~~Chitty Chat Column~~Hello my favorite Chitty Chattin Friends. I have just one quick thing for today..
ITs Prince William's birthday.. Can you believe it? He is 30ty today. Happy Birthday sweetie!
In honour of Prince William's 30th birthday, here are 30 facts you may or may not know about him.
1) His full name is William Arthur Philip Louis Windsor.
2) He was born on June 21, 1982 at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, west London, weighing 7lbs 5oz.
3) He shares his birthday with philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, author Mary McCarthy, theologian Reinhold Niebuhr and Ray Davies of the Kinks.
4) His nicknames have included Big Willie, P.Willie, Wills, Billy, Wombat, Prince of Wails, and His Naughtiness.
5) He supports football team Aston Villa, which one of his helicopter pilot colleagues joked was the “only thing that worries me” about working with him
6) He attended Mrs Mynors School, Wetherby School in London, Ludgrove School in Berkshire and Eton College, before studying at St Andrews University in Scotland. He graduated in Geography in 2005.
7) He was hit around the head with a golf club when he was a child, leaving his with a “Harry Potter-style” scar on his forehead
8) He was hailed a hero shortly after qualifying as a search and rescue pilot, saving the life of a man suffering chest pains while stuck on a mountain in stormy weather
9) The couple only informed the Queen and the Prince of Wales of their engagement two hours before it was made public.
10) His star sign is Cancer, a water sign. According to astrologists, Cancerians are noted for their sensitivity, which is usually directed towards those closest and dearest to them. People born under the star sign are said to be driven by the need to nurture and happy knack of making other people feel special. They are also believed to be “usually family orientated and have a strong sense of their place in the world.”
11) His colleagues at RAF Valley in Anglesey in Wales play pranks on him at work. One said: "We've spent a few pounds on Kate and William memorabilia and strategically secreted it around the place so he might open a locker and find stuff, or find his own face on a cushion or see his own face on a cup when you give him a cup of tea.'
12) Apparently, William and Kate’s favourite song is "I Like The Way You Move" by the Bodyrockers.
13) His many female admirers include reality TV’s Amy Childs, actress Eva Longoria and model Miranda Kerr, who have all publicly proclaimed their affection for him.
14) At the tender age of 14, Prince William was said to announce he fancied Emma Bunton from the Spice Girls, replacing Pamela Anderson in his affections
15) He admits to being a less-than-perfect dancer, claiming modestly that his wife "would dance me under the tables".
16) Hobbies as a child included skiing, tennis, soccer, hockey, rafting, rowing, and shooting.
17) He has several pubs named in his honour, with “Prince William” inns in Spain and Majorca and dozens of “Duke of Cambridge” pubs across Britain.
18) In his younger days, he was reported to drink Stella Artois and sambuca shots in clubs, as well as the more upmarket cocktails of London’s exclusive bars
19) If he was invisible for a day, he said: "I'd probably get myself in a lot of trouble. I'd probably go into the newspaper office, and I'd hide in the background and listen to all the stories they talk about me."
20) He once attempted to detract attention from himself while in a nightclub in Bournemouth, telling strangers his name was “Danny” and he “often gets mistaken for William”.
21) Unlike his younger brother, he has managed to steer clear of scandal for the most part. In a rare negative encounter with the tabloids, he was photographed “groping” a 24-year-old Brazilian girl while in a nightclub in Bournemouth, Dorset, with friends. She claimed he “brushed” her breast while posing for a picture.
22) A second photograph from the same night, where he posed with 23-year-old Lisa Agar, has been credited by some as helping to reconcile William and his then ex-girlfriend Kate Middleton, by making her jealous.
23) His wedding was watched by 24.5m people in the UK, and an estimated two billion people around the world.
24) He enjoys low-key trips to cinema, and has been spotted watching The Avengers, The Inbetweeners, Bridesmaids and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Two.
25) There are currently nearly 3,500 “Prince William” items listed for sale on the UK version of eBay, including face masks, historic newspapers and a commemorative spoon.
26) His favourite cake is said to be the “chocolate biscuit cake”, using rich tea biscuits and dark chocolate, which is cooled in the fridge rather than baked. He had a version made for his wedding.
27) He admits he is not the world's best cook, saying: "When I was trying to impress Kate I was trying to cook these amazing fancy dinners and what would happen was I would burn something, something would overspill, something would catch fire."
28) He confessed he barely slept the night before his wedding, due to excitement, nerves and the noise of the crowds outside, and was worried about tripping down the steps in his spurs
29) He wanted to be a policeman when he was younger, before deciding to join the army and settling on training to be a search and rescue helicopter pilot
30) He believes he could beat Prince Harry in an arm wrestle, saying “it’s not even a contest”
Well that's it then. Wasn't that a mouth full.
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