Prince William

Prince William

Britain's Prince William is looking forward to going back to work so he can get some sleep.

The 31-year-old royal - who is expected to take up a position with the Household Cavalry after his posting as an RAF Search and Rescue pilot ends next month - has been enduring sleepless nights thanks to his and Duchess Catherine's newborn baby Prince George, so part of him will be glad to get back to his day job.

He said: "Well, as a few fathers might know, I'm actually quite looking forward to going back to work -- get some sleep. So I'm just hoping the first few shifts I go back I don't have any night jobs."

William and Catherine are due to leave Anglesey, north Wales - where the prince has been working for the RAF - to move back to Kensington Palace, central London, permanently, and he is keen for the couple to bring George up as independently as they are allowed to be.

Speaking to CNN, he added: "Where I can be I am as independent as I want to be. And same as Catherine and Harry. We've all grown up differently to other generations. And I very much feel if I can do it myself, I want to do it myself.

"And there are times where you can't do it yourself and the system takes over or it's appropriate to do things differently."