONDON - Prince William has let slip his plans to go to Australia next year. The 27-year-old heir to the throne is believed to be planning to go to Australia as an official representative of the Queen at the request of the Foreign Office next spring.

May 26th, 2009 LONDON - Prince William is reportedly coaching younger brother Harry during his flying course. The party-loving princes have allegedly cut down on night outs to put in extra hours for Harry to pass the hardest stage of his training at the Royal Air Force's base in Shropshire, where William is already stationed to achieve his dreams of becoming a search and rescue helicopter pilot.

May 3rd, 2009 LONDON - Prince William will have to move his girlfriend out of his cottage at the military base to make room for his younger brother Harry, according to reports. Harry, who is training to pilot the meanest attack machine, the Apache, in the British Army, will allegedly begin his helicopter training at the Royal Air Force's base in Shropshire, where William is already stationed to achieve his dreams of becoming a search and rescue helicopter pilot.

April 25th, 2009 LONDON - Prince William, 26, still wears a brace to support his lower teeth, it has emerged. The brace was such a well-kept secret that even his own staff did not notice him wearing it, and it was only spotted while he was meeting excited children during a visit to Staffordshire on April 24.

March 29th, 2009 LONDON - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his ministers can take a lessons on cost cutting from Prince William, second in line to the British throne, who has directed his staff to book him in economy on scheduled flights whenever possible. "He is determined to get his traveling costs down.

March 28th, 2009 LONDON - Prince William was recently spotted enjoying a night out with a friend at filmmaker Guy Ritchie's London pub, The Punchbowl. Wills, 26, who was having a day off from his RAF pilot training, was determined to make the most of it.

March 19th, 2009 LONDON - Prince William has revealed that he once dreamed a life of a cop chasing the bad guys when he was younger. The soldier prince made the revelation in a television interview to promote his support for the Teenage Cancer Trust's plans to build a new centre for young patients at the Royal Marsden Hospital in Sutton, Surrey.

January 2nd, 2009 LONDON - Prince William has taken Kate Middleton, his girlfriend of six years, on a surprise Scottish holiday with his father Prince Charles and stepmother Camilla Parker Bowles. The couple had been expected to visit the Alps but landed on New Year's Day at Birkhall, Prince Charles's private residence in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, reports thesun.co.uk.