Prince William on the "hardest year" of his life
The Story
The Times
3.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 10 November 2024
⏱️ 32 minutes
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As a bonus episode, we’re bringing listeners of The Story an episode from our sister podcast, The Royals with Roya and Kate. They have been in South Africa covering Prince William’s Earthshot Prize awards ceremony. Speaking afterwards, the Prince of Wales described the last year as “dreadful”, “brutal”, and “probably the hardest year of my life”.
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- Roya Nikkhah, Royal Editor, The Sunday Times.
- Kate Mansey, Assistant Editor, The Times.
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| 1:20.2 | where Prince William has been at his Earthshot awards ceremony? The biggest headline from that, |
| 1:26.2 | though, seems to be what he told reporters afterwards. |
| 1:29.1 | He said the past year has been the hardest of his life. Of course, his wife has been diagnosed |
| 1:34.5 | with cancer and has gone through treatment, as has his dad, the king, as well. Well, Kate Mancy and |
| 1:40.4 | Roya Necar, my sister podcast, the Royals with Roya and Kate, were there. |
| 1:44.8 | They heard all of this, |
| 1:46.5 | and they've been discussing it in their latest edition of their podcast, |
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