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AS ONE OF the most recognisable public figures in the world, Britain’s Prince William would not make as effective a 007 as legendary fictional spy James Bond.
But that did not stop the second-in-line to the British throne spending the last three weeks working with the security services, including in foreign intelligence unit MI6.
The Duke of Cambridge ended the top-secret attachment — which also included a week with domestic intelligence service MI5 and cybersecurity agency GCHQ — yesterday, according to Kensington Palace.
“Spending time inside our security and intelligence agencies, understanding more about the vital contribution they make to our national security, was a truly humbling experience,” William said in a statement.
“These agencies are full of people from everyday backgrounds doing the most extraordinary work to keep us safe.”
The prince, who has a military background, began the secondment at the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) — better known as MI6 — whose spies work around the world gathering information and furthering British interests.
William, 36, “got to see first-hand how SIS helps the UK identify and exploit opportunities as well as navigate risks to its national security, military effectiveness and economy,” Kensington Palace said.
Kensington Palace / TwitterThe Duke of Cambridge recently concluded a three week attachment to MI5, MI6, and @GCHQ, as the three security services continue their vital work both at home and abroad to keep our people and our allies’ safe. pic.twitter.com/vXFcsbFgk5
— The Prince and Princess of Wales (@KensingtonRoyal) April 6, 2019
The father-of-three then switched over to the Security Service — MI5 — to observe how counter-terrorism teams conduct investigations, including surveillance.
The duke finished his foray into spycraft at the communications monitoring agency GCHQ in Cheltenham, in western England.
There he spent time “with those using cutting-edge technology, technical ingenuity and wide-ranging partnerships to identify, analyse and disrupt threats,” the palace added.
GCHQ’s head of counter-terrorism operations, whose name was given only as David, said the prince had worked “exceptionally hard to embed himself in the team”.
He added William had “comfortably held his own amongst some highly skilled analysts and operators”.
After graduating in 2005 from university in St Andrews in Scotland, Prince William spent seven and a half years in the military, before completing active service as a search and rescue helicopter pilot.
This web summit crowd sound like an arrogant pack of smug w@nkers tbh.
So do you
I take it you’ll be off to Portugal next year then.
Good one Del.
Is there a way to block stories about the Web Summit appearing on my news feed?
So true, Cosgrave’s spin to get free publicity again.
Why would you invite a virus, too a web summit?
I think fine Gael know they have to keep enda away from the spotlight and prying media before the election because he’s bound to make a fool of himself again at some stage.
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/eu-double-ireland-funding-homeless-services-soup-kitchens-211645244.html#HfACyON
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/republic-of-ireland/benefits-must-be-cut-says-imf-28772608.html
Priorities I think?
In September, the indo’s front page was all about senior FG saying that we would see less of him leading up to the election. They obviously know that he is a liability but, with the verbal bucket-shuffling he’s been doing, i’d say they’d like to put him down now.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/graph-number-people-cannot-afford-food-ireland-doubled-134316730.html
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/irish-children-dying-neglect-abuse-100254423.html
Im glad, i might attend now
Spot on
The invite arrived last Friday, didn’t give him much notice did they? He should tell them he’s busy washing his hair that day.
Or in discussions with the security services about surrounding the banks and ATM’s?
Now now Kerry, you know that was a dream he had and is just a bit confused about fact or fiction?
I’m sure they’ll release all of the emails in a spectaculary unprofessional manner to make themselves seem better.
Paddy Cosgrave is a pox.
Enda Kenny isn’t?
The Web summit is turning into another garath brooks type of fiasco, enough is enough it’s gone to Lisbon grand, no one really cares if Kenny was invited or not, more he said she said crap
Do the orgainsers of this web summit believe hotels in Lisbon will be any cheaper than Dublin? Deluded if so.
All you need, is the weather.
Yes but as per Paddy Cosgraves usual requirements more than likely Enda will have to buy a ticket :-)
“Sorry lads, I’d love to attend, but I’m busy reconfiguring the large hadron collider with this fella I bumped into in Narnia.”
Nah, he’ll be on manouvers with the army that week.
ATM watch?
It’s like being invited to dinner at your girlfriend’s house who you just bent over backwards for, after she has announced she’d having a fling with a guy she met in Ibiza and moving over there to live with him.
@ Supernova: Good. I can picture him at a talk about cloud computing remarking about how its always overcast in Castlebar.
Haha, he’d ramble on about how the entire summit is under attack from the hacker group lizard squad. Send in the army!!
Why can’t Enda grow some balls and appear on Vincent Browne? Thats where we all want to see the clown make an ass of himself.
Need to be GM balls then Ivor…
You mean Angela Merkel’s ear-rings
Funny place for her to have ears and earring lol.
I’m sure they’ll manage away fine without him. And i think he should buy a ticket like everybody else if he wants his photo opp, as thats all he’s gonna be there for.
Merkel and Draghi might buy hm a ticket. They might see it as another opportunity for him to make a threatening statement about capital controls aimed at the portugese, like when he was in madrid, when they used him to warn the portugese that if they don’t sign up to eu inposed austerity, the money supply to portugal will dry up.
In fairness opening a email can be a difficult task. Possibly beyond Enda….
Has to remain under lock and key. Accident waiting to happen. FG won’t release him..
I’m sure his busy schedule will involve a lot of dithering and indecision and trying to think up some more badly thought out tall tales.
Fcukin nerds.
Nerds invented sex toys and computer games lol.
Sulking in the corner, what a leader lol.
Why don’t you give it a rest slow boy your three and four year old tales of disaster are as stale as your ideas.
Insults rather than having a debate, I do not think I an even a year on the journal…
I think you need to educate yourself on what is happening rather than believing all the nonsense from this government. Because we are in a mess and the only ones who can’t see it are those who are F.G. / Labour supporters…
If you want a debate then go ahead but Ireland is in a mess as the unemployment figures are 400,000 but over 70,000 are on so called schemes like scambridge etc…
I could go into a debate with you but after seeing your twitter profile with 4 photos of Hitler on them, I see you are just a troll looking to pick on someone… Have a nice life…
Oh, thank God ! He’d probably declare war on China or Russia or something. He can’t be trusted in public…
a calculated snub showing a stupid degree of arrogance
Weird.
I came in here looking for news…
Your car is on fire, that is news lol.
I think Portugal will be a flop. there was a synergy to Dublin – lot of US tech companies already here. made sense for a lot of executives to travel and tie it in with a visit to their European headquarters. Ridiculous state of affairs that this is moving given our dependence and national “brand” associated with US tech. A combination of a greedy promoter and foolish government that has come to this.
Enda did the right thing by not attending their web Summit, after they dumped Dublin for Lisbon.
“Come into my parlour” said the spider to the fly…
AAAAhhhh Enda please go lets see if you can put both feet into your big mouth, You might need the army to stand around you in case there is a problem, but then they might be standing at all the ATM machines to keep fthe foreign beggar’s from sitting under or beside them. Would you just go somewhere out of this country & take the rest of your cronies with you.
Whatever,im outa here.
Whatever
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