Prince William goes undercover with Britain's spy agencies
Britain's Prince William, Duke of Cambridge arrives for the Global Premiere of "Our Planet" in London on April 4, 2019.Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.LONDON — Prince William, Britain's second in line to the throne, enjoyed a brief stint with the U.K.'s security and intelligence agencies last month.
The Duke of Cambridge spent three weeks embedded with MI5, MI6 and GCHQ, agencies responsible for domestic and foreign security, to see how they operate first-hand.that the father-of-three — who previously trained as a helicopter pilot with the Royal Air Force — worked with analysts and investigators monitoring Islamist terror cells and is understood to have worked actively in the field as well as in the office.
“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 released by the royal family late Saturday. "These agencies are full of people from everyday backgrounds doing the most extraordinary work to keep us safe. They work in secret, often not even able to tell their family and friends about the work they do or the stresses they face," the royal said.The prince's assignment began with a week at MI6, whose agents collect foreign intelligence and mount operations overseas, according to the statement. The agency was made famous by the James Bond series of novels and films.
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