The Life of Prince William
(taken from Valerie Gardener)
June 21, 1982
Prince William of Wales, eldest son and heir of the Prince of Wales and the late Diana, Princess of Wales (nee: Spencer) was born at 9:03 pm in the private Lindo Wing of St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington, London
August 4, 1982
On the 82nd birthday of his great grandmother,
the Queen Mother, the baby Prince was christened William Arthur Phillip Louis and baptised with water from the Jordan River in the Music Room of Buckingham Palace
September 15, 1984
William's brother, Harry was born, also in the Lindo Wing of St. Mary's. He was christened Henry Charles Albert David.
September 1985
William begins school. First Mrs. Mynor's Nursery School, not far from Kensington Palace, then in January 1987 to Wetherby, a prepatory day school in Notting Hill, London
September 1990
William starts as a boarder at Ludgrove Prepatory School in Wokingham, Berkshire
June 1991
William was accidentally hit on the head with a golf club by a school friend and later, a 'routine operation,' was performed at the Great Ormond Street School Hospital for Sick Children in London
Decmember 1992
William's parents agree to separate
September 1995
William starts his terms at Eton
March 1997
William is confirmed into the Church of England
June 1997
Following a suggestion by William, Diana auctions a number of dresses and raises 3 and 1/2 million pounds for AID's research
July 1997
Last holiday with their mother. William and Harry go to the South of France as the guests of Mohammed al Fayed
August 31, 1997
Diana of Wales, is killed in a brutal car crash in Paris.
September 6, 1997
William attends his mothers funeral at Westminster Abbey. Diana is laid to rest in her home in Althorp.
Easter, 1998
A family skiing holiday in Canada with his father and brother saw William emerging as the next royal superstar
June 21 1998
William's 16th birthday