PARIS: Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate will pay an official visit to Paris on Friday and Saturday, months before the 20th anniversary of the death of William’s mother Diana in a car crash in the French capital. William to the foreThe Paris visit is another sign that the princes and their father, heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles, are increasingly taking over official duties from the queen, who will turn 91 next month. William and Kate are also to visit to Germany and Poland in July. William has announced he is stepping down as an air ambulance helicopter pilot to focus more on royal business. The prince has been criticized as “work-shy” by the famously aggressive British tabloids over the number of engagements he performs compared with the queen.

Source: Manila Times March 16, 2017 08:48 UTC