{"id":663651,"date":"2026-10-24T02:26:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T02:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/663651\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T02:26:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T02:26:15","slug":"prince-william-reveals-his-familys-favourite-tv-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/663651\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince William reveals his family&#8217;s favourite TV show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They might live in palaces and have a diary full of public appearances, but it turns out the royal family likes the same TV shows as us!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prince William is about to <a href=\"https:\/\/evoke.ie\/2026\/10\/23\/entertainment\/graham-norton-line-up-royal-guest\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/evoke.ie\/2026\/10\/23\/entertainment\/graham-norton-line-up-royal-guest\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">make his Graham Norton Show debut<\/a>, and on the pre-recorded episode, he chats about everything from his Earthshot Prize to his family&#8217;s favourite way to relax together. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Prince of Wales told Irish host Graham that he and his two youngest children, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, cannot get enough of The Traitors.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/SEI317770528.jpg\" alt=\"The Prince of Wales with host Graham Norton during filming for the Graham Norton Show, at BBC Studioworks 6 Television Centre, Wood Lane, London, to be aired on BBC One on Friday evening. Pic: Matt Crossick\/Assignments\/Press Association\" class=\"wp-image-2213980\"  \/>The Prince of Wales with host Graham Norton during filming for the Graham Norton Show. Pic: Matt Crossick\/Assignments\/Press Association<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prince William even revealed that he touched paranoid faithful Ross Kemp &#8216;to see what reaction I got from him.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The EastEnders star had been on alert about being murdered in plain sight through touch since the first episode of the BBC One series.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The paranoia proved justified in Thursday\u2019s episode, when he was indeed murdered in plain sight by traitors James Acaster and Maya Jama.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/SEI206800785.jpg\" alt=\"Ross Kemp, Grant Mitchell. Pic: BBC\" class=\"wp-image-1924377\"  \/>Ross Kemp, Grant Mitchell. Pic: BBC<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But instead of touch, he was murdered by yawning and inhaling a poisoned perfume.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Discussing The Traitors during a surprise appearance on The Graham Norton Show, William said: &#8216;I love it, the family loves it. Charlotte and Louis are obsessed with it. It\u2019s really good telly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;I saw Ross Kemp the day after the first episode, and I couldn\u2019t help but try \u2013 in the most appropriate way \u2013 to touch him to see what reaction I got from him. Turns out he was really jumpy!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asked how he switches off, he said: &#8216;It is music and film. I love getting immersed in deep-thinking films. I like action films too, but I like something a bit different. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;I\u2019m a big fan of everything Christopher Nolan does. His films are fantastic \u2013 The Dark Knight series is psychologically dark and deep, and I absolutely love that.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/GettyImages-2212957761_a37797.jpg\" alt=\"Prince George, Prince Louis, Catherine, Princess of Wales and Princess Charlotte on the balcony of Buckingham Palace to view the fly past featuring the Royal Air Force's Red Arrows and current and historic military aircraft, at the end of the military procession for the 80th anniversary of VE Day. Pic: Getty Images\" class=\"wp-image-2080860\"  \/>Prince George, Prince Louis, Catherine, Princess of Wales and Princess Charlotte on the balcony of Buckingham Palace. Pic: Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;He takes concepts that are completely out there and makes them incredibly entertaining.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">William joined Cate Blanchett, Robert Irwin and Hannah Waddingham on the chat show to gasps from the audience to speak about the environmental award, which connects all four guests.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blanchett is an Earthshot Prize council member, Irwin is a global ambassador for the prize, and Waddingham hosted the 2023 Earthshot awards in Singapore.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/SEI317770619.jpg\" alt=\"The Prince of Wales, Cate Blanchett, Hannah Waddingham, Robert Irwin and Jorja Smith with host Graham Norton during filming for the Graham Norton Show, at BBC Studioworks 6 Television Centre, Wood Lane, London, to be aired on BBC One on Friday evening. Pic: Matt Crossick\/Assignments\/Press Association\" class=\"wp-image-2213982\"  \/>The Prince of Wales, Cate Blanchett, Hannah Waddingham, Robert Irwin and Jorja Smith with Graham Norton during filming. Pic: Matt Crossick\/Assignments\/Press Association<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mumbai will stage the Earthshot Prize next month, where the future king will meet Bollywood stars as he learns about India\u2019s hugely popular film industry, play with cricketing royalty and preside over the ceremony awarding \u00a35 million in prize money.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Earthshot Prize edition of The Graham Norton Show will air on Friday at 10.40pm on BBC One as part of the countdown to the awards next month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"They might live in palaces and have a diary full of public appearances, but it turns out the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":663652,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60],"class_list":["post-663651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=663651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/663652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}