As Prince William approaches the throne someday, he and wife Kate Middleton have a \u201ctotally different vision\u201d for the monarchy, royal biographer Russell Myers said.In a new interview with Us Weekly, Myers said that the Prince and Princess of Wales\u2019 approach is \u201cvery, very different\u201d than \u201cin generations beforehand.\u201dKing Charles, too, has shifted the monarchy from the way it was done during the historic 70-year reign of his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth.<\/p>\n
Prince William<\/a> has long been keen to do it his way when it comes to how he approaches his royal role\u2014and, according to royal biographer Russell Myers, that will continue to be the case as he approaches the throne, and particularly when he is on it.\n<\/p>\n Kate Middleton and Prince William on November 19, 2025.<\/p>\n Getty<\/p>\n William\u2019s father King Charles<\/a> also had his own vision for the monarchy\u2014particularly slimming it down in terms of the number of working royals\u2014but no one could have anticipated a decade ago Prince Harry<\/a> leaving the Firm and relocating with wife Meghan Markle<\/a> to the United States. \u201cThere\u2019s been a lot of talk about a slimmed down monarchy for many, many years, and certainly, if you looked at what Charles\u2019s view of that was maybe 10 years ago, it would have been Harry at the center,\u201d Myers told Us Weekly<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n Without Harry, Meghan, and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor<\/a>\u2014who hasn\u2019t been a working royal since 2019 amid accusations of his association with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein\u2014Myers admitted, \u201cIt does look a little bit thin on the ground at the moment, but I think what the King wanted to do was try to make the royal family much more accountable.\u201d\n<\/p>\n Kate Middleton and Prince William on February 26, 2026.<\/p>\n Getty<\/p>\n The Prince and Princess of Wales, Myers added, \u201chave a totally different vision for the monarchy. It needs to be accountable, it needs to speak to the younger generation, not only at home, but abroad.\u201d\n<\/p>\n \u201cIt also needs to create a system that works for the people, and certainly what they have tried to do is get their family home life right and then work on the public profile, and that\u2019s very, very different to how the monarch[y] has been structured in generations beforehand,\u201d Myers said.\n<\/p>\n For his part, royal photographer Chris Jackson\u2014who has photographed the British royal family for more than two decades now\u2014told Vanity Fair<\/a> that he, too, has noticed changes in Charles\u2019s reign.\n<\/p>\n King Charles on December 10, 2025.<\/p>\n Getty<\/p>\n \u201cI have noticed a significant change in the way things are done,\u201d Jackson said. \u201cI have always been a great admirer of King Charles, of his ability to connect with people around the world across cultures and languages, his incredible work ethic and dedication to duty.\u201d\n<\/p>\n \u201cKing Charles has certainly approached aspects of the role differently, as one would expect, diversifying and modernizing,\u201d he continued, adding that \u201cthe royal family is moving forward, honoring tradition while adopting a more open and modern approach to the monarchy.\u201d\n<\/p>\n King Charles on February 26, 2026.<\/p>\n Getty<\/p>\n