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Britain's Prince William will make his first royal appointment since the birth of his daughter, next week.
The 32-year-old royal hasn't been seen since he left Kensington Palace in London with his wife Duchess Catherine and their 21-month-old son Prince George and newborn daughter Princess Charlotte on 6 May to travel to their home in Norfolk, but will return to his royal engagements next week with a trip to Switzerland.
According to Us Weekly, the visit on Monday (18.05.15) will see him attend two meetings abroad as part of his involvement in the United for Wildlife movement - a foundation created by the Duke and Duchess along with his younger brother, Prince Harry.
William began paternity leave from East Anglian Air Ambulance Service at the end of April after the first section of his training was completed sooner than expected.
A Kensington Palace spokesperson explained: "This is due to a combination of The Duke performing well in the various modules and having very good flying conditions that allowed flight training and assessment to progress more quickly than had been planned."
And although he has been busy with his newborn baby, who is now 12 days old, William is expected to return to training next month.
The statement continued: "His final block of in-work training requires an uninterrupted three-week block of working time and the availability of the new EC145 helicopter that will be used for missions. As he now will not have any further training to complete after returning from paternity leave, he will not return to duties until that time, and will remain on unpaid leave until then."

Britain's Prince Harry is losing his hair.
The second son of Prince Charles - who is currently on a tour of New Zealand - has confessed he is following in his father's footsteps by going bald.
The 30-year-old hunk made the admission when a female fan said, "You look just like your father" to which he replied, "I'm losing my hair like him too".
The prince has become well known for his red hair, and recently gave some wise words of advice to a little boy with similar coloured locks during a royal meet and greet.
After catching Harry's attention by brandishing a sign reading "Keep calm, ginger is the spice of life," the prince told the boy: "Gingers rule. Don't ever let anyone hassle you about it and hang that sign up above your bed."
However, the former military pilot's receding hairline may add to his problem of struggling to find a wife, having recently admitted he is ready to settle down and have children but needs to find the right woman.
He said: "There come times when you think now is the time to settle down, or now is not, whatever way it is but I don't think you can force these things, it will happen when it's going to happen.
"Of course I would love to have kids right now but there's a process that one has to go through and tours like this are great fun, hopefully I'm doing all right by myself, it would be great to have someone else next to me to share the pressure, but you know, time will come and whatever happens, happens."

Britain's Prince Charles has refused to discuss his 'black spider' letters.
The eldest child of Queen Elizabeth II was approached by a journalist in London shortly before the infamous letters were released on Wednesday (13.05.15) but failed to respond to the barrage of questions asked.
However, the prince's communications secretary Kristina Kyriacou deterred other journalists from asking questions by ripping off the microphone wind cover of Channel 4's Michael Crick and throwing it on the floor.
In response to Michael's questions, the 66-year-old royal simply replied: "Very predictable".
Following the incident, the political journalist said: "I thought it was worth asking him those questions. He didn't seem too pleased that we asked.
"I was a little surprised to have the top of my microphone ripped off. We were able to put it back on again quickly."
However, Clarence House has since issued a statement addressing the memos - which were sent to government officials between 2004 and 2005 - saying they should never have been released as they were "private letters"
A Clarence House spokesperson said: "The Prince of Wales cares deeply about this country, and tries to use his unique position to help others. He has devoted most of his working life to helping individuals and organisations, to make a difference for the better of this country and the world.
"The letters published by the Government show The Prince of Wales expressing concern about issues that he has raised in public like the state of farming, the preservation and regeneration of historic buildings, the re-use of disused hospital buildings, the professional development of schoolteachers, and others.
"Nonetheless, The Prince of Wales believes, as have successive Governments, that he should have a right to communicate privately. The publication of private letters can only inhibit his ability to express the concerns and suggestions which have been put to him in the course of his travels and meetings."

Britain's Princess Anne has opened an equine rehabilitation centre.
The Princess Royal officially opened the state-of-the-art facility at Brooksby Melton College in Leicestershire on Wednesday (13.05.15), where she unveiled a commemorative plaque and observed a demonstration of the centre's specialist equipment.
The 64-year-old royal - who is the mother of Peter, 37, and Zara Phillips, 33 - is known for her equestrian interest, having been the first member of the royal family to compete in the Olympic Games, and having won two silvers and a gold medal at the European Eventing Championships in the 1970s.
And recently, the princess - who is president of World Horse Welfare - has been vocal in criticising the inhumane conditions suffered by horses at the hands of hauliers and the meat industry.
Writing about the worsening conditions for horses in a foreword for a new book on the subject, she wrote: "The greatest suffering continues to be in the inhumane transportation of horses across country borders to slaughter houses.
"Matters seem to be getting worse as a result of over-breeding, doping and indiscriminate horse trading at markets where welfare is of little interest to those involved.
"The greatest suffering continues to be in the inhumane transportation of horses across country borders to slaughterhouses, matched only by the thousands of horses, donkeys and mules working long hours in the developing world."

