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Prince William is too busy for marriage

Prince William has ruled out any wedding plans for next year because he is too busy training to become a rescue pilot and doing official business. Two official tours will take him to Australia and South Africa in 2010, where he will attend the World Cup as Presedent of the FA. more

Insider tells OK that wedding can wait

OK! Magazine has learned that “I Dos” are unlikely to happen anytime soon. Just before 26-year-old William entered the Royal Air Force Shawbury in January, he was warned that training would be time-consuming and intense. “The instructors would never advise anyone to start planning a wedding, let alone a royal wedding, while on course,” an insider tells OK!. more

William's Royal Air Farce Flights

Prince William failed to inform senior RAF officers of the “true nature” of a helicopter training flight used to attend a stag party, new documents reveal. more

Prince William and Kate Middleton to split?

According to sources, Middleton was stunned last night after he decided to put his RAF career ahead of his six-year relationship with her. According to an insider, William will not marry until he has finished his training. And Kate is also unlikely to want to move with him to any of the six remote Search And Rescue bases around Britain. more

Why Williams new RAF career could spell 7 year waity for Katie

She is said to hate the nickname ‘Waity Katie’, but Kate Middleton could be waiting a very long time to marry Prince William – for up to seven-and-a-half years to be precise. The 26-year-old Prince, who wants to become a pilot with the RAF’s Search and Rescue Force, will be asked to commit to six years’ service on top of the 18 months he will spend training from January. more

Prince William gets county RAF honour

Prince William has been made an honorary Air Commandant for RAF Coningsby – cementing his links with Lincolnshire. Flying Officer Wales (26) first developed ties with Lincolnshire after training to become a pilot at RAF Cranwell, near Sleaford, earlier this year. more

Kate Middleton happy to wait to walk up the aisle

Prince William’s decision to become a full-time pilot with the RAF’s Search and Rescue Force has been widely portrayed as a blow to his girlfriend, Kate Middleton, who may now have to wait years before she has a wedding ring on her finger.

Wheels come off royal romance

Troubled Prince William has turned to his dad for advice over the future of his rocky romance with a heartbroken Kate Middleton. Wills, 26, has been torn between a life with Kate and making a career in the RAF flying rescue helicopters. more