Full Name: William Arthur Philip Louis, Prince of Wales; Profession: British royal and heir apparent to the British throne; senior working member of the British royal family; former British Army, Royal Navy, and Royal Air Force officer; qualified RAF search-and-rescue helicopter pilot; and global philanthropist and advocate focused on environmental conservation, climate action, mental health, homelessness, and support for military families. Nationality: British; Born: 21 June 1982; Birthplace: St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, London, England, United Kingdom; Generation: Millennial (Generation Y), part of the cohort commonly defined as those born from the early 1980s into the early 2000s; Chinese Zodiac: Dog, specifically the Water Dog year for those born in 1982 according to the Chinese lunar calendar; Zodiac Sign: Cancer, born on 21 June on the Gemini–Cancer cusp sometimes called the “cusp of magic,” blending Gemini’s mental agility with Cancer’s emotional depth and sensitivity; Age in 2026: 44 (turning forty‑four years old on 21 June 2026, based on his 1982 birth year); Marital Status: Married to Catherine Elizabeth “Kate” Middleton, now Catherine, Princess of Wales, following their royal wedding at Westminster Abbey on 29 April 2011; Children: three children with Catherine—Prince George of Wales (born 22 July 2013), Princess Charlotte of Wales (born 2 May 2015), and Prince Louis of Wales (born 23 April 2018), all born at St Mary’s Hospital in London and in the direct line of succession to the British throne; Description: William, Prince of Wales, is the elder son of King Charles III and the late Diana, Princess of Wales, and as heir apparent, he is one of the most prominent and closely followed public figures in the world, embodying a modern image of constitutional monarchy while balancing ceremonial duties, state representation, and hands‑on charitable work. he completed officer training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and served in all three branches of the British Armed Forces before qualifying as an RAF search‑and‑rescue pilot, flying Sea King helicopters on operational missions from RAF Valley in Wales between 2010 and 2013, an experience he has often described as formative and one he has said he would return to “in a heartbeat”; through The Royal Foundation and his own initiatives he has championed mental health awareness, frontline emergency‑worker support, and the well‑being of young people, including significant funding and programmatic work for crisis helplines, grief and trauma counselling, and school‑based mental health services, especially in the wake of the Covid‑19 pandemic; he has also become a leading figure in global environmental and climate advocacy by founding The Earthshot Prize in 2020, an ambitious decade‑long initiative that awards multi‑million‑pound prizes to innovative projects aimed at protecting and restoring nature, cleaning the air, reviving the oceans, building a waste‑free world, and fixing the climate, with high‑profile annual ceremonies that he personally attends and hosts in cities around the world, such as the forthcoming awards event in Rio de Janeiro; his public agenda further includes long‑term work on ending homelessness, supporting veterans and military families, and using his platform to encourage a sense of duty, service, and compassionate leadership, continuing and reframing many of the humanitarian themes associated with his mother while adapting them to twenty‑first‑century challenges; Cause of death: Not applicable—Prince William is alive as of 2026.