Britain's Prince Charles called for a badger cull and the protection of the Patagonian Toothfish in his 'black spider' letters.
The memos were passed between the 66-year-old royal and the British government between 2004 and 2005, and have finally been released following a £400,000, 10-year legal battle.
In one letter to Prime Minister Tony Blair, dated 24 February 2005, he wrote: "I do urge you to look again at introducing a proper cull of badgers where it is necessary. I, for one, cannot understand how the `badger lobby' seem to mind not at all about the slaughter of thousands of expensive cattle, and yet object to a managed cull of an over-population of badgers - to me, this is intellectually dishonest."
Meanwhile, in another letter he voiced his opinions on illegal fishing, saying he believed it was in issue which should be "high on your list of priorities".
He wrote: "I particularly hope that the illegal fishing of the Patagonian Toothfish will be high on your list of priorities because until that trade is stopped, there is little hope for the poor old albatross, for which I shall continue to campaign."
Other issues highlighted by the Prince of Wales in the letters included the bureaucratic burdens facing farmers, the importance of sustainable meat production, the regeneration of historic buildings and the significance of herbal medicine.

Britain's Prince Charles has given money to the Church of Scientology, the organisation have claimed.
The sci-fi cult's prisoner programme, Criminon - which runs rehabilitation courses for offenders throughout the world - claims the 66-year-old prince has made at least one donation in the last two years.
A posting on their website from November 2013 claims: "We're pleased to announce that we have received a further donation from His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall."
Criminon is run by Greg Capazorio, who is married to Tom Cruise's sister Cass, and he and his spouse live with the 'Mission: Impossible' actor, who is a prominent member of the church.
Criminon has previously claimed to have a branch in "every prison" in the UK - but government officials insist only three people in the whole prison system are Scientologists.
They have said of their scheme: "Criminon UK provides crime prevention and rehabilitation programs to people in need.
"It also delivers drug rehabilitation programmes to offenders. It is a registered charity and the programs are available to anyone regardless of race, religion, sex, age, disability or offence committed.
"Criminon organisations worldwide provide the program using courses that address some of the key factors that are known to cause criminality; such as lack of self respect, illiteracy and a lack of moral values."

Britain's Queen Elizabeth has expressed her joy over the birth of Princess Charlotte.
The 89-year-old monarch held a garden party on the lawns of London's Buckingham Palace on Tuesday (12.05.15) where she told guests of her delight at the new arrival, born to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on 2 May.
One guest, Holocaust survivor and charity worker Susan Pollack, 84, chatted to Her Royal Highness, recalling: "I told her I am so happy at the arrival of the new baby. I said congratulations, and she said 'Yes, we love to have another girl'."
And Susan's daughter Sandra said the Queen was particularly pleased about the royal baby being a girl, as she is the first princess to be born into the family in 25 years.
She added: "She said how pleased she was to have another great-granddaughter in particular."
Approximately 8,000 guests attended the event, where they were treated to 20,000 sandwiches and 20,000 slices of cake.
As well as the Queen - who was dressed in a pastel yellow hat and summer coat - Prince Philip, Prince Charles, Duchess Camilla, Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex and his wife Sophie attended the party.

Britain's Prince Charles' "black spider" letters will be published today (13.05.15).
The Prince of Wales had been engaged in a 10-year legal battle with The Guardian newspaper journalist Rob Evans about the secret memos, which were exchanged between the 66-year-old prince and government ministers between September 2004 and March 2005, but a high court ruling means they will be made available today.
The journalist asked to see the documents by using a Freedom of Information request a decade ago, although the Supreme Court judges only approved the letters' publication in March.
Some edits have been made to the letters following the Upper Tribunal's ruling it "has accepted Mr Evans's submission that what is described in the decision as 'the open material' is to be supplied to other parties without restriction on their ability to publish that material".
The tribunal's decision insisted the material - which is believed to hold Charles' "most deeply held personal views and beliefs" - could be published as long as changes were made to protect personal data of people other than the future monarch.
The documents - which are expected to be published at 15:00 BST - are known as the "black spider" memos due to the prince's scrawling handwriting and excessive use of exclamation marks and underlining.
However sources close to the prince claim the 27 letters - of which fewer than 10 were written by Charles - contain "no bombshells" and are "much more boring than people think they are".

A man has been accused of planning to kill Britain's Prince Charles.
The man from Southampton - named as Mark Colborne - reportedly plotted to kill the 66-year-old royal in a bid to ensure the future monarch was not "dark haired," hoping instead for Prince Harry to become king.
In a notebook ceased from the man, he wrote: "Take down a silent rifle, take up a good stalker position and put a bullet in Prince Charles's head. He is protected but not too protected. I would sacrifice my life for that one-shot. Kill Charles and William and Harry become king. Kill the tyrants."
The 37-year-old man was reported to police by his mother and half-brother last June after they found chemicals and notes detailing racial hatred in his house, with police later discovering he had been researching how to create poisons and explosives.
Writing in his notebook, he admitted he hoped he would no longer be a "red-headed victimised minority" if he committed the crime.
It read: "I want them to see my transition from poor red-haired victimised minority that is constantly walked over to a fully transformed military terrorist."
Prosecutor Darlow told the Old Bailey court: "He clearly had experienced a troubled childhood and perceived himself as marginalised and belittled by society because he was a white, ginger-haired male."
The man denies preparing terrorist acts.