PRINCE WILLIAM DELAYED HIS ARRIVAL AT A CEREMONY WHERE HE WAS MADE A FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY SO THAT HE COULD WATCH ENGLAND'S WORLD CUP MATCH AGAINST SLOVENIA. THE PRINCE HAD INTENDED TO ARRIVE AT LONDON'S ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL TOWARDS THE END OF THE FIRST HALF, BUT DELAYED HIS TRIP FROM CLARENCE HOUSE BY 37 MINUTES. THE YOUNG ROYAL MANAGED TO SEE JERMAIN DEFOE'S WINNING GOAL SCORED 22 MINUTES INTO THE MATCH, AND ALSO WATCHED FRANK LAMPARD'S SHOT FROM AROUND 18 YARDS OUT FLY OVER THE BAR A SHORT WHILE LATER. WILLIAM ARRIVED AT THE HALL AT ABOUT 3.41p AFTER A POLICE-ESCORTED JOURNEY THAT TOOK JUST FOUR MINUTES, AHEAD OF THE QUEEN AND DUKE OF EDINBURGH WHO ARRIVED SHORTLY LATER TO SEE THEIR GRANDSON MADE A FELLOW. THE PRINCE WAS GIVEN REGULAR UPDATES ABOUT THE MATCH DURING THE EVENT, TO MARK THE 350th ANNIVERSARY OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY. THE PUBS AND BARS ON LONDON'S SOUTH BANK, WHERE THE EVENT TOOK PLACE, WERE FULL OF ENGLAND SUPPORTERS GLUED TO TELEVISIONS AND AT ONE POINT STAFF AT THE HALL WERE CAUGHT WATCHING THE GAME IN A BACKROOM. AFTER ACCEPTING THE HONOR AND GIVING A SPEECH HE MET UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FELLOWS BUT WAS STILL GETTING REPORTS ABOUT FABIO CAPELLO'S TEAM, WITH THE LAST COMING A MINUTE BEFORE THE FINAL WHISTLE WAS BLOWN. WILLIAM, WHO IS PRESIDENT OF THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION, WAS ABLE TO WATCH ENGLAND'S PREVIOUS GAME, A DISAPPOINTING GOALLESS DRAW WITH ALGERIA, FROM A VIP BOX IN CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA. HE WAS CHOSEN AS THE NEW ROYAL FELLOW OF THE SOCIETY FOR HIS 'ACTIVE INTEREST IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY'. BEFORE HE WAS ADMITTED AS THE YOUNGEST FELLOW OF THE ORGANIZATION, A SENIOR ROYAL SOCIETY MEMBER SAID: 'PRINCE WILLIAM OF WALES IS ELECTED AS A ROYAL FELLOW OF THE SOCIETY IN RECOGNITION OF HIS DEVELOPING LEADERSHIP ROLE AT NATIONAL LEVEL, HIS ACTIVE INTEREST IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, AND HIS ABILITY TO STIMULATE INTEREST IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN YOUNG PEOPLE.' WILLIAM SAID TAKING ON THE ROLE WAS AN 'EXTRAORDINARY HONOR'. HE SAID: 'IT MEANS A GREAT DEAL TO ME TO BE FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF NOT ONLY THE PATRON, MY GRANDMOTHER, BUT ALSO MY GRANDFATHER AND FATHER WHO, INCIDENTALLY, WERE BOTH 29 YEARS OLD WHEN THEY WERE ADMITTED TO THE SOCIETY. THE ORGANIZATION WAS FOUNDED IN 1660. THE 350th ANNIVERSARY IS OFFICIALLY ON 30.NOVEMBER AND THE SOCIETY IS CELEBRATING THE ANNIVERSARY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY.
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