Prince William went on The Graham Norton Show to talk about the environment and ended up telling viewers what his children watch at home. His family loves The Celebrity Traitors, he told Norton. Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis are “obsessed with it.”
The October 23 appearance featured in the Daily Mail’s October 31 assessment of how William and Kate Middleton deal with the public. The paper described their approach as “controlled openness” after years of what it called royal “institutional secrecy.” Kensington Palace has announced no change in media policy.
The paper also cited William and Kate’s September 22 appearance with Tom Cruise at the London premiere of Digger. The screening raised money for the Film and TV Charity, whose first Royal Film Performance in 1946 drew William’s grandmother, then Princess Elizabeth.
William has explained how he’ll decide which traditions to keep as king. “I want to question things more,” he told Eugene Levy during a tour of Windsor Castle for Apple TV’s The Reluctant Traveler in 2025. He said he wanted his son to grow up proud of what the family’s work had done for people.
What William Told Graham Norton and the Kelce Brothers
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William was a surprise guest on Norton’s red sofa, where Cate Blanchett, Hannah Waddingham and Robert Irwin were already discussing his Earthshot Prize. Blanchett sits on the prize council, Irwin is an ambassador and Waddingham hosted the Singapore ceremony in 2023.
Norton asked how the prize had come about. William recalled how discouraged he had felt hearing one account of environmental damage after another. He wanted an awards ceremony that gave viewers grounds for optimism. Five winners will each receive £1 million at the Earthshot Prize ceremony in Mumbai on November 17.
When he joined Travis and Jason Kelce for the July 3 episode of New Heights, William talked soccer with the brothers and recalled meeting them backstage at Taylor Swift’s Wembley concert in 2024. William had taken Prince George and Charlotte to the show. Travis admitted he had been nervous about meeting the family. For Jason, who has four daughters, meeting Charlotte was the highlight.
Kate Opened Up About Parenting on ‘Happy Mum, Happy Baby’
Kate gave her first podcast interview in February 2020, when she joined Giovanna Fletcher on Happy Mum, Happy Baby to discuss a UK survey about children under five. Fletcher asked whether she ever felt guilty as a mother. Kate said she felt that way “all the time,” according to ABC News.
Asked what she hoped to pass on to her children, Kate remembered the time her grandmother spent cooking with her and taking her into the greenhouse. In an October 16 video about outdoor learning, she explained why she had commissioned the Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood to study how spending time in nature with a caring adult can help young children develop social and emotional skills.
When George started at Eton in September, a small group of journalists recorded his arrival for other outlets to use. Kensington Palace released separate portraits of him in his school uniform, as Wealth of Geeks reported.
Why William Praised Sir Kevin Sinfield’s Quiet Leadership
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In the October 26 BBC documentary Thank You Sir Kev, presenter Sally Nugent asked William about former Leeds Rhinos rugby captain Sir Kevin Sinfield. William admired how little credit Sinfield sought for his fundraising. The former player could bring a community together, William told Nugent, without broadcasting his every move on social media.
William and Kate had met Sinfield in Wakefield on day three of his final challenge, a week of running an ultramarathon every day. On October 7, William presented him with his knighthood at Windsor Castle.
Sinfield’s first fundraising target in 2020 was £77,777, a nod to the No. 7 jersey worn by his friend and teammate Rob Burrow, who had been diagnosed with motor neurone disease. Burrow died in 2024. By the time the documentary aired, Sinfield’s seven challenges had raised more than £13 million, according to the Leeds Rhinos.