The Line of Succession (2024)

succession is a very important matter in the royal family the line of succession delegates who will inherit the throne and become the next king or queen of Great Britain I think he will be very much a king who knows his own mind a line that has changed if you want a private life you don't speak out in public and what they want to do is they want to change the world a line that is determined by dissent gender legitimacy and religion and it had been drilled into her that you mustn't share emotion in public [Music] on the 2nd of June 1953 the world rejoiced on the coronation of a new Queen s decades on it's almost impossible to imagine that there was a time when she may have not even taken up the mantle of Monarch the coronation of the queen was a huge and very significant Affair it was a 3-hour ceremony it was everybody recalls the coldest June day that had ever happened and it was boring with rain the Army was enormous every sort of foot or two foot feet along the pavement there were what they call Street Liners which were soldiers and they were all RAR cold and they were given sugar lumps infused with Brandy to sort of keep them keep them going and the ceremony itself was very very serious and very religious and very dramatic we won't ever have a ceremony quite like that again she never intended to become Queen but everything changed from the age of 10 when her Uncle Edward VII abdicated and created the greatest British crisis in centuries I don't believe that princess Elizabeth was really aware of what it meant when when her uncle Uncle David she called him abdicated she knew something happened because everyone was in a terrible State and she knew eventually that they would have to move house and she knew that her her father would be king and her mother would be Queen but I don't think the actual real sort of dimensions of her situation uh she was too young to understand that personally I think he is a sign of modern democratic times I do not think that the church should interfere in matters of state I'm a shauer by profession after all the king is a man like myself but he should not allow his private life to interfere with his public life the line of succession to the throne was then taken by King George the 6 Elizabeth's father her father reigned for 15 years then died in 1952 7 years after the end of World War II they maintained an extremely close relationship and this was a perfect example of a happy childhood princess Elizabeth was very close to her father always was I mean he absolutely adored Margot Princess Margaret and Margaret made him laugh but he was very proud of Elizabeth and he saw that sense of Duty he spotted it very early on and he knew that she would be just the sort of queen that the country needed and he tried to do as much with her as he could because of course there was the the the War years took up a great chunk of her so-called childhood he didn't actually spend a huge amount of his life with his daughters but whenever he could he did and he taught her to shoot he took her uh duck flighting he he did kind of boyish things with her because you know he had two daughters and he was just so proud of her so I think they were especially for the time they were a very close family we may not think that now viewing them from our era but then they were a close family she was very much an unlikely Queen neither father nor daughter were prepared to become the Monarch she went from an aristocratic life to suddenly being put in the spotlight she was very very shy she wasn't a great conversationist in fact she didn't really have the necessary attributes to enter this you know world of men but she had this extraordinary dedication to duty she was determined that she was going to do it right and she had no training she just did what her father did and that kind of in a way suited her character because she could learn as she went along but without doing anything extraordinary so she just did beautifully really what she was told most of her life and I think it was really only in her latter years that we saw the essence of the Queen's character we saw her humor we saw her love laughter we saw her a seric wit it was always there but she belonged to an Era where you public Persona had to be completely straight so we never saw that side of her so we assumed that she was very dull and boring but she wasn't but she was very shy and it had been drilled into her that you mustn't show emotion in public it is important to know note that at this time if Elizabeth had a brother he would have taken up the throne before Elizabeth before 2013 the succession rules followed male preference primogeniture which meant that sons have priority over daughters but from 2013 this was now made to be absolute primogeniture which now simply follows birth order Elizabeth was only 25 years of age when she came to the throne upon the death of her father in 1952 when Princess Elizabeth received the news of the death of her father she went into shock as you would I mean she was shocked by his death because she thought he was getting better everybody within the family thought the King was getting better he was at Sandringham he'd been out shooting he'd had a wonderful day he was with friends and as Princess Margaret said in much much later in an interview he died just as he was getting well but of course he wasn't really getting well they thought he was so it was a huge shock to her and it it meant the end of her life as she knew it she had two little children a naval husband they just started out really on their married life and they just moved into clarence's house which was their first real home he was going to be posted to malter their life looked really Rosy and suddenly basically it [Music] ended near the little Church of St Mary Magdalene he knew and loved so well they carry him on a gun caral horse artillery with men of the king's company of the grenadiers for his escort and behind him walk his brother and his son-in-law now at King's cross the royal train draws [Music] in before the queen his daughter the widowed Queen his wife as George V 6 returns to his Sorrowing capital and with it on the oak coffin is the white wreath of his [Music] widow I feel that we know a little less about the