Prince William still wears braces

September 23rd, 2009 LONDON - Prince William has said his idea of royal duties was not to be "an ornament". The second in line to the British throne confessed at a St James' Palace forum that "there is a place" for shaking hands on official visits but he would rather be more involved than just "turning up and opening things".

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 - Mobile phones of Princes William and Harry may have been hacked, it has been suggested. Detective Chief Superintendent Philip Williams, from the Metropolitan Police, mentioned the probability.

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 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.

July 25th, 2009 LONDON - Prince Williams has earned a new title-'Prince of Cuddles'-after spending a day with ill and disabled children in the Lake District recently. The 27-year-old prince joined the group on a boat trip around Ullswater as patron of WellChild, a charity that cares for sick children.

July 20th, 2009 LONDON - Prince William and Kate Middleton were spotted locking lips during a romantic outing together. The couple were seen stepping out of The Potting Shed pub in the village of Crudwell, Wilts arm-in-arm on Saturday night.

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 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.

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 21st, 2009 LONDON - Prince William is being criticised for taking time off from RAF training this week to go skiing with his girlfriend Kate Middleton. He has gone to the French Alps for five days, despite not being due leave until Easter.

March 18th, 2009 LONDON - Lady Gaga confessed that she was "royal-struck" after spotting Prince Harry at a club last year, and couldn't stop herself from staring at him. The pop vixen said part of her fascination with the soldier prince was due to his "posh" accent.

March 15th, 2009 LONDON - Prince William has shared his grief for his late mother Diana, princess of Wales, with other bereaved kids at a charity event here. Twelve years after the princess was killed Aug 31, 1997 in a car crash in the Pont de l'Alma road tunnel in Paris, the heir spoke out about his loss at the child bereavement charity event, reported contactmusic.com 'Never being able to say the word 'Mummy' again in your life sounds like a small thing.

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.