{"id":147644,"date":"2025-05-31T20:14:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T20:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/147644\/"},"modified":"2025-05-31T20:14:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T20:14:11","slug":"prince-william-never-takes-break-from-royal-duties-not-even-on-family-vacations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/147644\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince William never takes break from royal duties, not even on family vacations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/121541791.jpg\" alt=\"Prince William never takes break from royal duties, not even on family vacations\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> Prince William may be on holiday with Kate Middleton and their three children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis, but his work as the Duke of Cornwall never truly takes a back seat.During a recent visit to the Duchy of Cornwall estate, The Telegraph witnessed how William remains focused on improving life for its residentseven while away with his family.One of the family\u2019s favourite spots is Tresco, an island in the Isles of Scilly, part of the duchy. Here, the prince is well known for chatting with locals about community needs and development. His efforts have led to tangible improvements, including a new healthcare centre with a maternity suite, housing plans for essential workers like teachers and doctors, and initiatives promoting sustainable tourism.The Isles of Scilly hold a special place for William, as family holidays there echo his own childhood trips with Princess Diana and the future King Charles, People reported.A holidaymaker who spotted the couple in 2020 told the Daily Mirror, \u201cWilliam and Kate were riding their bicycles, having a laugh. They looked so happy enjoying the weather. I did do a double-take. They were really friendly and said hello.\u201dIn May this year, Prince William returned to the Isles of Scilly on official duty \u2014 much to the chagrin of his family. \u201cMy family are very upset I\u2019m here without them,\u201d he told the Daily Mail. \u201cThe children will kill me if I don\u2019t go home later.\u201d He was spotted buying pastries at a local cafe, likely to bring back for them.The Duchy of Cornwall, established by King Edward III in 1337, covers around 130,000 acres of land and assets, supporting the heir to the throne and his family financially. But William\u2019s focus goes beyond finance, he is committed to bettering the lives of those living on duchy land, prioritising sustainability, mental health, and charitable partnerships.\u201cII\u2019m trying to make sure I\u2019m prioritizing stuff that\u2019s going to make people\u2019s lives, living in those areas, better. This is what we\u2019re going to do to make people\u2019s lives in Cornwall better,\u201d William said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prince William may be on holiday with Kate Middleton and their three children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":147645,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[7709,7714,7713,22362,63341,63339,533,2832,532,63338,2831,7710,519,63340,7711,7712],"class_list":{"0":"post-147644","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-british-royal-family","9":"tag-catherine","10":"tag-catherine-middleton","11":"tag-duchy-of-cornwall","12":"tag-family-vacations","13":"tag-isles-of-scilly","14":"tag-kate-middleton","15":"tag-prince-of-wales","16":"tag-prince-william","17":"tag-prince-william-royal-duties","18":"tag-princess-of-wales","19":"tag-royal-families","20":"tag-royal-family","21":"tag-sustainable-tourism-initiatives","22":"tag-uk-royal-family","23":"tag-william"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114604282002686188","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}