{"id":601605,"date":"2025-11-29T16:11:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T16:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/601605\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T16:11:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T16:11:22","slug":"prince-william-hates-outdated-royal-tradition-and-could-get-rid-of-it-bbc-expert-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/601605\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince William hates ‘outdated’ royal tradition and could get rid of it, BBC expert claims"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prince William could make the change when he becomes KingSam Dimmer<\/strong><\/a> East Midlands Head of Brand and Hanisha Sethi<\/strong><\/p>\n

15:23, 29 Nov 2025<\/p>\n

\"princePrince William might make “radical alterations” as monarch, claims presenter(Image: GETTY)<\/p>\n

A seasoned broadcaster has suggested Prince William “hates” a particular Royal tradition<\/a> and intends to introduce significant reforms once he ascends to the throne. David Dimbleby, 87, shared his views ahead of his three-part BBC documentary.<\/p>\n

Mr Dimbleby has reported on numerous Royal occasions, including the funerals of Princess Diana<\/a> in 1997 and Queen Elizabeth II in 2022, with his forthcoming series titled ‘What’s the Monarchy For?’.<\/p>\n

The broadcaster discussed aspects of Royal protocol that have become outdated.<\/p>\n

He said: “I don’t understand why people, particularly with the late Queen<\/a>, were so flummoxed when they met her – men curtseying, people forgetting what to say and all that.<\/p>\n

“I don’t like the obsequiousness. I don’t like that at all. Incidentally, a view which I think William shares, from what I hear.<\/p>\n

“The bowing and scraping element is quite out of date and ridiculous, and the pomposity of the court, which still exists a bit, is absurd,” reports the Express<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Speaking to the Telegraph, he explained: “I’m pro-monarchy if it suits the spirit of the times<\/a>. I’m not pro-flamboyant monarchy of the Disneyland type. I’m not pro the argument that it brings in American tourists, that’s one of the worst arguments of all.”<\/p>\n

He also maintained: “There is a ‘growing tide’ of people, particularly young people, who are no longer in favour of a monarchy.”<\/p>\n

The broadcaster said: “I don’t think we’re going to be a republic any time soon, but I’m not saying that I think a republic would be worse than a monarchy. I think if it could be devised in a way that was acceptable, it might be as good.”<\/p>\n

\"PrinceA new BBC series about the monarchy is set to air(Image: GETTY)<\/p>\n

Overall, he believes a “carefully constructed form of monarchy” led by King William represents “the likely option, and a perfectly good option if it works”.<\/p>\n

Mr Dimbleby also took aim at the Royal Family’s “antiquated” privileges, including their legal exemption from paying tax.<\/p>\n

William has recently acknowledged he has significant plans for when his turn comes to assume the throne.<\/p>\n

The Prince of Wales recently shared his vision with actor Eugene Levy, presenter of Apple TV+’s The Reluctant Traveler, regarding his intentions to modernise the monarchy upon becoming King.<\/p>\n

Speaking with Eugene about what lies ahead, William revealed: “I think it’s safe to say that change is on my agenda. Change for good.”<\/p>\n

However, William stopped short of elaborating on the specific changes he envisions.<\/p>\n

The BBC programme arrives as polling data indicates public backing for the Royal Family<\/a> has fallen somewhat following the latest revelations concerning Andrew.<\/p>\n

What’s the Monarchy For? starts on Tuesday at 9pm on BBC One.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prince William could make the change when he becomes KingSam Dimmer East Midlands Head of Brand and Hanisha…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":601606,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[5105,7710,519,448,2417],"class_list":{"0":"post-601605","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-royal","9":"tag-royal-families","10":"tag-royal-family","11":"tag-royals","12":"tag-the-queen"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601605","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=601605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}