PRINCE WILLIAM

ON HIMSELF In Ben Fogle’s documentary about him, featured in Weekend. ‘Africa’s the perfect place to come. The locals haven’t a clue who I am, and I love that. The more grounded and the more normal you can be, the better. My mother instilled into Harry and me from a

very early age that being grounded was very important. We’re very laid-back anyway. We don’t want to be mollycoddled. We want to see the real stuff, we want to do the real stuff.’ (April 2011)

‘I’d say I’m getting better at cooking. Kate would say I’m getting a lot worse.’ (April 2011)

BEN FOGLE ‘In Botswana we were all camping together in what the press had dubbed a luxury tented safari – it was far from that; we were sleeping on the floor in very rudimentary tents. In the morning when we were heading off it was freezing, with a little fire there, and William was there offering cups of tea to anyone who was around. He’s the same when you see him with the young kids from the homeless charity Centrepoint. Beforehand, they think he’s going to be a bit stuck up, but afterwards it’s, “Wow, he’s so funny, so relaxed.”’ (April 2011)

CAROLYN ROBB, former cook at Kensington Palace: ‘Their favourites were my treacle tarts. Prince Harry would ask for them. Once I sent him to ask his mother if it would be OK, and he came back with a note saying, “Mummy says it’s OK”. William was the caring big brother, and Harry must have been a wonderful little brother to

‘I met William many years ago. I feel very comfortable around him. There are many things we have in common, he loves the countryside, he loves Africa. Kate does too. Over the years I’ve seen a very different side to him to the one we read about in the papers. We’re all starting to see a lot more of it now – that open, calm, chatty, comfortable, humorous side.’ BEN FOGLE

(April 2011)

have. He was the more mischievous one. You could just see the mischief in his face. William, I always thought, was very like his mother, with a wonderful twinkle in his eye.’ (May 2018)

JENNIE BOND, former BBC royal correspondent: ‘I’ve heard it said that when someone said to Kate, “Oh God, you’ve got William, that’s fantastic,’ she said, “Well, he’s actually quite lucky to have me too.” Good for her.’ (April 2011)