The Royal Household, Courtiers, Advisers and Attendants 2: Sep 2022 -

[tommy100]

I can see that William might not want someone talking to the media but equally what Jason has said it nothing but positive for William. It is quite par for the course for former senior officials to speak out from time to time.

 

[Hans-Rickard]

Without knowing, Jason does not come off to me as someone who would talk about William to the media without having informed William beforehand of what he was going to say…

 

[TLLK]

I can see that William might not want someone talking to the media but equally what Jason has said it nothing but positive for William. It is quite par for the course for former senior officials to speak out from time to time.

It's also par for the course that there will be the occasional program that discusses the future monarch.

 

[camelot23ca]

Without knowing, Jason does not come off to me as someone who would talk about William to the media without having informed William beforehand of what he was going to say…

I’m sure William would have known about the interview beforehand, and that Jason wouldn’t have done it without getting prior approval. It seems like Jason did an exemplary job during his time working for the Royal Family, and William likely knew he could trust him to be friendly and open without being indiscreet.

 

[Hallo girl]

Without knowing, Jason does not come off to me as someone who would talk about William to the media without having informed William beforehand of what he was going to say…

I would agree as he was obviously told about Catherine’s illness at the time.

I have just read that the programme is actually about William as a future King, I had thought the whole programme was Jason. There are other contributors, I would suggest after reading that there is no doubt that William has agreed to Jason speaking.

 

[Somebody]

Where There's A Will (2025)

I liked how Jason explained that neither William nor Catherine are interested in the 'fame' that comes with their role. They have no choice but accept being public figures as part of their job/role but it's not something they are interested in at all. And according to him, 'what you see is what you get', or in other words, their public persona is very similar to their private one.

And in terms of William's engagement with the Earthshot Prize: calling all football stadiums to replace their plastic with a more sustainable alternative, shows that his heart is in it (and that he knows his call will probably make a difference someone else calling would not).

About the beard: 'it's there' (according to William) and 'if Catherine wouldn't like it, it wouldn't be there' (according to Jason).

All in all, he chooses his words very carefully; as is to be expected from someone who worked as their press officer in the past.

 

[yukari]

JK surely is not the first of his former senior staff who's talking to the media. Miguel Head did it too few years ago.

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