Prince William will start new job in East Anglia next year after six months of training
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He
is the first senior royal to sign a job contract and pay income tax and NI
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William
will work shifts starting at 7am and 4.30pm in 999 call out team
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He
will be responding to major car crashes and medical emergencies Cambridges
will be spending more time at Anmer Hall in Sandringham . New
job means he will not be a 'frontline' royal until at least the age of 35
Prince William will next month begin
training for a new job as an air ambulance pilot, Kensington Palace formally
confirmed today.
The future king will fly emergency
helicopters for the East Anglian Air Ambulance for at least two years from next
spring following a six month conversion course.
In doing so he will be the first direct
heir to the throne to become an ordinary PAYE company employee, it can be
revealed.
A spokesman for William – who quit his
previous role as an RAF Search and Rescue pilot last September - described his
new role as a ‘one of the finest forms of public service’.
‘He is hugely motivated by the idea of
being able to help people in difficult and challenging situations. The air
ambulance service does truly outstanding work and the Duke of Cambridge wants
to make his own contribution to it,’ he said.
But William’s decision to once again
put off full-time public duties in favour of a new role – one to which he has
committed for more than two and a half years - means that he will not become a
frontline royal until at least the age of 35.
With the Queen and Prince Philip aged
88 and 93 respectively, some royal-watchers believe there is a pressing need
for William and Kate to step up to the plate and shoulder their fair share of
royal engagements.
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