Career
| British Royalty |
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| George V |
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After graduating from Cambridge in 1963, he spent a post-baccalaureate year at Stanford University studying political science, American history, and business. Upon returning to Britain, he took a position with Lazards, a merchant bank.
Prince William was the second member of the British Royal Family to work in the civil service or the diplomatic service (the first was his late uncle, Prince George, Duke of Kent, in the 1920s). He joined the Commonwealth Office in 1965 and was posted to Lagos as the third secretary at the British High Commission. In 1968, he transferred to Tokyo to accept the post of second secretary (commercial) in the British Embassy. In 1970, the Duke of Gloucester's health began to fail and Prince William was diagnosed as suffering from porphyria. Prince William resigned from the Diplomatic Service and returned to Britain. For the next two years, he managed Barnwell Manor and began to carry out public duties as a member of the Royal Family.
Prince William served on some occasions as Counsellor of State in the absence of his cousin, the Queen.
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