relationship with the queen mother but she doted on her mother because in later years she's always what would mommy think what would mommy think we can't do that little upset Mommy so she was very in awe of her mother I think because her mother was sort of wafted through life always imagine her wafting through life on a cloud of champagne and expensive perfume and everything perfect and Elizabeth wasn't like that at all so I think she she viewed her mother from AAR and a way as this wonderful laughing gorgeous [Music] person she reigned over England for a record-breaking 70 years and 214 days officially the longest reigning monarch in British history and saw massive change to the world she married Philip mountbatten in 1947 together they had four children Charles Anne Andrew and Edward she became queen regnant of 32 Sovereign States during her lifetime and only 15 at the time of her death Elizabeth was served by more than 170 Prime Ministers she has been on many historic visits and meetings that have included State visits to China in 1986 to Russia in 1994 and to the Republic of Ireland in 2011 she also had meetings with five popes her coronation took place in 1953 she has lived on to celebrate her silver golden diamond and platinum jubilees in 1977 2002 2012 and 2022 though Queen Elizabeth II was the perfect example of a role model her husband Phillip shared a keen interest in voluntary services and in the Royal Navy this meant that as their four children grew they had extremely loving parents throughout their childhood not just emotionally but as an example of a trait as one should [Music] have well Queen Elizabeth was a very beautiful mother she became Queen age 25 she had you know Prince Charles was I think he was four nearly and and Princess am was only she was born in 1950 so she was only just three basically her children were taken away from her she just didn't have time to be with them so she would see them in the morning you know for 15 minutes and she would see them at night for half an hour but again you have to judge it by the mes of the time that was how aristocratic families worked no Grand family spent much time with their children they didn't holiday with their children they didn't see their children during the daytime children were really rarely seen and not heard support of the monarchy remained consistently High throughout her lifetime as did her personal popularity but she did face occasional Republican settlement and media criticism of her family especially after the breakdowns of her children's marriages her Anis herbalis in 1992 and the death of her former daughter-in-law Diana Princess of Wales this is to be expected as a monarch given that the public eye is very steadily on oneself throughout someone's Reign it is vital that more often than not the public always sees the Monarch as a leading example as how one should be well I think the queen coped with those difficult moments like most people she had a large drink and said well I've got to get through with this she very rarely confided in anybody she was a very complete person the only person that she would have confided in with Prince Phillip you know he used to say now come on Lily but we've got to do something about Diana you can't get off the fence you've got to do something but the queen was very reluctant because she's she's very unconfronted ational like her mother actually she's not born of the era when you actually talk about your feelings I'm naturally somewhat biased but I think our children have done rather well under very different and difficult and demanding circumstances I I think I hope we can be forgiven for feeling rather proud of them and I'm also encouraged to see what a good start the next generation is making I think that the main lesson that we've learned is that tolerance is the one essential ingredient of any happy marriage it may not be quite so important when things are going well but it is absolutely vital when things get difficult and uh you can take it from me that the queen has the quality of Tolerance and abundance well they probably one of the the most frequently quoted speeches that the Queen ever ever gave was when on her 21st birthday she dedicated her life to Duty and she certainly fulfilled that I think she fulfilled it a million times over I declare before you all that my whole life whether it be long or short shall be devoted to your service ENT the service of our great Imperial family to which we all belong but I shall not have strength to carry out this resolution alone unless you join in it with me as I now invite you to do I know that your support will be unfailingly given God help me to make good My Vow and God bless all of you who are willing to share in it she made the pledge and she really meant it and it it got her through life so let me just now repeat that statement from the Royal household which we have received in the last few minutes it reads the queen died peacefully at balm moral this afternoon the king and the queen consort will remain at balm moral this evening and will return to London tomorrow and so the reign of Elizabeth II comes to a close after 70 years at the age of 96 her son Charles is now King she died on September the 8th of 2022 and with the sad news of her death many minds are naturally turning to see what the future of the monarchy now looks like and if they can live up to the standards of the late Queen this hierarchy of position and power is something that has changed since the Queen's death the line of succession is set out to determine who will be the next monarch of Britain this is usually the case if the current one dies or abdicates first in line is usually the heir to the throne and is the Monarch's eldest [Music] child upon the death of Queen Elizabeth II Herald this child Charles has become king at the age of 73 he will be known as King Charles III the first Charles to sit on the throne since 1685 unlike his mother Charles always knew he would one day become king I think that probably the shock of the mother's his mother's very sudden death and him being becoming King when when these things happen you go into slight shock so you act quite mechanically it sort of protects you in a way so I think he he wouldn't have been overwhelmed at that