Why Wills and Kate could give their own interview
PRINCE William has already angrily voiced his disgust at the racism claim made in Prince Harry and Meghan’s ‘tell-all’ interview with Oprah Winfrey.
Now, he and Kate could give their own explosive side of the story.
For it’s been revealed that William privately made clear that he would not follow the Queen’s policy of never giving an interview when he becomes king.
The comment was made at a dinner attended by Tony Blair’s former righthand man, Alastair Campbell.
Speaking on the Mail+ show Palace Confidential, Campbell disclosed: ‘I was at a dinner once where Prince William was the guest and there was a Q&A. I asked the question whether, when he became king, and possibly when his dad became king, they would continue the tradition of the monarch never giving interviews.
‘He said he thought that ship had sailed, which I thought was quite interesting.’
The Queen has always taken the view that it would be a mistake for her to give a sit-down interview. Columnist John
Humphrys once asked her at a private lunch at Buckingham Palace if she would grant him an interview. ‘I went into a big spiel and said: “These are the reasons why you could, you know?” And she listened to me very patiently then said: “No... And what’s more, Mr Humphrys, if one were ever to do such an interview, it would certainly not be with you”,’ he said.
William and Kate have only ever given one television interview, to their friend Tom Bradby, on the day that their engagement was announced in 2010.