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Hello and welcome to Pallace Weekly. I am your host,
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Mark Francis. The week belonged to Prince William. In the
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most candid interview of his life, the future king laid
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out his vision for a modernized monarchy, opened up about
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twenty twenty four being the hardest year I've ever had,
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and made clear he's not waiting for his father's crown
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to start calling the shots. But getting to that blockbuster
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moment required navigating family tensions that would make a soap
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opera writer blush, including explosive claims that Queen Camilla told
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Kate to move out of the way during Trump's visit,
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and Harry accusing Pallas sources of actively sabotaging his reconciliation attempts.
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Monday opened with a bombshell that threatened to overshadow everything else.
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Reports The Queen Camilla and Princess Catherine are at odds
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following a tense moment during Trump's state visit when Camras
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appeared to show Camilla motioning for Kate to move while
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the princess was speaking with Milania Trump. A source told
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Examiner the incident has stirred friction within the royal household,
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revealing deeper tensions about hierarchy and influence. Camilla has been
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extremely kind and supportive towards Kate throughout her recent struggles,
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but she's territorial by nature as well as prickly. It
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annoys her to no end. There's this narrative that the
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Whaless can do no wrong and that Kate can sworn
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around whenever she feels like it, waving her magic wand
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and taking a self appointed bow. As the most popular
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member of the monarchy, according to Inside As, Camilla has
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been reminding Kate that she's calling the shots for now,
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making clear it's not Kate or William's place to be
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throwing their weight around or barking orders. From Kate's perspective,
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Camilla's public display was unnecessary and embarrassing. The way she
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behaved in front of everyone, pushing Kate away and snapping,
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was uncalled for, and it raised William's hackles. Two. The
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tension reflects a deeper power struggle within the Palace Royal
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Inside at Deep Crown wrote in his Sunday Substack that
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Catherine is the glue in the factory and suggested that
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without her, the public would be left with a monarchy
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high on tradition but lo on charm. He noted Kate
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now sits at the heart of three key relationships with William,
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with the King, and with the Queen, and that such
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influence doesn't go unnoticed. Another palace insider was more blunt.
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Alongside the respect Kate commands, there's also jealousy and unease
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when one figure becomes so close to the King, it
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doesn't go unnoticed. If Monday revealed cracks in the family's
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public facade, Tuesday shattered any illusions about Harry's path back
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to royal life. The Duke issued a rare and pointed
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statement denying claims about the tone of his recent meeting
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with King Charles and suggesting unnamed sources are actively trying
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to sabotage or reconcile. Harry's spokesperson hit back at the
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Son's reporting that described the meeting as formal and claimed
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Harry felt like an official visitor rather than a son.
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Recent reporting of the Duke's view of the tone of
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the meeting is categorically false. The quotes attributed to him
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are pure invention, fed one can only assume by sources
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intent on sabotaging any reconciliation between father and son. The
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palace response was swift and telling. Sources described themselves as
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saddened and perplexed by the accusation, with courtiers noting that
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such public pronouncements only served to make that endeavor more difficult.
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One insider told shut a scoop. Every time there's progress,
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he runs to the press and ruins it. He demands privacy,
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but never shuts up in his attention. Like Air Tom Sakes,
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and the Royalist didn't mince words about who might be
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behind the sabotage. Prince William has made it clear through
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his actions that he is opposed to reconciling with his brother.
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In stark contrast to the King having just won the
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Battle of Prince Andrew and I've seen him purged from
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royal life, some cynics might be wondering whether Prince William
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thinks he is on a roll. Speaking of Andrew, the
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week brought a confirmation of what many had suspected. The
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Duke and Duchess of York are effectively person and on
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grata at royal family events. Going forward, King Charles has
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reportedly decided to keep both Andrew and Sarah at arm's length,
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with sources saying they're not expected at Sandringham for Christmas,
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nor welcome at future family occasions. You can't sack someone
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for being your brother, one royal source told The Sunday Times.
