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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Kristin Contino

What Prince William's "Very Sad" Childhood Plea Reveals About His Parenting Style

A headshot of Prince William looking serious.

Even though King Charles only took the throne in 2022, there's inevitably going to be talk about his heirs. Prince William has been preparing for his future role as King his entire life, and in a new documentary about his son Prince George, a "sad" story about William's childhood reveals why he's parenting his own way.

In the Channel 5 documentary Prince George: How to Make a Monarch, legendary royal photographer Arthur Edwards recalled a moment when he was photographing the royals on a ski vacation. "I remember once when we were in Switzerland on a skiing trip and they would do a photo call and I remember William saying to me, 'Please Arthur, no more pictures, no more pictures'," he said (via the Mirror).

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