{"page":"\u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https://lessonplanet.com/assets/packs/css/resources-c03aa079.css\" /\u003e\n\u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https://lessonplanet.com/assets/packs/css/lp_boclips_stylesheets-517835be.css\" media=\"all\" /\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-title='UK: PRINCE WILLIAM 18TH BIRTHDAY' data-url='/boclips/videos/5c54c581d8eafeecae170b95' data-video-url='/boclips/videos/5c54c581d8eafeecae170b95' id='bo_player_modal'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='boclips-resource-page modal-dialog panel-container'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='react-notifications-root'\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-header'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-type'\u003e\n\u003ci aria-hidden='true' class='fai fa-regular fa-circle-play'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\nVideo\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ch1 class='rp-title' id='video-title'\u003e\nUK: PRINCE WILLIAM 18TH BIRTHDAY\n\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-actions'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='mr-1'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"btn btn-success\" data-posthog-event=\"Signup: LP Signup Activity\" data-posthog-location=\"body_link_boclips\" data-remote=\"true\" href=\"/subscription/new\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGet Free Access\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e for 10 Days\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e!\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-body'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-info'\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-label='Hide resource details' class='rp-hide-info' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u0026times;\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Expand resource details' class='rp-expand-info fai fa-solid fa-up-right-and-down-left-from-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Compress resource details' class='rp-compress-info fai fa-solid fa-down-left-and-up-right-to-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-rating'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='resource-pool'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-label'\u003ePublisher:\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-name'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='text'\u003e\u003ca data-publisher-id=\"30356011\" href=\"/search?publisher_ids%5B%5D=30356011\"\u003eCurated Video\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-description'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='short-description'\u003eEnglish/NatBritain's Prince William celebrates his eighteenth birthday next Wednesday, and in  anticipation of worldwide media interest in the event, he has allowed television pictures  to be released showing him for the first time...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eEnglish/Nat\u003cbr/\u003eBritain's Prince William celebrates his eighteenth birthday next Wednesday, and in  anticipation of worldwide media interest in the event, he has allowed television pictures  to be released showing him for the first time taking part in activities at his school.\u003cbr/\u003eThe prince will be studying for exams on the day itself and hopes that the release of  these pictures will allow him to continue his studies in peace.\u003cbr/\u003eHowever royal watchers warn that the world's interest in him is likely to increase  dramatically now that he is entering adulthood and he could become - like his mother  Princess Diana - a source of massive media interest. \u003cbr/\u003eThis is the first time that Prince William has allowed television cameras such an  intimate glimpse into his private life at his school.\u003cbr/\u003eHe's hoping that by allowing this insight into his school life  he will be able to  concentrate on his studies.\u003cbr/\u003eThe prince will not be partying on the day of his birthday next week - he's going to have  to prepare for an 'History of Art' exam the following day.\u003cbr/\u003eThese pictures show him hard at work in Eton school's library.\u003cbr/\u003eHe is also studying Biology and Geography and aims to study the History of Art at  university. \u003cbr/\u003eThere has been much speculation that he will be going to Edinburgh university once he  finishes at Eton at the end of this month.\u003cbr/\u003eEton is regarded as the most privileged of all the private schools in Britain.\u003cbr/\u003eIt was Princess Diana who had a large influence in deciding to send her sons there -  they would be close to home, and by mixing with other children of the rich and famous,  would not endure the bullying their father was subjected to in his remote Scottish  school.\u003cbr/\u003eJudy Wade, a seasoned royal watcher says she's impressed by how naturally William  comes across.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"It's the first time the cameras have been concentrating straight on him - we've seen him  before in photocalls with his father and his brother but we've never seen William in the  spotlight as much as he is today - and so I was very impressed - but of course people  may be surprised that he's allowed this intrusion into his private life at school, but it's  understandable because he has got a kind of loose arrangement with the media that if  he now and then provides them with pictures, in return the newspapers and television  companies will leave him alone and give him a bit of space.\" \u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Judy Wade, Royal Editor, OK Magazine\u003cbr/\u003eLike most young men his age, William is fascinated by computers.\u003cbr/\u003eHe has said he loves computer games and the internet is not a big mystery to him.\u003cbr/\u003eAllowing people to see him at work in his study was a different way of satisfying the  media appetite for private pictures.