{"id":646351,"date":"2026-10-30T23:38:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T23:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/646351\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T23:38:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T23:38:28","slug":"got-him-beat-harry-reacts-as-william-ups-his-game-days-after-family-reveal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/646351\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Got him beat\u2019: Harry reacts as William \u2018ups his game\u2019 days after family reveal"},"content":{"rendered":"

One minute Prince Harry<\/a> was on a GQ podcast declaring that he wanted to reconcile with the royals<\/a>, the next his estranged brother Prince William<\/a> had one-upped him with a surprise appearance on primetime UK TV.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Prince of Wales shocked and delighted viewers by turning up on the popular Graham Norton Show on October 23 \u2013 where he was joined by A-listers Cate Blanchett<\/a>, Robert Irwin<\/a> and Hannah Waddingham<\/a> as part of a special edition to mark the Earthshot Prize.<\/p>\n

The appearance came just three days after Harry had opened up to GQ\u2019s One More Question podcast, saying that \u201cthe most important thing is to reconcile\u201d with King Charles<\/a> and William.<\/p>\n

Royal expert Tom Sykes \u2013 the man behind The Royalist substack \u2013 described William as having \u201cceleb muscle\u201d behind him during his TV foray, as he set his sights firmly on the monarchy\u2019s future.<\/p>\n

\"PrincePrince William proved a hit on The Graham Norton Show. (Credit: BBC)<\/p>\n

\u201cIt felt like a change of register\u2026 and a need to up his game frankly,\u201d Sykes said of William\u2019s TV appearance in a video shared to YouTube, adding that the prince\u2019s commitment to the episode showed he was \u201cnot afraid\u201d to be himself.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t actually do an hour faking it,\u201d Sykes said. \u201cYou can only really do an hour if you are really comfortable with who you are and it\u2019s just you just chatting\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Royal commentator Paula Froelich claimed on The Royalist that William\u2019s demeanor on TV was in stark contrast to appearances made by his brother Harry.<\/p>\n

William appeared \u201cmore comfortable in his own skin\u201d than his brother, Froelich claimed.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s also much more comfortable with what he\u2019s doing, with the products that he has, and obviously the team around him.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"PrincePrince William is increasingly more comfortable in the spotlight \u2013 just like his friend Robert. (Credit: Getty)<\/p>\n

\u201cWilliam\u2019s become very good friends with a good number of big celebrities, including David and Victoria Beckham<\/a>, Tom Cruise<\/a> and Robert Irwin. He\u2019s also built pretty chummy relationships with all sorts of other Hollywood types, including Taylor Swift<\/a> and Travis Kelce<\/a>, so he\u2019s pretty pleased with himself,\u201d a source tells Woman\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n

\u201cWilliam would argue that this is nothing new, that the royal family has always had Hollywood connections, but he\u2019s definitely taken things to another level in terms of how publicly he\u2019s embracing that world.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Prince Froelich claimed Prince William appeared more at ease than Harry does when speaking publicly. (Credit: Instagram\/GQ)<\/p>\n

The insider went on to say that the prince had a \u201cfantastic time\u201d on the couch at Graham Norton and the feedback at the Palace has been positive, so more casual chats could be on the cards.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, the main motivation is to build support for his charities, particularly Earthshot, and modernise the monarchy as a whole. But there\u2019s also a certain satisfaction in showing Harry that he\u2019s got him beat in the Hollywood popularity game,\u201d the source says.<\/p>\n

Harry, meanwhile, is said to be unimpressed with the turn of events \u2013 especially as he and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex<\/a>, deal with the fallout from shock allegations made against Meghan\u2019s father Thomas Markle Snr<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cHarry\u2019s always accused William of having a need to show him up, so no doubt he\u2019s looking at all this and taking it as more proof of how petty his brother can be,\u201d a source says.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tKatherine Davison\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n

Katherine is an experienced writer and editor who has spent more than two decades working with some of the best-known media outlets in Australia and the UK. Before becoming a freelance contributor for Woman’s Day, Katherine was Editor of trusted Australian entertainment title WHO, and she is the former Managing Editor of Lifestyle, Entertainment and Commercial for 7NEWS.com.au. She has a wide interest in topics spanning celebrity, lifestyle, shopping, travel, real life and more – and when she\u2019s not researching her next story or crafting a compelling headline you\u2019ll likely find her cycling around Sydney with her beloved dog, Pickle, in a backpack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One minute Prince Harry was on a GQ podcast declaring that he wanted to reconcile with the royals,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":646352,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[156,111,139,69,4289],"class_list":["post-646351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-prince-william"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=646351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646351\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/646352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=646351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=646351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=646351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}