moment he he would have been very emotional but he would have kept it all in check so I think he dealt with it on a very professional level which would be really the only way to deal with something of that enormity happening to you on behalf of all my family I can only offer the most sincere and heartfelt thanks for your condolences and support they mean more to me than I can ever possibly Express and to my darling mamama as you begin your last great journey to join my dear late Papa I want simply to say this thank you the first rendition in St George's Chapel of God Save the King I think he nearly lost it it was so emotional and and the the strong voices and the choir and everybody really really meant God Save the [Music] [Applause] [Music] King becoming era parent at just 3 years old Charles has become the oldest and longest serving era parent in British history as well as the longest serving Prince of Wales having held the title since 1958 the early years of marriage have set the seal on the happiness of the princess and her husband the blessing of children has come not only to enrich their lives but also to establish securely the line of succession in Prince Charles the public has acquired a new popular subject of interest of whom some delightful pictures have been taken well I think that the Charles when he was Prince of Wales he created a role for himself and he fulfilled it extremely well he used to give a lot of interviews he said there is no role for the Prince of Whales so I'm going to create one and he did you know he earned the great great respect of his parents because he was a very awkward shambolic child odd teenager difficult shy but he had this this real sympatica and warmth and he he won people over he created a role and he's a workaholic for him there is never enough hours in the day to do all the thing he wants to do and I think that's why he's been so successful and I think that's what will make him such a compassionate and understanding King when I first met Prince Charles I remember thinking wow he was wonderful really Charming really really just made you feel so relaxed and comfortable and so quick at putting you at ease I mean even though you're nervous and worried he suddenly makes you feel not worried you you feel that you can have a conversation within reason about anything prin is obviously he's got his humor but he's also got a compassionate side he wants everyone to be happy he wants everyone to enjoy what they're doing and the fact that he worries about the little things is amazing well I always thought that Charles would make a wonderful King because he cares so much he cares about his country he cares about its heritage he cares about the planet and he cares about the people and I think that he that's really the attributes you need for a king he is perfect I think P Charles when it comes to things he cares about he cares about the country you know he cares about the young he cares about the environment you know the these are Big passions for him I often ask what kind of King do I think Prince Charles will be and I think he will be I think he'll be a very good King I think he'll be a compassionate King he has been called a Visionary in his creative and Forward Thinking ideas he grew up becoming passionate about the environment for architecture and for medicine the Monarch is head of the Armed Forces and it has always been a tradition of the royal family that each and every member should engage in active service and lead by example playing more than just a symbolic role as a result he is president to over 400 Charities and organizations and known as one of the most hardworking Royals alongside his sister Anne the Princess Royal as the longest serving heir to the throne in British history Charles has had plenty of time to build and develop the role of Prince of Wales he has focused on helping others and bettering the world around him for future Generations as a leading voice in environmental causes Arts cult culture and architecture I think when it comes to his he kind of routines to how he does things obviously things got to be done a certain way because he's got a schedule the main focus is to make sure that at certain points of the day he was ready to go off and do the next thing that was the main thing throughout his life he has faced many challenges the reporting of the media chose to focus on the ups and downs of Charles's personal and romantic life his marriage to Lady Diana Spencer was just the fairy tale the world had been waiting for a dashing Prince with his Blushing Bride they kindled a family unit together with sons William and Harry however the relationship between Charles and Diana was simply not built to last they divorced in 1996 and Diana died in a car crash in 1997 Charles had always considered Camila dear prior to meeting Diana he reignited a flame with his long-term friend after Diana's death and the two went on to marry in 2005 by this time William and Harry were 23 and 20 Camila is now beside Charles as Queen consort as per the wishes of Queen Elizabeth II who wanted this for her when the time comes well I don't really think Camila ever wanted wanted to be Queen I don't think well she certainly didn't envisage such a busy life at the age of 75 I mean Kim is used to a much more leisurely country life so I think it's going to be quite hard for her the queen saw the change in Camila and she saw her dedication to duty and she also saw her dedication to Charles because she she so helps him and he wants her at his side and she will be at his side so she's got she's almost an Queen Mother type of role I like her I got on with her I think she'll make an excellent Queen I've always I've always thought that I think monak will evolve it has to evolve going forward but I think they're doing I think they're doing quite a good job of how they're of how it's changing I think they're doing it very carefully and subtly and and I think it will carry on changing and evolving I think it has to in order to survive I think that the Queen's message about Camila being Queen Cil made a huge difference the public accepted that you know I want the the my subjects to accept Camila is absolutely vital because Charles can't function without her and it is vital that she is accepted