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The future king, Prince William, received his coveted flying “wings” at a Royal Air Force graduation on Friday, while girlfriend Kate Middleton (his on-again girlfriend and possible future queen) looked on with pride.

Prince William, who trained for three months, is now the fourth successive generation of the monarchy to be an RAF pilot.

Britain’s Air Chief Marshall – who happens to be his dad, Prince Charles – presented 25-year-old William and 32 other graduates with their “wings” during a 45-minute graduation ceremony at RAF Cranwell in Lincolnshire on Friday morning.

The young prince is following in the footsteps of his father, who also earned his RAF “wings” at the same flight school back in 1971. William’s uncle, Prince Andrew, is also a pilot, having flown helicopters in the South Atlantic during combat operations in 1982’s Falklands War.