William going back to college to study agriculture at Cambridge

“I would put that The duke of Cambridge is to become a student again to learn about agricultural management, Kensington Palace announced yesterday.

Prince William will learn about the issues facing the UK’s rural communities and the

in farming industry during the tenweek course, at Cambridge University, which begins next week.

The duke’s studies will give him a good grounding for his future role running the duchy of Cornwall, a portfolio of land, property and investments he will inherit from his father when Charles becomes king.

Speaking about the course, a palace spokesman said the duke was “very much looking forward to it”.

The prince’s studies are a bespoke course run by the Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership, an institution within Cambridge University’s School of Technology, which has the Prince of Wales as its patron. The duke will have 18 to 20 hours of lectures, seminars and meetings a week and is likely to have essays to complete and to make field trips.

he is expected to live in Cambridge part of the time, but will still carry out a number of royal engagements over the coming months. Prince William previously studied at St Andrews University where he met his future wife, Kate.

The programme does not lead to a formal qualification but is thought to feature continual assessment. The prince gave up duties as an RAF search and rescue helicopter pilot in September.