{"id":131139,"date":"2025-05-25T17:03:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T17:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/131139\/"},"modified":"2025-05-25T17:03:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T17:03:11","slug":"how-a-prince-william-monarchy-will-be-a-radical-departure-from-king-charless-time-on-the-throne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/131139\/","title":{"rendered":"How a Prince William Monarchy Will Be a \u201cRadical Departure\u201d from King Charles\u2019s Time on the Throne"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">When Prince William becomes King in due course, he\u2019ll be keen to do it his own way\u2014less ribbon-cutting and more action, sources say.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">William may also eschew his father King Charles\u2019 \u201cslimmed-down monarchy,\u201d adding other family members into the mix that weren\u2019t working royals before.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Prince of Wales is reportedly looking to increase the royal role of cousins like Princess Beatrice, Princess Eugenie, and Zara Tindall when he takes the throne.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While the role of a monarch remains largely the same from person to person, each King or Queen puts their own spin on the role. When <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/prince-william-kate-middleton-generational-pressure-8775106\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Prince William;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Prince William<\/a> becomes King someday\u2014whenever that day may be\u2014he is reportedly planning this \u201cradical departure\u201d from the way his father <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/king-charles-begged-prince-william-not-make-mistake-he-made-11737354\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:King Charles;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">King Charles<\/a> has done business heretofore.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Speaking on the May 23 episode of True Royalty TV\u2019s The Royal Beat, royal editor for The Times Kate Mansey said that William has changes afoot when he takes on the top job, including veering away from \u201cshaking some hands\u201d in favor of making a real \u201cdifference\u201d (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/prince-william-new-approach-royal-duties\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Marie Claire;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Marie Claire<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Getty King Charles and Prince William on May 13, 2024\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"620\" height=\"480\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/765a22990b70ac8f572b041cf55cc00c.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p> King Charles and Prince William on May 13, 2024<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI think what\u2019s really interesting about this is I wrote a profile about William recently, and someone very close to him was saying that this is a move away from these classic kinds of patronages where you would go and support an existing charity to actual projects,\u201d Mansey said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">William \u201cwants to come away and think, \u2018I\u2019ve made a difference there, there\u2019s money that\u2019s gone into that community center or there\u2019s something that\u2019s happened because I went there,\u2019 rather than just showing up and shaking some hands,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Mansey added that this is \u201cquite a radical departure, really, from what the King does or what the late Queen [Elizabeth] did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Getty Queen Elizabeth, Prince William, and Kate Middleton\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"455\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/19e522919ae48b6dbe1cdfe6fa215a26.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p> Queen Elizabeth, Prince William, and Kate Middleton<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In Mansey\u2019s aforementioned piece for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/uk\/royal-family\/article\/king-prince-william-will-be-lsd3z92dx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Times;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Times<\/a>, William Hague\u2014who works with William at the Royal Foundation\u2019s United for Wildlife initiative\u2014said, \u201cHe\u2019s not one for long meetings or going around the same thing again. I\u2019ve often heard him say, \u2018There\u2019s been too much talk about that. We need to see some action.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In addition to steering away from \u201cribbon-cutting representation\u201d a la monarchs before him, William may also eschew Charles\u2019 famous \u201cslimmed-down monarchy\u201d approach and expand his cousins\u2019 role in the royal family, namely <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/princess-beatrice-earthshot-prize-working-royal-rumors-8670813\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Princess Beatrice;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Princess Beatrice<\/a>, <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/princess-eugenie-balancing-act-prince-harry-royal-family-8731461\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Princess Eugenie;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Princess Eugenie<\/a>, and <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/zara-tindall-princes-harry-william-make-up-8694972\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Zara Tindall;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Zara Tindall<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cAlthough Prince William still believes in a \u2018slimmed-down monarchy,\u2019 he is increasingly aware of the hard work of his extended family,\u201d royal correspondent Richard Eden wrote, via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/royalty\/833856\/prince-william-king-charles-slimmed-down-monarchy-cousins-role\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Hello!;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Hello!<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Getty Images Prince William, Princess Eugenie, and Princess Beatrice on June 15, 2013\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"637\" height=\"480\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dbd1ac769b73165bdbc49c1f83ce1ad8.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Getty Images<\/p>\n<p> Prince William, Princess Eugenie, and Princess Beatrice on June 15, 2013<img alt=\"Getty Images Kate Middleton, Zara Tindall, Mike Tindall, and Prince William on June 20, 2017\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/4268dc803ac73201e9cc87e545019a0f.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Getty Images<\/p>\n<p> Kate Middleton, Zara Tindall, Mike Tindall, and Prince William on June 20, 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Former BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond said, via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/royalty\/834017\/princess-diana-prediction-prince-william-comes-true\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Hello!;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Hello!<\/a>, that \u201cClearly, William is doing something very right. His informal, approachable way of going about his work is resonating with the public.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cEven the way he talks is different to previous generations,\u201d Bond continued. \u201cHe\u2019s well spoken, of course, but not overly posh. He dresses well, of course, but is quite often wearing jeans and trainers.\u201d She added, \u201cHe\u2019ll pose for selfies with the crowds\u2014he\u2019ll even work the camera for them if they get flustered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Terry Fincher\/Princess Diana Archive\/Getty Images Prince William and Princess Diana in March 1991\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bc8dafb380c1fe1c3369504f2ca86e79.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Terry Fincher\/Princess Diana Archive\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p> Prince William and Princess Diana in March 1991<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Bond called out praise William\u2019s mother, <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/princess-diana-unexpected-mantra-when-marriage-prince-charles-became-difficult-11729099\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Princess Diana;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Princess Diana<\/a>, once gave him and his natural charm, remembering that the late Princess of Wales once said, \u201cWilliam\u2019s alright. The country is very lucky to have William.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI think she was bang on,\u201d Bond said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/prince-william-monarchy-differ-from-king-charles-11741540\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:InStyle;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">InStyle<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When Prince William becomes King in due course, he\u2019ll be keen to do it his own way\u2014less ribbon-cutting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":131140,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[7709,7730,7731,1760,532,13082,13084,7710,519,55935,13083],"class_list":{"0":"post-131139","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-british-royal-family","9":"tag-charles","10":"tag-charles-iii","11":"tag-king-charles","12":"tag-prince-william","13":"tag-princess-beatrice","14":"tag-princess-eugenie","15":"tag-royal-families","16":"tag-royal-family","17":"tag-william-hague","18":"tag-zara-tindall"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114569557477278141","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131139\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}