so I think the timing was perfect for that they are the best of friends they are a team everything about them is just is just great and there's nothing false about it there's nothing made up it's what what you all see is what I saw it's a real love between them they laugh wow they laugh so much together which you know is great to see as well and they're just they're just comfortable around each other you know they're very comfortable very much I mean what's wonderful is they obviously know each other for such a long time they are the best of friends I'm remember kind of thinking that you know to be in that kind of relationship that's what everyone really wants from a partner you want to be in a relationship like that where you've got your your your I suppose you you married to your best friend Charles and Camila's relationship continues to remain strong and this translates into their boys who grow up working towards the role of Monarch although this family unit continues to build William and Harry have made it clear that Camila will never fill the spot that their Dear Mother Diana Left Behind the relationship with way and Hari and The Duchess is exactly as you'd imagine any step parent to be they all got on really well they uh obviously love her as a member of the family they just want to support their father you know they always wanted to kind of be their family and support him so anything he wanted to do I think they just wanted him to be happy you that was the thing for them they wanted him to be happy and and there's no doubt in my mind that she she loves Prince Charles it's irrelevant if he was the future king or a farmer it would not matter to her it's the fact that she loves the man that's what this is about the fact that she's taken on this job to support him is is part of being with him and she knows that she's just done such an amazing job the way she just picked it up and kind of created it done it herself King Charles intends to Reign precisely as his mother his entire life was built around the shadow of his mother and he has been tuted at every turn in the role of the Throne he lives on in hopes of proving that he will not betray his mother's Legacy what he would want to do is be complimentary to his mother so his reign will be complimentary to hers in a way he's the sandwich between his mother and his son and William represents the future and Charles represents the present we should never say oh it should be different because if it was we wouldn't have Wayman Hari and obviously why is so important to the future of the monarchy Charles and Diana went on to have two sons William born in 1982 and Harry born in 1984 William is now first in line to the throne I think when William becomes king you know God willing that he does become king he will be very much more modern than his grandmother or or his father and I think he'll be much more the people's King he will be very Hands-On he'll be very very much more informal which will be in keeping with the age because I don't suppose William's going to be king for at least another 10 years and you know life will have changed a great deal by then William was set to start his Royal career from a very early age being schooled in that sense of Duty he was educated at weatherbe school lud grve school and Eaton [Music] College he had been a very outgoing little boy he at his first school he was known as Basher Basher Wills or Basher whales um cuz he was you know quite stroppy and [Music] confident Williams education was at Eaton College Eaton college is probably the leading Public School in England and it's very traditional William's mother di Princess of Wales insisted that he went to Eaton as did her father and her younger brother Charles Prince Charles exceeded to this uh he went to gordonston where he was thoroughly miserable and cried almost every time he had to go back to to school even as a teenager and he allowed his sons both to go to a very elitist school it's very elite it's very expensive it's very Posh if you will but it also has a degree of freedom for the pupils they are encouraged to be self-confident and to find themselves and when William came there after being at LG grve the prep school people realized as he had to sign in every pupil signs into the the book when they come that he was left-handed first time people realized he was a southp and he was there and he did very well neither he nor his brother could say that they were great academic shakes they weren't Eaton was right for for William he enjoyed the sports he enjoyed swimming water polo he loved playing football soccer he took a gap year in which he visited Biz and Chile before earning a Scottish master of arts degree in geography at the University of St Andrews it is clear for William that royalty is not just a privilege but a Duty one that he would take very seriously I wanted to do something constructive um in my Gap here rather than um I mean uh I could do quite a lot of work but I thought this is a bit more of a way of um making uh trying to help people out and um meet a whole range of other different people from um different countries and at the same time uh helping people um in remote areas of Chile I think we very much seeing a royal for the new century very relaxed not stag managed um happy to Josh a bit uh with his father in an informal way but not scared to say exactly what he's feeling and uh certainly not prepared to dodge the difficult issues there was no question in any of the Gap here actually that he was a prince and treated differently he mucked in he slept in sleeping bags you know he he cooked food around a campfire he did everything that everyone else did given the example that Charles had as an upbringing from an early age like his mother Queen Elizabeth II joining the ATS from the age of 18 it was clear that Charles is to lead an example for William for when he becomes king from my father I learned how Central charity was or how Central charity was to his life and his sense of purpose the prince's trust is not an arms length Organization for my father he cares deeply about the prince's trust because it is a living projection of his values as a young child I recall evening after evening my father's diligence and compassion as he applied himself to