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think it was a choice that was forced upon him. If he didn't do this he was just going  to be hassled all the time and William understands that if he gives a little bit, then he  can have more peace. I think it's very nice that he has done this and it's a novel, new  way of doing things, rather than giving just a serious interview, this is the way forward.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Ingrid Seward, Editor, Majesty magazine \u003cbr/\u003eUnlike most private schools, Eton boys mainly play football and not rugby.\u003cbr/\u003eWilliam did however play rugby to begin with and proved an excellent player.\u003cbr/\u003eHe was unable to continue though when he broke a finger, which required surgery, last  year.\u003cbr/\u003eWilliam has become a football fan and recently revealed that he supports London team  Aston Villa.\u003cbr/\u003eThese carefully monitored and controlled pictures do not show him playing Eton's  notoriously tough game called the Wall Game, which is unique to the school and  baffling to outsiders.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think these pictures are very remarkable - it's the first time we've had this sort of  insight into the school days, the education of our future monarch, we've really never  seen anything like it before. I think what they show is something what really nobody  has seen until now which is the real Prince. We all have images of him, whether it's as  a skiing Prince, or a polo playing Prince, whatever - here we see what  he's really been  doing over the last few years and that is being a schoolboy.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Robert Hardman, Royal Correspondent, Daily Telegraph\u003cbr/\u003ePhotographer Arthur Edwards warns now that William officially becomes an adult at 18,  he will be the source of intense media interest worldwide and predicts that he's going to  become an even bigger catch for the paparazzi than his mother, Diana was.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"It's going to be very difficult for him because he identifies very much with the young  people. He's going to be a bigger star than Leonardo di Caprio - anyone you want to  name. He's going to even I think out-mega his mother, he 's going to be so popular.  He's got her looks, he's got her sensitivity, he's got his father's sense of duty. I think  he's going to be a tremendous asset to the Royal Family, a tremendous asset to this  country.\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Arthur Edwards, Royal Photographer\u003cbr/\u003eWilliam is a keen and enthusiastic sportsman and is passionate about water polo,  which he plays twice a week.\u003cbr/\u003eHe's a member of the school's successful teams and was the under sixteen 50 metre  freestyle champion swimmer three years ago.\u003cbr/\u003eVeteran royal watcher James Whitaker says that despite the undoubted attention that  will now dog his every move, William will be treated with respect by most of the media,  in part because of the manner of Princess Diana's death, in which photographers were  following her car when it crashed in the Paris tunnel.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"What happens now is he leaves Eton in a few days time and the cocoon around him  during those days is over. He's well above the age of 16, where they're very protected at  that age as well - and I see not great intrusion because there's still a lot of respect for  him and what's happened in his life, particularly the death of his mother - but I do think  now photographers, cameramen - they will record his move very much more than has  happened in the past. He won't like it at all - he doesn't like press people.\"  \u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: James Whitaker, Royal columnist, The Mirror\u003cbr/\u003ePerhaps the most revealing pictures of all show William preparing chicken paella in the  kitchen with a school friend.\u003cbr/\u003eHe chose a cookery class in which he works from recipes and cooks them for fellow  pupils and teachers to sample.\u003cbr/\u003eAs well as cooking, William also took a course in motorcycle maintenance and was  able to ride a motorbike on private land while growing up.\u003cbr/\u003eA party will be held at nearby Windsor Castle by the Queen on Wednesday for the  Queen Mother. \u003cbr/\u003eFergie will be there - back in the Royal fold after several years absence - Camilla has  been invited but politely declined - and William will be revising for his exam - enjoying  what remains of a private life before he launches into adulthood.\u003cbr/\u003eEton and London, Recent \u003cbr/\u003e1. William walking with school friends in Eton\u003cbr/\u003e2. William studying in library\u003cbr/\u003e3. Close up William face\u003cbr/\u003e4. Set up shot Judy Wade watching TV footage of William\u003cbr/\u003e5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Judy Wade, Royal Editor, OK magazine\u003cbr/\u003e6. William on computer close up\u003cbr/\u003e7. Mouse and computer screen\u003cbr/\u003e8. Wide shot William on computer\u003cbr/\u003e9. Set up shot Ingrid Seward reading \"William at 18\" magazine\u003cbr/\u003e10. SOUNDBITE: (English)  Ingrid Seward, Editor, Majesty magazine\u003cbr/\u003e11.  William playing football various\u003cbr/\u003e12. Set up shot Robert Hardman\u003cbr/\u003e13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Robert Hardman, Royal Correspondent, Daily Telegraph\u003cbr/\u003e14. William playing football various\u003cbr/\u003e15. Set up shot Arthur Edwards\u003cbr/\u003e16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Arthur Edwards, Royal photographer\u003cbr/\u003e17. William playing water polo various\u003cbr/\u003e18. Set up shot James Whitaker\u003cbr/\u003e19. SOUNDBITE: (English) James Whitaker, Royal columnist, The Mirror\u003cbr/\u003e20. 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