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Nov 3, 2026
Mark FrancisHOST
There's only one problem – William and Kate have got wires to their PR machine, and are not only doing the same thing, they're doing it better, and with that extra touch of class and humility.
Mark FrancisHOST
Only the other week, Prince William appeared on BBC's The Graham Norton Show to discuss his Earthshot Prize with its worthy green credentials.
Mark FrancisHOST
But he also let down his guard a little to discuss his love of Premier League side Aston Villa and his friends hoping to get free tickets to games, but also that he secretly posted on Villa online forums.
Mark FrancisHOST
He laughed alongside Cate Blanchett, Hannah Waddingham and Robert Irwin Jr. when told somewhere out there was a 12-foot crocodile named after him.
Mark FrancisHOST
A clip from the show about his fantasy of being a DJ despite a predetermined destiny received 1.2 million likes on Instagram as fans praised him.
Mark FrancisHOST
In contrast, Prince Harry wrote an entire memoir, Spare, about his misfortune at being born after William.
Mark FrancisHOST
Harry turns a positive at being born into one of the most historic, privileged and wealthiest families on the planet into a negative, while William turns the negative of his unfulfilled personal dreams into the positivity of now being able to help save the planet with the Earthshot Prize.
Mark FrancisHOST
Harry's losing the celebrity PR war with his brother.
Maureen CallahanHOST
In fact, it was the other guests who mentioned him being a prince.
Maureen CallahanHOST
The Earthshot Awards is being streamed live on Amazon Prime.
Maureen CallahanHOST
I did not know this.
Maureen CallahanHOST
While some of Harry's Invictus sponsors won't even confirm if they are actually participating this year or not.
Roya NikkhahHOST
So I think that is the key change that we've seen in the last few years from the Elizabethan era overseas to the Carolian era.
Kate ManseyHOST
Then amplify that again to William, because in a couple of weeks we'll be going to India with William for his Earthshot Prize.
Kate ManseyHOST
All that is all around his own project.
Roya NikkhahHOST
Yes, exactly.
Kinsey SchofieldHOST
You know, I also thought when you were talking about how he's not talking down anybody and he's just very careful and everything he's communicating.
Kinsey SchofieldHOST
What does it say to you that he's actually there ultimately to promote the Earthshot Prize? And those are Earthshot ambassadors that are on the couch with him.
Kinsey SchofieldHOST
Very clever.
Kinsey SchofieldHOST
A way of promoting the Earthshot Awards and this campaign to put this team together and then he'd be the surprise guest.
Jase ReevesHOST
Listen to this goosebump moment.
Graham NortonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
You're all involved in the Earthshot Prize, which is the big environmental prize founded by His Royal Highness Prince William.
Graham NortonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So I could ask you about that, but we just thought, why not ask the man himself? So, ladies and gentlemen, compose yourselves.
Graham NortonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
This is not a drill.
Mark FrancisHOST
But the contrast of the week was hard to miss.
Mark FrancisHOST
While Harry gave an interview about his pain, William turned up on the Graham Norton sofa to promote Earthshot.
Mark FrancisHOST
Relaxed, funny, revealing that Charlotte and Louis are obsessed with celebrity traitors, that he'd tried to edge Travis Kelsey out of the photo to get Taylor Swift to himself, and that as a boy he'd wanted to be a policeman, and then, briefly and badly, a DJ.
Mark FrancisHOST
The PR man, Mark Borkowski, thought even that was a misstep.
Mark FrancisHOST
William, who confessed he doesn't know the words to Purple Rain, took it in good humor.
Mark FrancisHOST
Sebastian has since written him a letter to apologize.
Mark FrancisHOST
There will also somehow be Take That performing in Mumbai next month's Earthshot ceremony, a sentence I did not expect to say this year.
Mark FrancisHOST
Elsewhere, a fairer note on William because this program tries to keep itself honest.
Dan E. KhooGUEST
But sure, yes, I look forward to that, Stephen.
Stephen IbarakiHOST
Yeah, maybe even target something like the Earthshot Prizes out at the UK where they have a million pound prize.
Stephen IbarakiHOST
You know, we get some sponsorships, so there's like a million US dollar prize or something like that,
Dan E. KhooGUEST
right? Yeah.
Mark FrancisHOST
The concert also produced footage of William dancing to Shake It Off in the stands.
Mark FrancisHOST
Take That will perform in India for the first time when they join William at the Earthshot Prize Awards in Mumbai next month.
Mark FrancisHOST
Gary Barlow, Mark Owen and Howard Donald have been announced among the headline acts for the ceremony, which will also be streamed on Prime Video for the first time.
Mark FrancisHOST
We've been lucky enough to perform in some incredible places around the world over the past 35 years, but India is somewhere we've always dreamed of bringing our music, the group said.
Mark FrancisHOST
To be performing here for the very first time after all these years, and alongside the extraordinary people creating a better future for our planet is really special.
Mark FrancisHOST
As we've seen, the world over, music has an exquisite way of bringing people together.
Mark FrancisHOST
And we can't wait to share that magic with the Earthshot Prize and the world from Mumbai.
Mark FrancisHOST
We're ready for a night we'll never forget.
Emmy GriffithsHOST
So tell us, Emily, what's your perspective on this? I
Emily NashHOST
think, well, I think you can't really compare a Harry appearance with what William did, because this was very specifically about the Earthshot Prize.
Emily NashHOST
And he did answer a few personal questions.
Emily NashHOST
And I think that's also partly because of Ofcom rules around how much you can promote an event, certainly on the BBC.
Emily NashHOST
um but you know I think it's a great coup for the Earthshot Prize it's probably the you know the biggest media moment for them since they were the uh since we turned our hello Miles Ted Green on behalf of the Earthshot
Emmy GriffithsHOST
Prize last year um and then Graham Norton yeah a hundred percent
Emily NashHOST
yeah about you know Graham Norton's a good second I would say to that but look I think it worked really well because you brought together these people who are all huge advocates for it but you didn't realize for the first 20 minutes or so what the connection was and what it was all about.
Lindsey HallHOST
Principle number two is that we aim to move beyond high-level abstract concepts to instead focus on concrete, tangible solutions.
Lindsey HallHOST
Today's podcast guest is the CEO of the Earthshot Prize, an organization with a mission very aligned to this approach.
Lindsey HallHOST
If you're not familiar with the prize, some quick background.
Lindsey HallHOST
It was inspired by U.S. President John F. Kennedy's moonshot challenge to land a man on the moon within a decade.
Lindsey HallHOST
The Earthshot Prize was launched by Prince William of Wales back in 2020 to find and scale innovative solutions to the world's biggest environmental challenges by 2030, just a few years away at this point.
Lindsey HallHOST
We'll include a link in our show notes to an episode where we interviewed the Earthshot Prize chair, Jesper Brodin, during Climate Week Zurich.
Lindsey HallHOST
Each year, the prize selects 15 finalists and awards five of them £1 million each to help advance or replicate their work.
Lindsey HallHOST
Next month, on November 17th, the Earthshot Prize will hold its annual awards night in Mumbai.
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