answering thousands of letters and reading endless reports in order to stay on top of his ambition to do all he could to help the underprivileged without my realizing it what my parents were doing was instilling in me and Harry a lifelong habits to put charity at the heart of Our Lives taking from his father's hardworking nature he trained at the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst and graduated from Royal Air Force College Cranwell joining RAF search and rescue force in early 2009 he was a full-time pilot with the East anglian air ambulance from July 2015 for 2 years and performs official duties on behalf of his father King Charles William threw himself enthusiastically into school life but he also felt that Sports would be an area where he could devote his energies he has been a fan of sport all his life and has attended numerous big events over the years William I think that time those years as a search and rescue pilot he really felt that he did achieve something it was a real job there were no concessions for who he was he wasn't wrapped up in Cotton wool but the time came where he where the Tour of Duty came to an end and I think he left probably with quite a heavy heart but he'd had a very very good time there and I think you know he he' absolutely achieved what he set out to achieve well when you're flying along at night in snow you're in other mountains and you've got 40 KN winds the clouds down to about 200 ft and you're trying to get through to find someone who's either broken the leg or is lost on the hill um it gets quite interesting you have to use all four of you put your brain power together and your skill and basically hope that you know you can actually get there and help hello I just want to say thank you for resc me was it was it you it from the beacho was it um yeah yeah you sister yeah yeah how are you you're right I'm okay I'm glad you made a football cover lot a lot of time you never see who you never meet up with anyone after you've done it coming today felt be so good say thanks to you and the guys te the whole team is allu thing he's friendly he's funny um he's you know always sort of joking and bantering particularly with with other men and with colleagues and I think that was how he managed to be accepted so readily um by by colleagues both in the armed forces and and in the air ambulance he just and in all the Charities that he works for as well they really love him like his father's passion for the environment and arts he holds patronages with over 30 charitable and Military organizations he undertakes projects through the Royal foundation with his work surrounding mental health conservation and emergency workers he built his life in the honor of being an icon that many can look up to just like his father Charles in the hope that his work would always one day help and Inspire someone to feel better he took the title of Prince of Wales after his father ascended to the throne in 2022 Prince William is involved with quite a few Charities uh one in particular he's been involved in AIDS work and AIDS Charities since he was very young and of course that came from a um deep commitment that his mother Diana had to the cause Prince William is also involved in several Charities related to Africa you know Africa was a part very much a part of his experience um between University um high school and University and he went out there and had a gap here as they call it and really fell in love with the country so he he and Harry both actually have been involved in several charities in Africa as well William is also involved very much so with a charity called Center Point which is an organization that works to help the homeless you know Princess Diana originally kind of got both William and Harry interested in this subject by uh introducing them and taking them out to meet and talk to homeless people she always wanted them to see there was another side to their very gilded life in the palace and since her untimely death har William has continued to be active and involved in Center Point he's even spent the night out on the streets with homeless people just within the past few years that's something that he's passionate about that he cares about I think it helps to give him perspective in the midst of his often times very glamorous life there was a a key moment in his life it was in 2011 there had been a huge devastating earthquake in New Zealand and William said to his private secretary is anyone from the royal family going down to New Zealand because if they're not I would like to go and his private say you can't possibly do this you know you haven't got time how are you going to work out you know you've got this these number of shifts you've got to do with the with search and rescue he said it's right I've sorted all of that just find out whether whether I can go whether anyone else is going so he did and he went and he stood side by side with people who'd lost loved ones homes businesses you know the the scenes there were absolutely devastating and that was the point at which I think William went from being a young man to a future king William continues to become a man that he hopes the public would proudly hold as King as a result it is important that his future children follow the role in which their father would set for them William met his bride to be Kate Middleton in 2001 at St Andrews University in Scotland after 7 years of dating Family Life beckoned for William and Kate and it was expected that the couple eventually marry it was at St Andrews where that friendship because it was initially a friendship flourished um William and Kate were at the same Halls of residence at St Salvador they were on the same course in the same year I mean some people say wasn't that just too much of a coincidence um but it was how things worked out and they spent the first year as undergraduates really getting to know each other the people of St Andrews are a very close-knit sort of society and they welcomed William with open arms and they were very protective of him and as a result you know he he spent life he spent four years there as a pretty normal student I think the wonderful thing about St Andrews was it was a bubble away from reality it was it was a life that Prince William