Oct. 11, 2025

Can Prince William Win Gen Alpha? Polls, Pressure—and a Prince Preparing to Reign

Can Prince William Win Gen Alpha? Polls, Pressure—and a Prince Preparing to Reign
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Hello, and welcome to Palace Intrigue. I am your host,

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Mark Francis. The future of the monarchy seems to be

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a never ending topic. Newsweek suggests King Charles is confronting

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a new kind of challenge the attitudes of Britain's youngest families.

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Fresh polling suggests support for the crown is softening not

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only among Gen Z but also among the millennial parents

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now raising jen Alpha, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince

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Louis generation. In the nineteen eighties, enthusiasm was emphatic. By

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the late nineteen nineties, after the breakdown of the then

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Prince of Wales's marriage to Diana, the number who felt

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the monarchy was very important collapsed, though overall support remained.

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Interests rebounded in the William and Kate era, peaking around

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the twenty twelve Diamond Jubilee, and even then the ardent

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monarchists of old were fewer, replaced by a larger camp

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thought the institution quite important. The rupture of twenty twenty one,

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when the Duke and Duchess of Sussex publicly criticized the Palace,

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coincided with the marked rise in republican sentiment among the

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young Today, the broad picture is this older Britain's remain

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firmly in favor, but under forty five's are split or

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lean away, and millennial parents, those most likely to be

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shaping Jen Alferd's views, are now as likely to prefer

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an elected head of state as to keep the king.

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When presented with that binary choice, Republic campaigners argue the

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trench is entrenched. Graham Smith of Republic told Newsweek they're

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on a spiral downwards and their big problem is they

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haven't really changed much over the years and they haven't

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got anything new to pull out of the hat. So

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it's not going to turn around and go back the

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other way. In the last decade and a half, we've

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had two big weddings to jubilees and a coronation in

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the queen's funeral, and it's not bringing back any kind

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of level of support at all. It's continuing to drift downwards.

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He added, the long running controversies around the Duke of

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York remain corrosive. Prince Andrew is just damaging the whole

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family because it keeps coming back. Sexual offenses are so

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toxic to a brand, and of course the megan thing

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for the palace. The strategic question is whether the Wales

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Children's Cohort can be won back through service, visibility and relevance,

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or whether a generation raised by more skeptical parents will

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harden into a durable Republican block. Prince William is said

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to be showing a more exacting side behind the scenes

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as he steps further into his role as heir to

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the throne. According to Radar Online, Pallace insiders suggest that

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while the Prince of Wales appears warm and approachable in public,

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in private, he has become noticeably more demanding. One source

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claimed the warm, approachable face William shows in public is

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very different from what staff see behind closed doors. He's

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become noticeably irritable, adding that he requires constant updates and

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expects a respect at all times. There are suggestions he

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now insists on being addressed to serve by his team,

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while keeping closer control over projects linked to his causes.

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Another source told the outlet that a volunteer with one

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of William's housing charities described him as far more aggressive

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than before, recalling late night calls where the Prince would

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ask how much money have we made? A figure close

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to Kensington Palace, added, when William was younger, he came

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across as relaxed, even lighthearted. These days he's intent on

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asserting authority. For him, it's no longer just about handling

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daily duties. It's about gearing up to be king. He

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feels he must establish his standards now. William is said

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to be taking a deliberate approach and preparing his eldest son,

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Prince George, for the responsibilities of one day becoming king

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Royal expectating. Nickel told The Mirror that King Charles cancer

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diagnosis has underscored the reality of succession for William, noting

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the crown will never have felt closer to the Prince

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than it does now. His father's illness has been a

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stark remind that it's his turn next, and it may

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not be too far in the distant future. William has

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a sense to note that the public need to fall

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in love with George as a youngster. He has to

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have a presence, and he can't be kept under lock

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and key and only introduced when he's eighteen. The twelve

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year old prince has already begun to take on small roles,

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such as joining his parents. At this year's ve Day commemorations,

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where he met veterans at a tea event, his first

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engagement of that kind. Typically, George and his siblings appear

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at key moments such as tripping the color of the

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Christmas Day Walk and Catherine's Carroll concert, as well as

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occasional outings like Wimbledon. Royal commentator Duncan Larcom noted the

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challenge William faces how do you explain it to a

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twelve year old? Their closeness will be invaluable as George

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tries to process the fact he isn't quite normal. He's

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going to be king. He will be front page news

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all his life. That would be hard for anyone to

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get the head around, let alone a boy of his age.

