{"id":2390330,"date":"2026-04-26T20:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T20:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2390330"},"modified":"2026-04-26T20:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T20:06:11","slug":"prince-william-compared-to-queen-elizabeth-as-he-eyes-up-changes-royal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/prince-william-compared-to-queen-elizabeth-as-he-eyes-up-changes-royal-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince William compared to Queen Elizabeth as he eyes up \u2018changes\u2019 | Royal | News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Prince William<\/a> is not nearly as \u201cradical\u201d as his father, King Charles and is more like his late grandmother, Queen Elizabeth<\/a>, a royal author has claimed. The Prince of Wales is next in line to the British throne, and his different approach to the monarchy from his father’s has been widely discussed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Now, a royal author has delved into how William\u2019s reign will differ from that of Charles\u2019s and how much more similar it will be to that of the late Queen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Robert Hardman said that William is a \u201cfamily man\u201d and is approaching the job of a monarch from a different angle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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He told Marie Claire<\/a> magazine: \u201cHe talks about change, but I think the sort of change he has in mind will be sort of internal. It might be sort of tonal.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Hardman explained that any changes William will make will likely focus on making the monarchy \u201ca little bit less ceremonial\u201d with \u201ca little less dressing up.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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He added: \u201cI don’t think he’s instinctively radical, whereas his father, I think, was.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cI mean, you look at when Charles was William’s age now, he was constantly making speeches complaining about the state of architecture, education, heritage, and pollution. He was a very outspoken heir to the throne<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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He also compared William to the late Queen as well as her father, King George VI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The biographer said that, just like her grandson, Elizabeth \u201cliked the idea of the cumulative effect of lots of small, good things.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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He added: \u201cWilliam’s rather like The [late] Queen’s father, you know. He’s sort of dutiful, thoughtful, keen to do a good job, but not desperate to change the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.express.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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