had never been able to enjoy whether it was going to the local Shops going to a local bar going for his morning swim he could get on with his life and his relationship in private and I think the pair of them them absolutely loved those years they look upon those St Andrew's years with with great fondness and they are patrons of St Andrew's University because they feel such a strong connection to that place in his own words it is time now for the big wide world but today Williams family like any other well almost came to say a proud farewell to a place that has allowed him a more normal life than any Royal in history that he is deeply grateful is not in doubt and partly of course it's been about this woman they've been allowed to develop a relationship without front page scrutiny and it's helped Catherine [Applause] Middleton Jeremiah pass if she looked confident he appeared nervous William said he was thrilled his granny came despite being ill and whilst his grandfather studied the form she didn't look too impressed but it was a different story when her boy stepped up to the plate William [Applause] [Music] Wales [Music] all hi cathine Elizabeth take the William Arthur Philip Louie take the William arur Philip Louie to my wedded husband to my wedded husband to have and to hold from this day forward to have and to hold from this day forward for better for worse for better for worse for richer for poorer for richer for poorer in sickness and in health in sickness and in health to love and to cherish to love and to cherish till death us do part till death us do part according to God's holy law according to God's holy law and thereto I give thee my truth and theret I give thee my truth amen not only did Kate have this amazing Persona about her but like her husband William she was also actively interested in campaigns to help the people around her together they initiated the mental health awareness campaign heads together to encourage people to open up about their mental health issues mental health matters yeah to each and every one of us it matters just as much as our physical health as William has said we have heard time and time again in the course of our work how talking can help heal hidden challenges that we can't deal with alone we have seen that two heads are better than one when dealing with a mental health problem they are loved by millions around the globe and dedicate their lives to the royal family all while raising their own three young children George Charlotte and Louie who are all in line to the throne well William and Kate are determined to build a very happy home life for their children I think that is of Paramount importance to both of them you know Prince William is a very loving warm individual and he and Kate have a very solid and affectionate relationship they want that to translate to their children he his boy his son his daughter they may grow up to be princes and kings and queens but he wants them to have a great relationship with their parents and with each other that's first and foremost going to be part of their Royal upbringing there relationship has grown out of being just William and Kate um and I think that that's something that throughout their married life as much as they can they will try and [Music] retain the United Kingdom follows a hereditary system known as primogeniture which means that the throne always passes from firstborn to firstborn not from sibling to Sibling this means that the next person in line to the throne after William would be his son George rather than William's brother Harry if the succession rules were to be changed to give siblings priority over children then the throne would have to pass to Charles's siblings first before both William and Harry therefore Williams brother Harry is fifth in line to the throne after William's children I think he will be very much a king who knows his own mind William is a very determined man I think he's mindful of history and won't do anything extraordinary but I think he's also very much much more a man of the of the Modern Age and of the people than any previous [Music] monarchs William and Kate's relationship ship with their children is an extremely happy one they take great pride in ensuring that their children have nothing but a happy and fulfilling life George is the eldest son and child of William and Kate making him second in line to the throne after his father well talking to a royal Insider several years ago she told me that one of the reasons William fell in love with Kate midleton from the very beginning was because of her family and her close relationship with her siblings and parents as much as William fell in love with Kate he definitely fell in love with the Middleton family at the same time he would lie on the couch with his head in the lap of Mrs Middleton or he would sit after dinner and talk for hours with Mr Middleton he loved the way uh Kate was very friendly and playful with her brother James or her sister Pippa feeling a part of that very close knit tight a very British family was the first time in his life that he had ever had that experience and for William it was utterly intoxicating William very much wants to replicate the Middleton Dynamic the middlet uh family bonds within his own growing family raising a future king is a huge task and it is therefore expected that he receives the best care possible for this to happen Kate herself had an extremely loving childhood and it is clear that she wanted the same for her children though William and Kate are trying to give their children a normal upbringing they are also aware that they are raising a future king with [Music] George I think it's very much a sure thing that whatever Sons uh William has will almost certainly join the army that has been a royal tradition going back centuries at something that both William and Harry loved and seemed to get a lot out of one tradition that may not uh continue though however is boarding school you know William and Harry were sent off at a very young age to eaten uh although they probably will send George or their other children away to eaten I doubt very much it will be at such a young tender age bearing in mind that Kate Middleton did not grow up in a Royal household or in a family where children