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Speaker 1: your host, Mark Francis. As we often do on Saturday,
Speaker 1: let's check in on just how wonderful the Whales family is,
Speaker 1: at least according to the friendly tabloids. Sure of, the
Speaker 1: Whales family try to come across as regular folks. Kate
Speaker 1: the supermarket shopping mum, William the socker loving dad who's
Speaker 1: down for a pint with the common folk. And just
Speaker 1: like in your family, the Whales chauffeurs have to follow
Speaker 1: a strict dress code. For William and Kate's drivers, It's
Speaker 1: all about looking sharp in navy blue double breasted suits,
Speaker 1: white shirts, black ties and black hats with a patent
Speaker 1: leather peak. Veterans of the armed forces might even add
Speaker 1: metal ribbons to their attire, showing off a bit of
Speaker 1: extra respect and service. Rhiannon Mills, Sky News Royal correspondent
Speaker 1: spent the week shadowing Prince William, which naturally resulted in
Speaker 1: quite the fluff piece under the head line My week
Speaker 1: with Prince William, the quiet disruptor, Mills tells us when
Speaker 1: Pallace sources telling me he'd be more than happy to
Speaker 1: be acknowledged as a quiet disruptor, despite the criticism his
Speaker 1: new ways of working might bring. Those who've known him
Speaker 1: for a long time will tell you this compulsion to
Speaker 1: do things differently has been there for some time. We're
Speaker 1: told of. Last Wednesday, William walked into a sweaty but
Speaker 1: infectiously positive community hall in Leith in Edinburgh. No ribbon
Speaker 1: cutting here, but this is the kind of visit the
Speaker 1: Prince now sees is a big deal impact the buzzword
Speaker 1: ahead of any engagement. Now a very lively game of football,
Speaker 1: launching what they hope will be a long term tie
Speaker 1: up between the Royal Foundation, their charitable trust, Leath Community
Speaker 1: Center and Street Soccer Scotland. On Thursday, the sight of
Speaker 1: the Guard of Honor saluting the Prince and Princesses of
Speaker 1: the National Anthem was played alongside HMS Glasgow. Just emphasize
Speaker 1: the irregular handbreak turns they face from the more relaxed
Speaker 1: to the formal, as they want to make the monarchy
Speaker 1: feel connected and irrelevant. Then there is family to conceal
Speaker 1: in a way that past generations just haven't. Their working
Speaker 1: diaries are now arranged around their children. They've made no
Speaker 1: secret of that. On paper, it means fewer engagements compared
Speaker 1: to other members of the family, and it has led
Speaker 1: to mutterings of that word no one within the Palace
Speaker 1: wants to hear. Workshi. As the Prince and Princess of
Speaker 1: Wales stood on the steps of Buckingham Palace at the
Speaker 1: Garden Party on Tuesday, pausing for the national anthem, you
Speaker 1: can't help but wonder whether those traditional elements of royal
Speaker 1: life could face a shakeup when one day he leads
Speaker 1: the firm full time. According to etiquette expert William Hansen,
Speaker 1: the Prince and Princess of Wales, William and Kate continue
Speaker 1: to modernize royal traditions, especially when it comes to making
Speaker 1: the monarchy more relatable to a younger generation. They balance
Speaker 1: their casual approach, taking selfies and hugging with respect for tradition. Hanson,
Speaker 1: who released his book Just Good Manners on May twenty seventh,
Speaker 1: points out that while Kate was initially criticized as a commoner,
Speaker 1: she now exudes a regal presence. He also believes that
Speaker 1: Prince William has a common time, which allows him to
Speaker 1: connect with people from all walks of life, a trait
Speaker 1: reminiscent of Princess Diana. Though there have been changes in
Speaker 1: royal events like state banquets, Hansen doesn't expect drastic shifts
Speaker 1: any time soon. King Charles, for example, has yet to
Speaker 1: reduce the formality of these occasions. As for royal customs
Speaker 1: like bowing and curtseying, handsome predicts they may fade out
Speaker 1: for most occasions, especially as Prince William's reign approaches. The
Speaker 1: royal family has also become more touchy feely, with King
Speaker 1: Charles and Queen Camilla embracing hugs and physical affection in public,
Speaker 1: a departure from the more reserved behavior of precious monarchs. However,
Speaker 1: handsOn stresses that certain traditions, like maintaining a stiff upper lip,
Speaker 1: should be preserved as a valuable cultural trait In a
Speaker 1: world where everyone has an opinion, he believes the monarchy
Speaker 1: still serves as an example of restraint and dignity. During
Speaker 1: the King's visit to Canada, one woman in the crowd
Speaker 1: held up a sign which read I met your daughter
Speaker 1: in law. In case wondering which daughter in law, there
Speaker 1: were three pictures of Kate. As far as we know,
Speaker 1: there were no signs depicting Megan shockingly as a rare
Speaker 1: shot fired in Kate's direction. Kate stirred mixed reactions with
Speaker 1: her new Mother Nature video series, aimed at encouraging people
Speaker 1: to reconnect with nature. In the first video, she urges
Speaker 1: Britain's to reconnect with nature and celebrate a new dawn
Speaker 1: within our hearts. However, the video has drawn criticism from some,
Speaker 1: including Royal commentator Tom Sykes, who caught her delivery patronizing
Speaker 1: and compared it to him an enthusiastic kindergarten a hippie teacher.
Speaker 1: He further criticized the language as sounding like something an
Speaker 1: AI chatbot would produce, citing phrases like the natural world's
Speaker 1: capacity to inspire us as cliche aden overly sentimental. Sikes
Speaker 1: also took issue with the irony of Kate's video, pointing
Speaker 1: out the contrast between her privileged life on extensive landholdings
Speaker 1: and her portrayal of a relatable middle class persona. He
Speaker 1: added that the performative happiness of Kate and William, often
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