article_snippet.sent: The news came as Kensington Palace revealed Prince William will enjoy what amounts to six weeks’ paternity leave around the arrival of the new little prince or princess.
article_snippet.sent: The future king had already announced that The future king planned to take two weeks’ statutory paternity leave after the birth.
article_snippet.sent: With The future king enforced absence from work happily coinciding with the birth of The future king second child, The future king will now take the next month and a half off as unpaid leave, aides said, with immediate effect.
article_snippet.sent: The Duke of Cambridge was the first member of the Royal Family to take advantage of statutory paternity leave, which was introduced in the UK in 2003.
article_snippet.sent: Government rules state fathers are  paid £139.58-a-week for a maximum of two weeks.
article_snippet.sent: Fathers are entitled to two weeks paid paternity leave and up to 26 weeks’ additional paid leave if the child’s mother returns to work.
article_snippet.sent: As he now will not have any further training to complete after returning from paternity leave, he will not return to duties with Bond until that time, and will remain on unpaid leave until then.
highlights_snippet.sent: Prince William using unpaid leave and paternity leave to stay off work until June 1 .
  