were sent away at 6 to boarding school I think Kate Middleton is going to find that particular Royal tradition a very difficult one to [Music] follow George was born on the 22nd of July 2013 at St Mary's Hospital in London his birth was widely celebrated due to the expectation that he will one day become king 21 gun salutes signal the birth in Bermuda and New Zealand the bells of Westminster Abbey and many other churches were rung the landmarks were illuminated in Many Colors especially blue to signify the birth of a boy Kate was forced to announce prior to being 12 weeks pregnant that she was in fact expecting because she was hospitalized for very very severe morning sickness she suffers for something called hyperemesis gravidarum which is a very somewhat rare form of extreme morning sickness this goes Way Beyond the typical nausea and discomfort that most women feel this is very extreme where the mother to be is unable to keep down uh any solids or even sometimes liquids it can be quite serious both for mother and baby so women who have this condition if they're not able to eat and drink are often times hospitalized and put on an IV to make sure that their health is maintained obviously there have been an awful lot of anticipation of as when Kate was going to announce that she was pregnant I mean fact I think the announcement was uh suggested for about 6 months beforehand everyone was writing in the papers that she was pregnant the palace have put out the official announcement as she was on Route um to the hospital uh because she'd had problems with the pregnancy and it was felt that William and Kate didn't want to even tell the queen or Prince Charles that she was pregnant until they were absolutely certain everything was okay so that's what happened the actual announcement happened because she was feeling unwell was taken to hospital William and Kate had talked at length about how they wanted to make this announcement to the world and it certainly wasn't going to be this way and at that stage in the pregnancy most celebrities particularly Royals wait until that first trimester is finished before they make any happy announcements [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] they were holding the baby and they just looked so beautiful and happy it was really stunning I'll never forget it well the birth of Prince George was really like a national celebration it felt like a national holiday there was excitement in the air all around the country it very much reminded me of the feeling uh of the royal wedding day when William and Kate got married everyone was universally happy everyone was constantly checking the news feeds on their phone and on the television in order to see waiting for William and Kate to come out from the hospital for the first time holding the new baby Prince there was huge uh celebration over the birth of Prince George I remember broadcasting for numerous International networks outside Buckingham Palace of course it was the great Kate weight I mean we didn't know when this little baby was coming along well actually I've covered the royal family for 25 years and the excitement around the birth of Prince George's surpass most of the things I had covered actually even The Royal Wedding it was a huge bunfight if you like outside um the Lindo wing of the St Mary's Hospital Paddington there were hundreds of journalists there as well as camera Crews and members of the public I have several friends actually with news organizations who were standing outside the hospital that day waiting hours after hour for William and Kate to come out and actually they came out quite a bit later than expected because typical uh William and Kate's uh strategy fashion they were greeting and thanking every single member of staff at the hospital personally for the very smooth birth um they wanted to make sure they thanked everyone from the uh cleaner to the Midwife to the surgeon uh to say thank you very much so they they did actually take a long time to emerge when they did Kate was uh roundly praised in the press for her choice of dress you know a lot of women when they first have a baby are very self-conscious about the fact that they often times still look pregnant they still have a very swollen stomach Kate was not at all ashamed of this in fact wore a dress which highlighted the fact that she still had a very rounded tummy and a lot of women pray praised her for this said that it made a difference because it kind of um just emphasized the fact that women don't need to be ashamed of their bodies when they've had a baby and it was really a lovely thing that she did she came out she was absolutely beautiful and radiant um I'm I'm sure she had some help with makeup and hair in fact we we saw some of her stylists coming into the hospital before she emerged so we know that she had a little help but she did look fantastic and they looked absolutely in love as William and Kate were leaving their press call uh when they came out with a baby uh he was seen to be very affectionate with her he had his hand on the small of her back and he called her puppet so we now know one of his sweet names of Endearment for his lovely wife very emotional yes very emotional it's such a special time I think any any parents I think will probably sort of um know what this feeling feels like so very special well he's got a good pair of lungs on him that's for sure uh he's he's a big boy he's quite heavy but uh we're still working on a name so we'll have that as soon as we can but uh it's the first time we've seen him really so having a proper chance to catch up [Music] in Georgia's education began in January 2016 at the age of two he attended the west acre montauri school nursery given the nature of his parents very stable relationship it is important that George be raised in the same affectionate passion of his father he attended his first day of primary school on the 7th of September 2017 at the Thomas' School in baty and attended School under the name George Cambridge even for a little boy who's used to the cameras this was a step into the unknown with Mom Kate again struggling with morning sickness back home at least Prince William was there to hold his hand and carry his bag looking rather nervous Prince George