DHAKA: Prince William is to leave the military after more than seven years of service, Kensington Palace has announced.

The Duke of Cambridge completed his final shift as an RAF search and rescue pilot on Tuesday.

He will now focus on royal duties and charity work together with the Duchess of Cambridge, a palace spokesman said, reports the BBC.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince George are expected to move from their Anglesey home to Kensington Palace within the next few weeks.

According to the BBC, royal officials said the next 12 months would be ‘transitional’ for Prince William. He will not become a ‘full time royal’ at this stage, they said.

The palace spokesman said, ‘He will expand his work in the field of conservation, particularly in respect of endangered species’.

BDST: 1714 HRS, SEPT 12, 2013
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