How Prince William and Kate Middleton Are Preparing Prince George For the Throne

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00:00You know, how do Kate and William approach preparing George for the future?

00:05Obviously, they try to give...

00:06It's such a hard thing. Good question, yeah.

00:09Such a hard job because you don't want to freak him out.

00:12And I think the other thing is probably the way that William was taught in a way as well.

00:18Spending a little bit of time with his grandfather,

00:20more time with his grandfather, who's actually doing the job,

00:24doesn't necessarily freak George out.

00:27And I think it was very important that he played that part

00:30as a page boy at the King's Coronation.

00:32It gave a real sense of what the grandeur and all the expectation and things that are going on.

00:38And I thought that was quite important, actually, for George.

00:43But they gradually do things.

00:45You know, they'll do photo calls,

00:46they'll introduce you to situations where the press are there.

00:49But I think these situations where they've got,

00:53you know, the pageantry unfolding on the balcony when they're watching that,

00:56but actually taking part in the coronation.

00:59Yeah, I thought that was quite a special and clever thing to do.

01:02How do you think that he feels about, you know, and does he feel pressure at all?

01:07I hope not.

01:09I'm sure he's fully aware of it.

01:11He spends time with his father, his grandfather,

01:15and his father are just gradually letting him be aware of it.

01:21But it's something that's probably just going on inside his little head

01:24as he was holding his grandfather's gown as he walked down the Westminster Abbey.

01:32You know, he's aware of it, but he's only a little boy.

01:35But sometimes when you look at him,

01:37it looks like he's got the weight of the world at his shoulders.

01:40And hopefully mum and dad will do their best not to allow that.

01:44Definitely.