managed a handshake shake with one of his teachers who stepped him with some polite Small Talk probably to help reassure dad for a 4-year-old who's already started learning the Royal ropes those who know their London schools think Thomas's is a good fit for him and the rest of the family his son seemed less sure a little boy who already has his future mapped out before he's even stepped into the classroom [Music] 2 years later a little sister was born for George Charlotte is the second child and only daughter of William and Kate she is third in line to the throne however as under the hereditary system should Prince George have children of his own they will overtake his sister in the line of succession Charlotte was born on the 2nd of May 2015 at St Mary's Hospital in London her announcement didn't go to plan as Kate suffered from severe morning sickness and was forced to cancel a number of public engagements having said this the world stood as happiest as ever over the monarchy with the prospect of a baby sister for their son again you know it's not what William and Kate wanted they very much wanted the pregnancy to kind of go a little bit farther along before they confirmed to the world but again their hand was forced because of Kate's morning sickness congratulations congratulations how's cat feeling uh she's feeling okay thanks it's um it's been uh it's been a tricky few days week or so but obviously we immensely thrilled it's great news um early days but I'm hoping we just s settle down and she feels a b better but uh it's important we all focus on the the big the big news and the big International and domes things are going at the moment so um that's what my my thoughts are at the moment back a look after for an hour it's early days you must be very excited thank you some women get morning sickness not until you know six or seven weeks in but Kate seems to get it almost immediately and to a very uh great degree so the fact that she was forced to start cancelling appearances meant that the palace was forced to confirm uh the second baby was on the way the nation rejoiced everybody's happy and and delighted to see this beautiful young family grow and expand and uh they seem to be very loving and caring and beautiful parents Kate certainly looks as good or better as she ever did before she had her first baby so um it doesn't seem to be taking any kind of a toll and everybody's really just happy for them well I think when it was announced that they'd had a little girl it was it was a great cause of national celebration of course a little sister for Prince George the daughter that Prince William had always wanted the granddaughter that Charles had always wanted but actually historically a really important little girl because she will hold her place in the lineage of succession the several landmarks were illuminated pink to signify the birth of a girl these included Tower Bridge the London Eye and the trfa Square Gardens there were also gun salutes at Hyde Park and the Tower of London her name has been officially announced as Charlotte Elizabeth Diana honoring her grandfather Charles great grandmother Queen Elizabeth II and her grandmother Diana she started her education at the Willcox nursery school and also joined her brother at Thomas' School in baty where she was known as Charlotte Cambridge well I think there was a great outpouring of Joy because everyone loves a baby and everyone loves a royal baby even more it's probably slightly more muted than when Prince George was born because obviously for firstborn children to the cambridges are extra special I think the fact that she was was a girl and that she was uh her named after Elizabeth and Diana made it um a global event that everyone wanted a little piece of Charlotte's birth certainly does herald the dawn of a new era for girl power in that we have a girl in a prominent position at a SE the senior end of the royal family obviously we've been used to the Queen the ultimate exponent of girl power on the throne um but we faced the prospect now of three kings in line um so we're not going to see another woman on the throne for many many many years so how lovely to have Charlotte in this role bringing up the rear she's rather unkindly called the spare to the air as Prince Harry is but as he has proved himself it's a role that you can make your own and um I'm sure all ours will be on Charlotte in fact they probably be even more SC scrutiny on her because she's female I mean how great to have the pitter patter of pink feet in the Royal line of [Music] succession how are you feeling how you feeling Williams got the princess he always wanted Diana wanted a princess in the family and she's got her wish he's got his and Diana's been remembered in the process so it really completes it they've ticked all the boxes and the other thing about Charlotte is it's the female of Charles so they've really done [Music] everything then came a little brother for the two Royal children Louie William took his two children to the hospital when their brother was born born on April the 23rd 2018 at St Mary's Hospital he is fourth in line to the throne on the 27th of April 2018 it was announced that his official name is Louie Arthur Charles honoring his paternal great great great uncle and his paternal grandfather Charles III currently the age of four he started his education at the Wilcox Nursery School he and his siblings now attend lambrook from September 2022 an independent Preparatory School in [Music] [Music] barkshire [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] hello [Music] the line of succession is a matter not taken lightly it is therefore expected that those in line to the throne stand a good public eye Queen Elizabeth II has died and with Charles as our new king the future is looking bright given the nature of our future kings of Britain the monarchy has evolved and has undergone a huge deal of change over the last Thousand Years the line of succession is one that is looking sharp but is also one that is bound to change the examples of the previous monarchs continue to build strong relationships for the generations of monarchs to come when the time [Music] comes [Music] a

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Published: Fri Mar 22 2024