I read Eddie joined the Marines and was a 2nd Lieutenant serving 5 weeks a year and doing a tour in Belize. At the time (1983), the story was he dropped out in basic training to work in the theatre. What is the truth?
2007-04-30 03:29:21 · 5 answers · asked by JoAnn W 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Royalty
He certainly didn't last four years - it was a matter of weeks. The Marines is the hardest of the services and he might have done better in the Navy. As a commentator said after the Queen Mother's funeral, never did a morning suit look so much like a badge of shame (when his brothers and father were in uniform). He did get a job at Andrew Lloyd Webber's Palace Theatre in Cambridge Circus, London.
2007-04-30 07:17:54 · answer #1 · answered by Dunrobin 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Prince Edward joined the Royal Marines in after graduating from Cambridge in 1986, but served only until 1987.
2007-04-30 11:16:10 · answer #2 · answered by JerH1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex, resigned his commission in January 1987 to concentrate on theatre life...he never made it to Belize
His name is Edward not Eddie
2007-04-30 11:38:56 · answer #3 · answered by sarch_uk 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes he dropped out of something to join the theatre
2007-04-30 10:38:27 · answer #4 · answered by dumplingmuffin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Edward%2C_Duke_of_Kent
2007-04-30 10:45:46 · answer #5 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