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Prince William, second in line to the British throne, is celebrating his 37th birthday in private on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you, everyone, for your lovely wishes on the Duke of Cambridge\u2019s birthday\u2019\u2019 Kensington Palace tweeted, using William\u2019s official title.<\/p>\n

William is second in line to succeed his grandmother Queen Elizabeth II, 93, and his father Prince Charles, 70, is first in line.<\/p>\n

Charles posted on his Clarence House Twitter account, black-and-white photograph of him playing with William in a garden at Kensington Palace in 1984.<\/p>\n

Buckingham Palace also wished William a happy birthday on Twitter, posting several photographs of him with the queen.<\/p>\n

William is the eldest son of Charles and the late Diana, Princess of Wales.<\/p>\n

He and his wife Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, have three children: Prince George, 5; Princess Charlotte, 4; and 1-year-old Prince Louis.<\/p>\n

William served in the British armed forces for 7-and-a-half years in his 20s, training as a helicopter pilot.<\/p>\n

In recent years, he has raised his profile as a supporter of mental health, homelessness, conservation and other charities.<\/p>\n

He and his brother Prince Harry, 34, set up a Royal Foundation in 2009 to support their charitable work.<\/p>\n

Kensington Palace announced on Thursday that Harry and his wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, plan to launch their own separate charitable foundation.<\/p>\n

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