Why has prince william got a medal? with all the thats going on in afghanistan has he earned it?

Question

Why has prince william got a medal? with all the thats going on in afghanistan has he earned it?

Answer 1

what medal would that be?,saw him getting his wings but no mention of medals

Answer 2

All get a service medal for being there.   (Unless you deliberately decline to accept it)

Answer 3

He hasn't got a medal!  He's just got the insignia that means he had done his first solo flight!

Answer 4

Get the facts right before posting.

Answer 5

William has the Queens Golden Jubilee Medal as do all members of the Royal Family serving in uniform.

Clive H - for your info the qualifying period for campaign medals currently issued to British Forces is as follows:

Campaign Service Medal 1962 to date - 30 days

Operational Service Medal - 30 days

Iraq Medal - 30 days

United Nations Medals - between 90 and 180 days

These apply to the Army.  Navy and RAF personnel have a slightly different qualifying criteria.

Answer 6

He's got wings,

he's been drinking RED BULL.

Answer 7

is no-one listening......Prince William passed his flying training today to which he earned his wings.....two winged badge above his left breast pocket....to show he has completed his elementary flying training.

however during his presentation from the prince of wales he is clearly seen wearing a medal which has absolutely nothing to do with passing his flying training. so the question still stands what medal and why?........good call.........

Answer 8

Prince William received his badge after spending four months with the Royal Air Force learning to pilot helicopters and planes. His study was designed to make him a competent, but not operational, flier. British fighter jet pilots normally spend up to four years under instruction. The course is part of the 25-year-old William's preparations to eventually become king, when he will become the ceremonial head of Britain's armed forces. He is already an army officer and is due to serve a tour overseas, most likely aboard a navy warship.

Note: Prince William is following in the footsteps of his father, Prince Charles, who passed his training in 1971, his grandfather the Duke of Edinburgh, who earned his wings in 1953, and his great-grandfather Prince Albert, later King George VI, who became the first royal to serve in the RAF, between 1918 and 1919.

Answer 9

Prince Willy DOES wear a medal if the donkeys above check photos.. it was actually won for building the best palace with Lego!

Answer 10

He received his WINGS.With the wings he got his RAF FLYING BADGE. He graduated from the RAF course.He will start with the Royal Navy in 2008 as well as serve with the RAF.

"Prince William is presented with his wings by his father The Prince of Wales

11th April 2008

Prince William received his RAF wings from his proud father The Prince of Wales today after completing an intensive flying course.

After more than 12 weeks training, the young royal became the fourth successive generation of the monarchy to become an RAF pilot.

At a ceremony held in the service's spiritual home, RAF Cranwell in Lincolnshire, The Prince of Wales awarded his son his wings as The Duchess of Cornwall looked on.

The Prince has followed in the footsteps of The Prince of Wales and his grandfather The Duke of Edinburgh, who both earned the RAF flying badge.

The Prince's great-grandfather Prince Albert, later King George VI, was the first royal to serve in the RAF, between 1918 and 1919.

Before the presentations began at RAF Cranwell's College Hall, Group Captain Nigel Wharmby, the station's commanding officer, told the audience: "The graduates here today are very special people and that is why we recognise their accomplishments in this ceremony.

"To those who fly today, these badges are the most coveted of all our insignia and rightly so.

"To all the graduates, I say remember this day with great pride and enjoy it, you have most definitely earned it."

In a speech to the graduates, Air Chief Marshal Sir Glenn Torpy, chief of the air staff, said: "This is probably one of the most significant milestones in an aviator's career.

"It's something that not many people can do and you should be very proud of what you have done.

"It has been and was the start of a hugely rewarding and hugely enjoyable career (for me) over the past 30 years. What it brings back to me are the huge challenges when I joined the service.

"We were at the height of the Cold War and deterrent was the name of the game. What we were trying to do was send a message, a very strong message, to the enemy.

