Laura Roberts of London and AC Peake of France, you are clueless!

Kate, Denver, US

So, well done Prince William. A few thousand pounds spent, a few hundred man hours wasted and a few tonnes of carbon foot print created to give a man a skill and medal that he wanted just because his dad had it and his birth gave it to him on a plate. This goes directly against the current day ethos of eco-friendliness, targeted training and financial prudence.

Vin, Newcastle upon Tyne,

I feel very angry that the Air Force can afford to train a person on na ego trip, who will never fly as a real Air Force airman, never have to fight for his country, never have to face an enemy. Whilst the MOD cannot afford to give real soldiers at war the tools they need. This is quite an insult to the men and women who are serving, and those like myself who have served and suffered kit shortages. There's no lack of money when a Royal steps forward. Royal should only be able to represent the forces in civilian dress. I have served and could not under any circonstances wear an army uniform. The Royals need to take note of the comments on these pages.

RayB , Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

The site of this young man, wearing a set of wings he has hardly earned, given to him by his father bedecked in rank, medals and honours he has never earned could give nepotism a bad name. What on earth are they thinking about, or do they just not care what signals this tosh sends out.

James, Nanning, China

collect 8 crisp packets and get your wings

Martyn, newcastle,

Quite right Laura Roberts. What an utter waste of taxpayers money. This individual will never be allowed anywhere near the front line. How come his father is wearing a senior RAF officers uniform? He was only ever a very junior, and a very mediocre, naval officer? Roll on the Revolution - get rid of the lot of them.

Neil, Gloucestershire, England

At least the Prince has spent some time with the defenders of your country. Has some idea of what they do and how they do it. That is more than you can say for the Democrat Party candidates trying to be elected in our country.

John Glodosky, Evans, Georgia, USA

Ok let’s look at this, here’s a man who is privileged to have everything paid for by us the taxpayer. WHY because from a bye gone age, when we knew no better, we thought that a certain blood line was fit to rule the country. Why are they still here, because government is scared to get rid of them because a large percentage of the population still think the Royal family are better than them and that they deserve to be there (i.e. the government is scared of losing votes). What does this mean - while fighting a war on two fronts where personnel, helicopters are at a premium we have spent a considerable wedge of our money to train someone who will never use his skills on the front line? Why - because he felt like it. For this man to get his wings Instructors, training helicopters, security guards, etc costing thousands where utilized. These valuable commodities could be used to train new recruits who can make a difference and save lives, instead some posh guy has wings on a blue suit

Dave, Manchester,

Get rid of the lot of them, they are a total waste of space and more importantly UK tax-payers money

A C Peake, Plouasne, France

Congratulations to the Young man. As a retired military member and a father I am proud to have two sons and a daughter in the military service and it is good to see that even though he is of royal blood he still feels the necessity to serve his country. Good luck and well done to the prince.

Donald R. Foster, Hesperia, California, United States

How utterly pointless. So the guy can fly a light aircraft and a helicopter.

Who paid for this? How is he going to serve society by this knowledge? Is he going to fight? Is he going to use this at all?

What a complete waste of taxpayer's money and everyone's time.

Laura Roberts, London, UK