Prince William’s New Role In the Family

About this episode

The episode discusses Prince William's role in maintaining family unity amidst personal and public challenges.

After a year in which the British Royal Family has been forced to foreground its humanity and vulnerability, DYNASTY is returning for a special four-episode series to examine the events and share behind-the-scenes details. On this inaugural episode, hosts Claire Howorth, Katie Nicholl, and Erin Vanderhoof discuss Prince William’s role as the royal responsible for holding the family together amid a maelstrom of illness and personal rifts. How has William balanced his public role with his private challenges? Has he recovered from the hit to his reputation when Harry spilled in his memoir, Spare ? And if his reign were to come sooner than anyone imagined, would he be ready? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

People in this episode

Hosts: Claire Howorth, Katie Nicholl, Erin Vanderhoof

Topics covered

• British Royal Family
• Prince William
• family dynamics
• public role
• personal challenges
• reputation management

Keywords

• Prince William
• British Royal Family
• Harry
• Spare
• family dynamics
• public role
• reputation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Vanity Fair

Books & works: Spare

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