1/3/2023 0 Comments Appalling old waxworks![]() ![]() ![]() Wills at the wheel! Prince William is determined to be present for his children and is set to 'take.The Foreign Office declined to comment on the tour plans. He takes up the new job in spring next year and plans to donate his £40,000 salary to charity. Last summer Kensington Palace announced that the prince had decided to quit the military after seven years’ service, two-and-a-half of which were as a Search and Rescue pilot at RAF Valley on Anglesey. The paper reported the tour would not take place until after Prince William has completed five months of training for his new job as a pilot with the East Anglican air ambulance. The Dalai Lama has lived in exile in India since fleeing his Tibetan homeland in 1959 after a failed uprising against Communist rule. Prince Charles (left) former Governor Chris Patten (centre) and former Prime Minister Tony Blair at the 1997 Hong Kong handover ceremony - when sovereignty of Hong Kong was handed from Britain to China The Foreign Office also hopes to take advantage of the couple's widespread popularity The 2012 meeting between the Dalai Lama, David Cameron and Nick Clegg which sparked a diplomatic rowĪt the time, China's foreign ministry said the May 2012 meeting between the exiled Tibetan leader, Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg had ‘seriously interfered with China’s internal affairs’. Relations between Britain and China have been strained since a diplomatic row broke out in 2012 when Prime Minister David Cameron met the Dalai Lama. The paper said officials hoped to capitalise on the current goodwill felt towards the couple. The Sunday Times also reported a spokesperson as saying China was 'looked at regularly because it is an important country that the Foreign Office want to send them to'. Kensington Palace said: 'Next year's tours for the Duke and Duchess are currently being considered, discussed and assigned. ![]()
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