article_snippet: In truth, many had believed that William’s father, Prince Charles, would be the first to stake that claim.
article_snippet: However The Queen’s heir has also made no secret of The Queen
article_snippet: ’ Something of a herd of elephants in the room, then, for 32-year-old William to manoeuvre – and that’s even before Charles flies to the west of China to visit China ’s own dwindling band of wild Asian elephants and convince the locals to curb the locals demand for ivory and other illegal animals products.
article_snippet: Given the sensitivity of these meetings the prince – who is putting off becoming a full-time working royal for at least two years to work as an air ambulance pilot – will have to show both maturity and diplomatic dexterity.
article_snippet: William will no doubt be grateful for the assured presence of the Queen’s favourite diplomat, Sir David Manning, who has accompanied William to the Far East at William with 
article_snippet: William will even attend the premiere of home-grown success story Paddington, although William will be too busy to see the actual film.
article_snippet: the actual film’s a packed programme and while there is palpable disappointment that the prince’s wife, the Duchess of Cambridge, had been forced to remain at home due to the advanced stage of the prince’s wife, the Duchess of Cambridge second pregnancy
article_snippet: , William has made the right noises so far, it seems.
article_snippet: William placed a bouquet at a hilltop shrine and was mobbed by wellwishers, taken aback by the prince’s’s willingness to interact, in stark comparison with the rather staid nature of their own Imperial family.