Prince William has shown that he has “learned his lesson” from his father, King Charles, in one of his recent interviews, a royal commentator has claimed. The Prince of Wales recently had a candid interview with Brazilian television host Luciano Huck from the Domingão show, while wrapping up his tour in Brazil to promote the Earthshot Prize.
During the interview, the heir opened up on various topics of his family life, including how he and his wife, Princess Catherine, have approached her cancer diagnosis when it comes to speaking with their children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis. He also revealed that none of his children has a mobile phone yet.
This is not the first time William has opened up in such a personal interview as he recently spoke about his family life in Eugene Levy’s series, The Reluctant Traveler.
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Now, former BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond has said that William’s approach to how he prioritises his private life to the public is a result of his father’s previous actions.
She told the Mirror: “When I was the BBC’s royal correspondent, it was the dream to get a proper interview with any member of the Royal Family. And it remained just a dream. Charles and Diana did, in the end, sit down for interviews – though not with me.
“Both were disasters. So I can quite understand that William is choosing to do things in a different way. And I think it’s working.”
She added: “A formal sit-down interview is inevitably rather stiff and staged. William has found a way of allowing us to know some of his most personal thoughts and feelings in a very natural and rather charming way.”
Jennie went on to say: “And his words are reaching a multigenerational and far broader audience than if he did a formal interview with mainstream media. So, even though I’d find it extremely annoying if I were still the royal correspondent for one of the main TV stations, I think William has hit on an excellent strategy.”
William has previously said that he wants to make the royals more relevant to the younger generation.
Last year, while visiting South Africa for that year’s Earthshot Prize awards, he set out some of his plans for the future.
The future King said: “I can only describe what I’m trying to do, and that I’m trying to do it differently. I’m trying to do it for my generation,” he told us. “And to give you more of an understanding around it, I’m doing it with maybe a smaller R in the royal, if you like, that’s maybe a better way of saying it.”
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