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But this year, if the Duke and Duchess were both
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to be as honorable as last year, it would be
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very much for the best and the family would not
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be disappointed. The decision represents a significant shift for Charles,
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who had previously extended Christian forgiveness to his troubled brother,
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but with fresh scandals continuing to emerge, including allegations in
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Andrew Lowney's new book about a Thai orgy with more
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than forty women, even the king's patients as limits, Tom
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Sykes argued this represents a fundamental power shift from Charles
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to William. This is not about who gets how many
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roast potatoes. It's about the structure, the anatomy, the sinews
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of the monarchy. Who holds power, who makes decisions, who
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defies the institution's survival strategy. The answer is now clear.
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William Sikes noted it was intriguing that the King climbed
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down after spending time with William in Scotland this week,
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adding that William stay at Balmoral, eight miles from Birkehle,
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where Charles and Camilla are based. He spent much of
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his time shooting grouse with friends. This was no cozy
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weekend of father son bonding. There was a negotiation and
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William emerged with his father's head. The decision creates a
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painful dilemma for Princess Beatrice and Eugenie, who may feel
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it unfair of them to go with their parents aren't there.
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Royal commentator Phil Dampier noted the King has a soft
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spot for both Beatrice and Eugenian feels sorry for the
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situation they are in, so it's a real dilemma for
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him and one he could do without. While family dramas
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play now, Kate found herself facing criticism from an un
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unexpected quarter rugby fans. The Princess Patron of the Rugby
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Football Union was notably absent from the women's at Rugby
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World Cup final on Saturday, a landmark moment. When England's
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Red Roses clinched the world title with a commanding thirty
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three thirteen victory over Canada, fans took to social media
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to voice disappointment, with one writing HRH. Catherine should have
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been there today at the final. Earlier appearances don't negate
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not being there to support the team at the final.
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The frustration was compounded by the wider absence of senior
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royals and government figures. What made the absence more puzzling
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was the revelation that Kate had somehow found the time
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and energy to conjure up a magical day for her
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children with a private visit to the Harry Potter television
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series set. The family got an exclusive behind the scenes
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look at the new HBO production, with Prince Louis reportedly
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getting to ride the Hogwarts Express on a half mile
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track built near Adelaide cottage. It was so special a
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set inside, it told The Daily Mail. Kate and the
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children met the young actors the director on the set.
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There was only one night of filming there, so it
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really was a magical ticket. The optics weren't great, missing
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a historic sporting achievement to visit a TV set and
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highlighted the ongoing debate about Kate's modified schedule and what
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exactly qualifies as essential royal duty. Back in California, Megan
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was having her usual mixed week of lifestyle, brand posts
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and professional setbacks. Monday brought news she'd been dropped from
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a Los Angeles gala where she was supposed to be
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honored for championing women and underserved communities. Who name no
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longer appeared on the official program for the reschedule October
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fifteenth event, but Megan sold it on with her Instagram presence,
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posting videos of cozy armchairs with sleeping rescue beagles, handwritten
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messages about birds and bees, and a Marjong game night
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with friends. The post drew mixed reactions, with some followers
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praising the esthetic, while others called it cheap looking and
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struggled to read her cursive on a caffeine rush handwriting.
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More seriously, industry sources told Radar on Land that Meghan
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may be considering a return to acting after disappointing figures
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Fought with Love Megan. Meghan put her heart into the show,
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but the ratings were not what she hoped for. That
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leaves her at a crossroads, one source explained, though another
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was brutally honest. The truth is she was a terrible
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actress and no one in Hollywood is going to want
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to cast her in big projects, as she is also
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seen as toxic. The week also brought the surreal news
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that Meghan's a strange father, Thomas Michael, was trapped on
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the nineteenth floor of a building in the Philippines following
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a powerful six point seven magnitude earthquake. His daughter Samantha
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confirmed he can't walk and he has trapped, though there
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was no word on whether Meghan and Harry had offered assistance.
