{"id":215805,"date":"2025-06-26T11:58:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T11:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/215805\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T11:58:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T11:58:08","slug":"william-and-kate-named-most-socially-significant-people-in-britain-by-tatler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/215805\/","title":{"rendered":"William and Kate named \u2018most socially significant people in Britain\u2019 by Tatler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your support helps us to tell the story<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 cKWiEj\">From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it&#8217;s investigating the financials of Elon Musk&#8217;s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, &#8216;The A Word&#8217;, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 cKWiEj\">At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 cKWiEj\">The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"sc-1uza6dc-1 huxBsk\">Your support makes all the difference.<\/strong>Read more<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/prince\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prince<\/a> and Princess of Wales have topped Tatler\u2019s Social Power Index of the 100 \u201cmost socially significant people\u201d in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/britain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Britain<\/a> in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>William and Kate were named number one in the society bible\u2019s annual list and hailed as \u201cthe most influential in the land\u201d, ahead of Sir <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/david-attenborough\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Attenborough<\/a> and the Beckhams.<\/p>\n<p>The magazine called the future King and Queen \u201cdream dinner guests\u201d and praised the princess\u2019s \u201cgrace and grit\u201d after her cancer diagnosis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTop billing goes to the Prince and Princess of Wales, future rulers of this sceptred isle \u2013 and dream dinner guests,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>The magazine added: \u201cAston Villa, the beauty of nature, tennis: the Prince and Princess of Wales have plenty of passions and there\u2019s much to admire about the royal couple, especially the grace and grit displayed by Catherine after her cancer diagnosis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey will have a kingdom to run in due course, which makes them the No 1 couple to have at your table.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>British and Irish Lions captain Maro Itoje and his model and artist wife Mimi came second, with Itoje praised for his rugby achievements, his poetry writing, passion for art, and for appearing on a previous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/tatler\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tatler<\/a> cover.<\/p>\n<p>Also on the list were former England men\u2019s football captain Sir <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/david-beckham\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Beckham<\/a> and ex-Spice Girl Lady Beckham in fifth place, with Tatler declaring that thanks to Sir David\u2019s new knighthood: \u201cBrand Beckham just grows and grows.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other famous names included naturalist Sir David Attenborough, Health Secretary Wes Streeting, who was singled out for his karaoke performances, Industry star Marisa Abela and The Crown actor Dominic West.<\/p>\n<p>The Tatler Social Power Index 2025 top 10:<\/p>\n<p>1. The Prince &amp; Princess of Wales<\/p>\n<p>2. Maro &amp; Mimi Itoje<\/p>\n<p>3. Princess Dora Loewenstein<\/p>\n<p>4. Johnny &amp; Clare Hornby<\/p>\n<p>5. Sir David Beckham &amp; Lady Beckham<\/p>\n<p>6. Sir David Attenborough<\/p>\n<p>7. Dominic West &amp; Catherine Fitzgerald<\/p>\n<p>8. Wes Streeting &amp; Joe Dancey<\/p>\n<p>9. Lord &amp; Lady Bamford<\/p>\n<p>10. Marisa Abela &amp; Jamie Bogyo<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 The full Social Power Index is available in the August issue of Tatler, via digital download and on newsstands from Thursday July 3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":215806,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[7709,7714,7713,533,2832,532,2831,7710,519,7711,7712],"class_list":{"0":"post-215805","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-catherine","10":"tag-catherine-middleton","11":"tag-kate-middleton","12":"tag-prince-of-wales","13":"tag-prince-william","14":"tag-princess-of-wales","15":"tag-royal-families","16":"tag-royal-family","17":"tag-uk-royal-family","18":"tag-william"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114749551680717589","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215805","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=215805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}