Rare glimpse into Wills' daily life

Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge snapped this black-and-white image of an endangered orangutun while on her tour of Borneo with Prince William. Source: Supplied

IT seems even the Duchess of Cambridge is not above boring people with her holiday snaps.

The Duchess has published seven photographs she took while travelling with Prince William to Borneo, Malaysia as part of the Diamond Jubilee tour on her official website.

The photos offer a far less intimate look into the royal couple's holiday time together than the topless shots of the Duchess sunbathing topless in France that caused an uproar earlier this year.

The Duchess was quite taken with the natural beauty of the rainforest, with all of her holiday photos capturing the dramatic landscape, exotic plants and rare animal life she spotted on their short trip - including a photograph of a endangered orangtuan grabbing a snack in the rainforest canopy.

Kate took this picture of a tall tree towering over the canopy as they travelled by train through Danum Valley, Sabah, Malaysia.

The Duchess showed off a rather artsy approach to photography, with atmospheric aerial shots of Borneo's towering Mt Kinabalu and geometric images of rows of oil palm plantations, which she took as the royal couple flew overhead on the way to the Solomon Islands.

An impressed Kate is also snapped black-and-white images of some of the rainforest's tallest trees as she and William travelled by car through the Malaysian jungle.

Catherine's new happy snaps come a day after Prince William released photos that gave a rare glimpse into his daily life as a RAF search and rescue helicopter pilot in Wales.

Mt. Kinabalu, the highest point in Borneo, peaks above the clouds. This photos was taken from the Duke and Duchess' plane as they continued their Diamond Jubilee trip and headed to the Solomon Islands.

The images - which caused a brief security scare over passwords - show William fetching a cuppa, making the bed, checking his aircraft and sharing a mess meal with his crew as he completes a 24-hour on-call shift.

Security fears prompted authorities to briefly remove the images from William's website, which initially included shots of unclassified user names, passwords and computer screens. The passwords and user names were reset as a precaution and the photos were reissued.

"Due to an administrative oversight, these photographs were not properly cleared at RAF Valley and the images showed unclassified MoD user names, passwords and computer screens on a restricted system," a ministry of defence spokesman said.

A picture of palm oil trees on a plantation taken by Catherine as she flew overhead.

Two days ago a public poll saw William as the most popular member of the Windsors in recent history and today he has further endeared himself as an ordinary bloke, working for a living saving lives.

The 10 pictures show a typical day for the second in line to the throne at his work as a Sea King helicopter search and rescue pilot at his base at RAF Valley on Anglesey, north Wales.

They include shots of him planning and preparing for an emergency callout, pre-flight checks on his chopper to resting with his colleagues during "downtime" and in a mess hall.

New photographs show a side of Prince William not often seen by the public, as he goes about his daily duties as a RAF search and rescue pilot in Wales. Above, William makes himself a cuppa during a break.

William works the same 24-hour on-duty shifts as the rest of his four-man and is in an active state of readiness from 8am to 10pm and must be airborne within 15 minutes of receiving a call.

Captions on the images reveal the crew can never be more than 60 seconds away from their aircraft even during the "rare periods of downtime".

The Search and Rescue Force attend an average of 2000 callouts each year - RAF Valley typically responds to a high number, as it covers north Wales, popular for walking and climbing.

Flight Lieutenant Wales makes the bed during his shift.

Downtime includes sharing a laugh in the mess hall or playing military-themed computer games such as Call of Duty.

Prince William has often described his active service as an integral and rewarding part of his life.

"It's rewarding because every day you come in to work you don't quite know what's going to happen," he said earlier this year.

William also must sometimes undertake computer-based training. Military-themed computer games like Call of Duty are also popular with the rescue crew during their downtime.

"It's quite exciting in that sense, it's unpredictable. But at the same time, it's great that you get to go out and actually save someone's life hopefully or at least make a difference to somebody. When you know that they are in trouble, you do everything you can to get there."

The pictures have been released on the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's website.

On Monday, a poll found nine out of ten people were satisfied with the way the Queen performed her job but the Duke of Cambridge was the most popular royal.

A massive 90 per cent said they were satisfied with the Queen - no Prime Minister has ever scored more than 75 per cent - but then the Ipsos MORI poll asked respondents to name the royal they liked most, 62 per cent nominated William, 48 per cent the Queen and 36 per cent Harry. Heir to the throne Prince Charles received 21 per cent. 

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