Prince William to leave armed forces

Cosimo · 12 Sep 2013 at 14:50

dirtychinchilla said:
What the hell do your private regions look like!?

You can find plenty of sites which have pictures.

shadow_boxer · 12 Sep 2013 at 14:55

Feel sorry for him a little. Clearly he lovef being a rescue helicopter pilot and it's a great job and one where he's helping save lives. Should really carry on a bit longer.

paintguy · 12 Sep 2013 at 15:15

Don't forget that SAR is moving out of military hands soon too. To me it doesn't seem right for a possible heir to the throne to go on the payroll of a private company as a regular employee.

Make · 12 Sep 2013 at 15:17

Maybe this should be a general thread about the forces allowing people to leave too early.

Who cares what some random guy called "William" has done, I'm sure he wasn't the only early leaver.

arctine · 12 Sep 2013 at 15:27

He's not leaving the forces, his posting has changed.

Postings typically last 3 - 5 years.

dirtychinchilla · 12 Sep 2013 at 15:31

Amp34 said:
Second in line...

Queen - on the throne
Charles - first in line
William - second in line
George - third in line
Harry - fourth in line

Now we've sorted that out...

Hah yeah, sorry

I knew the order but included the Queen. Certainly not fourth, even if you are feeling dense at the time.

paintguy · 12 Sep 2013 at 15:58

Make said:
Maybe this should be a general thread about the forces allowing people to leave too early.

Who cares what some random guy called "William" has done, I'm sure he wasn't the only early leaver.

The media is using him as it's more headline worthy, but you're right. There are lots of other guys in SAR that are in exactly the same situation, either leaving the forces early to work for private companies (thus "wasting" tax payers money spent on their training if that's your view) or moving back into other areas of the forces (again, "wasting" the money spent on SAR training).

These guys don't really have a choice, this change has been forced upon them, but the media is trying to whip up a storm about it :rolleyes:

Castiel · 12 Sep 2013 at 16:00

arctine said:
He's not leaving the forces, his posting has changed.

Postings typically last 3 - 5 years.

The reports say he is leaving the military to take up his Royal and additional Charity duties.

Cosimo · 12 Sep 2013 at 16:03

Castiel said:
The reports say he is leaving the military to take up his Royal and additional Charity duties.

All part of the grooming process for a future king. He was probably told to get on with this.

elmarko · 12 Sep 2013 at 16:07

Bit of a non-story.

It's not his fault he's part of a ridiculous outdated classist institution.

Castiel · 12 Sep 2013 at 16:08

Cosimo said:
All part of the grooming process for a future king. He was probably told to get on with this.

Exactly. being in the Forces is a prerequisite of being a Royal.

arctine · 12 Sep 2013 at 16:13

Castiel said:
The reports say he is leaving the military to take up his Royal and additional Charity duties.

Oh then it's possible that I misheard the news this morning.

I was sure bfbs reported that he was leaving Anglesey to do work with his regiment though.

Von Smallhausen · 12 Sep 2013 at 16:38

Castiel said:
Exactly. being in the Forces is a prerequisite of being a Royal.

Edward excluded ......

Mat · 12 Sep 2013 at 16:40

tom_e · 12 Sep 2013 at 16:40

arctine said:
I was sure bfbs reported that he was leaving Anglesey to do work with his regiment though.

That's what was originally said before they revealed that he was leaving to undertake more royal duties.

arctine · 12 Sep 2013 at 17:17

tom_e said:
That's what was originally said before they revealed that he was leaving to undertake more royal duties.

Oh right, cheers for verifying that I'm not going mad after all.

nick.lidgett · 12 Sep 2013 at 17:22

Xordium said:
Considering the amount we spend on education half this forum is a waste of public money ... I presume you are included because you can't tell the difference between the people and someones private regions.

This made me lol

wordy said:
Just think, for every 10 whiney posts you've made he's saved a life.

This made me ROFLMAO!!!

V4NT0M · 12 Sep 2013 at 18:16

But can your king fly a helicopter?

**** YES HE CAN!

AndrewNR · 12 Sep 2013 at 18:22

android guy said:
Another one spending his life sponging off the tax payer & his bone idle wife too

To be fair, William will probably do a few hours a week popping to schools, appreciating little Jimmy's picture of a rainbow etc, which the 'tourists' will lap up.

His wife will enjoy the free ride I guess.

Castiel · 12 Sep 2013 at 18:42

Von Smallhausen said:
Edward excluded ......

Well, he tried, but then he is a bit precious....all families have one.