CasiraghiTrio
Heir Apparent , TRF Author, Royal Blogger
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I noticed that Matt Lauer did not refer to them as "Your Royal Highness" and "Sir." Maybe the young men indicated to him that would be acceptable (if so, I think that's a breath of fresh air -- remember how Prince Charles demanded his girlfriends call him "Sir"?). If not, they didn't seem ruffled by it.
Lauer might have addressed him diplomatically at first (off camera) and they cleared it up between them that they didn't want to be called by the formal addresses. I think the purpose of the interview to be a casual, conversational interaction made it apparent that casual references were preferable. On these things, I think one goes by what the signals are, and the princes clearly gave the signal that being casual was what they wanted. You could see it not just in their way of speaking, but also in their relaxed body language throughout the interview.