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Later this summer, William will leave his job as an air ambulance pilot with the East Anglia Air Ambulance as he continues to take on more royal duties to support the queen, who is still very active at 91 but relying on her children and grandchildren for longer royal trips. He and Kate will also \"increasingly base\" their family in London, according to a statement issued by Kensington Palace in January.

The move from the family's primary residence, Anmer Hall in Norfolk, to their apartment in Kensington Palace will also come as Prince George will start primary school at Thomas's School in Battersea in the fall.

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PHOTO: Anmer Hall on the Sandringham Estate, Jan. 13, 2013 in King's Lynn, England.
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PHOTO: Kensington Palace, London, Jan. 22, 2016.
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William and Kate have also taken the helm of several patronages recently passed onto them by Queen Elizabeth, 91. Kate became Wimbledon Tennis Club’s official patron, while William has taken over from his grandmother as the Welsh Rugby Union's patron.

The couple has also become more involved in the high-profile Heads Together mental health campaign and the Royal Foundation, both of which they formed with Prince Harry. The royal trio have become high-profile advocates on a number of key issues close to their heart and have said they feel it is important to use their position to make a difference in the lives of the less fortunate.

William -- who with Harry has taken up charitable initiatives like homelessness and HIV awareness pioneered by Princess Diana -- used his platform as an advocate for mental health awareness to open up publicly about the death of his mom and its impact on him and his family.

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PHOTO: Prince Harry and Prince William walk to the church for the wedding of Pippa Middleton and James Matthews at St Mark's Church in Englefield, west of London, May 20, 2017.
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\"I am in a better place about it than I have been for a long time, where I can talk about her more openly, talk about her more honestly, and I can remember her better, and publicly talk about her better,” William told GQ magazine in an interview published in May. \"It has taken me almost 20 years to get to that stage. I still find it difficult now because at the time it was so raw.\"

He followed in Diana's footsteps in May by making a visit to the Royal Marsden Hospital, of which Diana was president and patron of the hospital until her death in 1997. William, who has since stepped into his mother's role, visited with young cancer patients at the hospital's Sutton location as he marked 10 years of his association with the hospital.

The Duke helps put on Daisy's name tag @royalmarsdenNHS Oak Centre for Children and Young People. pic.twitter.com/pl9OLlX9Pc

— Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) May 16, 2017

More recently, William accompanied Queen Elizabeth last week to meet with victims of the Grenfell Tower fire in London. At one point William embraced an emotional woman who was desperate to find her missing husband.

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PHOTO: Britain's Prince William meets firefighters near Grenfell Tower, in London, June 16, 2017.
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Earlier this month, William made another unannounced visit, this time to meet with survivors and first responders of the Manchester Arena terror attack that killed 22 people.

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