"Now, with the end of the Cold War, we have seen a move to expeditionary operations. At the moment we have the highest level of operation commitment that I have seen in the last 30 years. But what I can say is that the training we give you is the best I've ever seen."

Flight Lieutenant Simon Berry, 26, from Twickenham, West London took part in the Griffin training course at RAF Shawbury at the same time that William trained at the base.

He said: "William was socialising with everyone, we saw him round with everyone, he was just a normal bloke, a normal guy and very sociable. He was working really hard, he was flying in the morning, coming down and doing two hours of flight school and then working all hours in the evenings like everyone else.

"We were flying once a day but due to the demands of his course he was doing two or even three trips a day."

Flight Lieutenant Berry is travelling out to Basra in Iraq for a two-month acclimatisation course before he is sent there on live operations as a Chinook pilot.

Wing Commander Andy Lovell helped to train Prince William and carried out his final test that earned him his wings.

He said: "William was very good. I was very impressed by his flying skills. He had a natural handling ability and he was very quick to learn. He responded well to instructions and demonstrated plenty of spare capacity. He was a very good student all round. Our students are equally important, we enjoy the job of teaching them. They are going to go on to do amazing things and it's the beginning of an amazing journey for them."

The Prince of Wales was invited to the stage to present insignias to graduates who had either completed their basic fast jet training, multi-engine advanced rotary wing course or crewman course.

His Royal Highness completed his own flying training at RAF Cranwell in August 1971 and graduated that year as a Flight Lieutenant but over the years has been promoted and now holds the rank of Air Chief Marshal.

During the ceremony he shook the hand of each airman and shared a few words with them before posing for a picture.

When Prince William's turn came he was announced as Flying Officer William Wales and walked on to the stage, waiting a few moments before striding towards his father.

Father and son smiled broadly at each other and shook hands before The Prince of Wales fixed the wings to his son’s uniform.

Prince William, an officer in the Household Cavalry regiment (Blues and Royals), has completed a shortened course that included time flying fast propeller-powered planes and helicopters.

It was designed to make him a competent but not operational flier, as an RAF pilot would normally spend up to four years under instruction.

Watching in the audience was Prince William’s aunt, Lady Sarah McCorquodale, the sister of his mother Diana, Princess of Wales.

Later at a reception before lunch The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall met the families of the RAF pilots and ground crew who had just received their wings."

Answer 11

I think the medal which HRH Prince William wears is for the HM Queen's Golden Jubliee.

This link below will explain what medals are worn by HRH Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and also those worn by HRH Prince William and HRH Prince Harry.

The Prince of Wales - Medals and Uniforms

Medals and Uniforms. The Prince of Wales. The Duchess of Cornwall Prince ...

The Prince of Wales, Prince William and Prince Harry all wear uniforms to carry ...

http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/forchild...

The wearing of medals do not always mean that the wearer has been in the Front Line.  Prince Harry has been in the Front Line and therefore will be entitled to any campaign medal issued for military operations in Afghanistan.

A serving member of HM forces is only required to remain in an active military operations area for 24 hours in order to receive the campaign medal for that particular campaign.

I have a friend who served with the RAF in France from 1944 during WW2.  He has three rows of campaign medals.  Yet he has told me many times that he did not see any 'action'.  He was with a squadron of Spits working as an aircraft fitter.

So, every year, my mate puts on the gongs and goes on Remembrance Parade.  I was in the British Army 1957-1965.  No war thus no medals.  But, like him and countless others, I go on Remembrance Parade.  Anyone can.  Everyone is entitled to be there to remember those who fought and died for us so that we can continue waffling on here and reading scandals in our newspapers.

Members of the Royal Family have been in the thick of war just like the rest of us.

Now pay attention and watch this : -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zofhv9KWo...

Make yah prahd to be British.............

Answer 12

He hasn't got a medal, he's got his wings, meaning that he has passed RAF training.

Get your facts right.