{"id":2066202,"date":"2025-10-03T08:31:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T08:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2066202"},"modified":"2025-10-03T08:31:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T08:31:30","slug":"prince-william-change-is-on-my-agenda-change-for-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/prince-william-change-is-on-my-agenda-change-for-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince William: \u2018Change is on my agenda \u2013 change for good\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"main\">\n<div class=\"hydrate-root sc-10wlkbs-0\" data-component=\"Newsletter\" data-loading=\"lazy\" data-theme-name=\"base\">\n<aside class=\"sc-y4bm30-0 jwWhkK newsletter-component sc-1ge0fwe-0\" data-newsletter-key=\"receiveIndyHeadlinesNews\">\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-2 kcLSBk\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-1 inRDZn\">\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-3\">\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-4 hfveGa\">\n<p><h3 class=\"sc-y4bm30-5 sc-y4bm30-6 fvoxRM dRzeRr\">Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"sc-y4bm30-5 sc-y4bm30-8 fvoxRM knvhy\">Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"sc-y4bm30-5 sc-y4bm30-7 fvoxRM kbCQAZ\">Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"sc-eaj12q-0 hKcUSR sc-culv3z-0 eifaJK sc-1ix0cah-0 PYnPb sc-y4bm30-10 fUEDPX\"><use href=\"#600f53465147d717\"\/><\/svg><\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-2 kcLSBk sc-y4bm30-9 iQYNfz\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/static-assets\/images\/newsletters\/morningHeadlines1_1.png\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Morning Headlines\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/prince-of-wales\">Prince of Wales<\/a> has said \u201cchange is on my agenda \u2013 change for good\u201d in his most personal and wide-ranging interview about his future role as king.<\/p>\n<p>William set out his approach to the monarchy, saying \u201cI want to question things more\u201d, but central to his world was Kate and their three children, \u201cthe most important thing in my life is family\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The heir to the throne candidly described how his wife\u2019s cancer battle left him overwhelmed, revealed his children do not have mobile phones, and said he aims to create a \u201cworld in which my son is proud of what we do\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He referred to being Prince of Wales and king as a \u201cjob\u201d and said he takes his \u201croles\u201d and \u201cresponsibilities\u201d seriously but it was important \u201cyou don\u2019t feel they own you \u2013 you have to own them\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>His comments are his most detailed reflections on being heir to the throne to date, and he chose to air his views to comic actor <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/eugene-levy\">Eugene Levy<\/a> during an episode of the celebrity\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/apple\">Apple<\/a> TV+ series The Reluctant Traveler.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s safe to say that change is on my agenda \u2013 change for good,\u201d he told Levy as they discussed his future role as king and how his son Prince George will one day succeed him.<\/p>\n<p>William added:\u00a0\u201cAnd I embrace that and I enjoy that change \u2013 I don\u2019t fear it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s the bit that excites me, is the idea of being able to bring some change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot overly radical change, but changes that I think that need to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The prince invited Levy to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/windsor-castle\">Windsor Castle<\/a> and, after arriving on an electric scooter, William confessed he was a fan of the American Pie sex comedy movies that made the actor a global star.<\/p>\n<p>William told the celebrity soon after meeting: \u201cI think it\u2019s very important that tradition stays, and tradition has a huge part in all of this but there\u2019s also points where you look at tradition and go \u2018is that still fit for purpose today? Is that still the right thing to do? Are we still doing and having the most impact we could be having?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, I like to question things is what I\u2019m really getting at.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The prince\u2019s views are likely to be seen by commentators as a statement of intent following a period of upheaval for the royal family.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2021 the monarchy has seen the death of the Duke of Edinburgh and Queen <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/elizabeth-ii\">Elizabeth II<\/a>, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex move to the US after stepping down as working royals and the cancer diagnosis of the King, and the Princess of Wales who is now in remission.<\/p>\n<p>Charles\u2019 reign has been viewed as an evolution not revolution following the late Queen\u2019s 70 years as head of state, a role she saw as service to the nation, but it appears William will bring a different approach to being king and with it the change he thinks necessary.<\/p>\n<p>Asked by Levy, star of the hit series Schitt\u2019s Creek, if he thought about being King, William replied: \u201cIt\u2019s not something I wake up in the morning and think about, because to me, being authentic and being myself, and being genuine is what drives me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then you can attach whatever labels and kind of roles that come on top of that, but if I\u2019m not true to myself, and I\u2019m not true to what I stand for and believe in \u2013 then it doesn\u2019t really matter who you are, it gets lost.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI take my roles and my responsibilities seriously but, it\u2019s important, like I said to you earlier you don\u2019t feel they own you \u2013 you have to own them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The future king was filmed in early February chatting with Levy in Windsor Castle as he played tour guide for his guest, when they walked William\u2019s black cocker spaniel Orla through the grounds and they spoke over a pint in The Two Brewers, a local pub.<\/p>\n<p>William was asked if he was \u201coverwhelmed\u201d by the castle\u2019s history, where his forebears have lived for centuries, and replied he was not, warning \u201chistory can be a real weight and anchor round you\u201d and it was \u201cimportant to live for the here and now\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>But the recent health crisis experienced by Kate and their family as a whole did have an effect: \u201cWhen it\u2019s to do with family and things like that, then that\u2019s where I start getting a bit overwhelmed \u2013 as I think most people would, because it\u2019s more personal, it\u2019s more about feeling, it\u2019s more about upsetting the rhythm, if you like.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>George, who celebrated his 12 birthday in July, will follow his grandfather Charles and father William to be king and the prince said about the young royal: \u201c\u2026I want to create a world in which my son is proud of what we do, a world and a job that actually does impact people\u2019s lives for the better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He appeared to suggest he wanted to ensure his son did not face a repeat of \u201cpractices\u201d from the past he and brother the Duke of Sussex had faced when younger, a possible reference to intrusive press scrutiny that also plagued their mother Diana, Princess of Wales.<\/p>\n<p>William said about the \u201cinsatiable\u201d media he experienced growing up: \u201cThey wanted every bit of detail they could absorb, and they were in everything, literally everywhere. They would know things, they\u2019d be everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd if you let that creep in, the damage it can do to your family life is something that I vowed would never happen to my family.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.independent.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email The Prince of Wales has said \u201cchange is on my agenda \u2013 change for good\u201d in his most personal and wide-ranging interview about his future [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2066205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2066202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Prince-William-\u2018Change-is-on-my-agenda-\u2013-change-for.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2066202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2066202"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2066202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2066206,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2066202\/revisions\/2066206"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2066205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2066202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2066202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2066202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}