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As for William himself, Nicol said, those closest to him

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believe he is prepared the age. I've spoken two and

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those who know him best say he is absolutely ready.

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Of course, it's not a moment he wants to think about.

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He loves his father and wants him to be around

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for a long time, but when the time comes, he

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will be ready. This seems will be the right time

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king we've ever seen. Carrie writes As a royal expert,

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I spend my days writing about all things royal, past,

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present and future. When it comes to stories about Prince William,

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I am frequently reminded of why he will achieve great

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success in its role as monarch, perhaps even making him

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the best king we've ever seen. This is because, as

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well as his knowledge and ability to excel in his

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royal duties, his personality is unlike any monarch we have

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seen before. In fact, I would go as far as

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to argue that he is one of the most down

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to earth royals out there, showing a signs of him

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that make him seem not too dissimilar to me or you.

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Whether that be his enthusiasm in the aston Villa football stands,

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his love for an East scooter, or his cracking sense

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of humor, William really will be a king people can

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relate to. Although he has access to castles and palaces,

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staff and security, the Prince made some admissions on his

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recent TV appearance that showed how similar his emotions are

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to those we all share. When talking about some health

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battles his loved ones have faced, the king's oldest son

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showed that being royal does not make you immune. To

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some of the most powerful human emotions of love, worry,

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and fear. By making those admissions and by simply being

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him day in day out, whether that will be at

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football matches, royal engagements, or on his electric scooter, William

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is carving the way to be a very successful king

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more palace in just a moment. Bobby Brown has confirmed

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at last who really created Kate's wedding day makeup look.

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For years, rumors well that the bride had done her

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own makeup when she married Prince William at Westminster Abbey

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in April twenty ninth, twenty eleven, but speaking of the

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Breaking Beauty podcast, Brown explained, I did not do her makeup.

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She did. It was one of my artists, Hannah Martin,

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who's become quite a sensation in the UK. Hannah did

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give me some information that I had set my alarm

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and watch and we were texting back and forth and

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she's like, oh my god, oh my god, oh my god.

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The Future Queen did use Bobby Brown products, and Brown

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said she later received a note of thanks. I did

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get a note though, that I am hanging now in

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my office, not from Kate, but from the person that

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wrote her letters. Saying how much she appreciated the makeup.

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At the time, the company chose not to promote its

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role in the Royal wedding. We didn't as a company

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use it. No one did back then. It wasn't the

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right thing to do, Brown explained. The makers of Paddington

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Bear are taking legal action against the producers of Spitting

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Image over a controversial sketch that portrayed the beloved children's

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character as a cocaine snorting side kick to Prince Harry.

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The parody which appeared in Spitting Images. A recent episode

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featured a puppet version of Paddington co hosting a podcast

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with the Duke of Sussex. The Red Eyed Bear, speaking

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in a caricature you would a South American accent, claim

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to enjoy one hundred percent Peruvian biodynamic organic catastrophic cocaine,

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before adding I am from Beru, mother effort, I am

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Pettington Bear from Peru. Studio Canal, which holds the rights

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to the Paddington films, has filed a complaint in the

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High Court against Avalon, the company behind Spitting Image, citing

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copyright concerns. Fans were quick to condemn the sketch, accusing

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the producers of disrespecting the marmalade loving Bear, who became

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a national symbol of warmth and kindness following his famous

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Platinum Jubilee tea with Queen Elizabeth the Second in twenty

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twenty two. In the same episode, Prince Harry's puppet was

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shown declaring, I'm here to tell my truth and make

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a ton of money out of podcasting, as I don't

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have any discernible talent spitting images a long tradition of

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mocking the monarchy, dating back to its debut in nineteen

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eighty four, when it featured puppet versions of Queen Elizabeth,

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Prince Philip, Charles, Diana, and others. The revived series has

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continued the satire with updated puppets of King Charles, Queen

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