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More palace in just a moment. The family tensions that
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Harry drama. The Megan's Side Show was all a prologue
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to Saturday's main event. Prince William's extraordinarily candid interview with
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Eugene Levy for Apple TV Plus is the Reluctant Traveler.
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Filmed at Windsor Castle over what appeared to be a
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relaxed afternoon featuring electric scooters, pub visits, and walks with
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a family dog, ll Up, the conversation revealed a future
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king who's done waiting in the wings. William opened up
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with a mission statement that would have been unthinkable from
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a Royal air just a generation ago. I think it's
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safe to say that change is on my agenda, change
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for good, and I embrace that I enjoy that change,
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I don't fear it. That's the bit that excites me,
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the idea of being able to bring some change, not
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overly radical, but changes I think need to happen. The
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interview's most powerful moments came when William spoke about the
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year that had tested his family to its core. I'd
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say twenty twenty four was the hardest year that I've
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ever had, he admitted, describing the challenge of trying to
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balance protecting the children Catherine, my father needs a bit
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of protection. It's important that my family feels protected, and
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he has the space to process a lot of stuff
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that's gone on last year, and that was tricky trying
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to do that and keep to the job. His vulnerability
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was striking. We've been very lucky. We haven't had many
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illnesses in the family for a very long time. My
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grandparents lived until they were in their high nineties, so
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we've been very lucky as a family. But when you
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suddenly realize that the metaphorical rug can be pulled from
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under your feet quite quick at any point when it
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does happen to you, then yeah, it takes you into
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some pretty not great places. When asked what overwhelms him.
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William was brutally honest. Stuff to do with the family
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overwhelms me quite a bit. Worry or stress around the
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family side of things does overwhelm me quite a bit.
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When it's to do with family and things like that.
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Then that's where I start getting a bit overwhelmed, as
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I think most people would, because it's more personal, it's
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more about feeling, it's more about upsetting a rhythm. Perhaps
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most revealing was William's frank discussion of how his parents
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divorce shaped his approach to family life. You have to
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have that warmth, that feeling of safety, security, love, that
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all has to be there, and that was certainly part
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of my childhood. My parents got divorced at eight, lasted
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a short period of time, but you'd take that and
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you learn from it and you try to make sure
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you don't do the same mistakes as your parents. The
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ordinary rhythm he and Kate have created for their children's
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stands and start contrast to his own childhood. School pickups
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and drop offs, family dinners, without phones, we sit in
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chat it's really important. Trampolines and netball and ballet lessons.
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If you don't start the children off now with a happy, healthy,
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stable home, I feel you're setting them up for a
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bit of a hard time and a fall. William was
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equally clear about the lessons learned from watching his parents'
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relationship destroyed by media intrusion growing up. I saw that
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with my parents. The media was so insatiable back then.
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They were in everything, literally everywhere, and if you let
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that creep in, the damage it can do to your
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family life is something that I vowed would never happen
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to my family. His approach represents a careful, calibrated balance.
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I understand in my role there is interests. You have
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to work with the media, so you have to have
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a grown up sort of situation with it as well.
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It's about knowing where the line is and what you're
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willing to up with. On his vision for the future,
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William was both respectful of tradition and unafraid to question it.
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If you're not careful, history can be a real wait
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and an acre around you, and you can feel suffocated
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by it and restricted by it too much. I want
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to question things more. I think it's very important that
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tradition stays, and tradition has a huge part in all
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of this, but there's also points where you look at
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tradition and go is that still fit for purpose today?
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He's already thinking about how to make his own coronation relevant.
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He is really thinking, how do we make this coronation
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feel more relevant in the future. He is mindful of
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the fact that in twenty years time or whenever his
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time comes, how can the coronation be modern but also
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unifying to the nation and the Commonwealth, And looking even
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further ahead to Prince George's future. William was protective. I
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want to create a world in which my son is
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proud of what we do, a world and job that
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actually does impact people's lives for the better. That is
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caveated with I hope we don't go back to some
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of the practices in the past that Harry and I
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had to grow up in, and I'll do everything I
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