Jul 6, 2009, 11:00 GMT
Britain's Prince William is being posted to Wales for his RAF training.
The prince faces a long separation from girlfriend Kate Middleton as he continues his training to be a search-and-rescue pilot.
During his new posting - which will see the 27-year-old prince learning to fly a twin-engined Griffin helicopter in the mountains of Snowdonia and over the Irish Sea at RAF Valley - William will be forbidden from taking any holidays.
An RAF insider said: "It's going to be a testing time for William and Kate because he will be expected to knuckle down. He will be mastering the basic elemental techniques of search and rescue and there will be no holidays.
"He is absolutely committed to getting through his 18 months of training and his dream is to get out to the front line.
"Search and Rescue teams are deployed to Afghanistan and it's William's wish to go to war just like his brother did."
Despite William's long absence, Kate is not planning to wait around for her boyfriend as she hopes to travel to the US to pursue her hobby.
A source explained to Britain's Daily Mail newspaper: "What she really wants is to explore her passion for photography and she has thought about spending some time in America."
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