Prince William’s Skull Fractured
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LONDON — A schoolmate swinging a golf club Monday fractured the skull of Prince William, 8, son of Prince Charles and Princess Diana, Buckingham Palace said.
The injury was accidental and not life-threatening but required a 70-minute operation to correct a depressed fracture on the boy’s forehead, a spokesman said.
William is second in line to the British throne.
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