Prince William burnishes credentials as king-in-waiting with Earthshot Prize and COP30 in Brazil

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Quote: Unlike the prime minister and Parliament, which exist in the day-to-day realities of electoral politics, Britain’s hereditary monarchy thinks years, if not decades, ahead, said Craig Prescott an expert on the monarchy and constitutional law at Royal Holloway University of London.

He describes the institution as being somewhat like an oil tanker, which takes so long to turn that small course corrections now will lead to big changes later on.

“They always need to have a watchman looking ahead for icebergs,’’ Prescott said. “And in a sense, that’s what they do.''

Period	2 Nov 2025
Held at	The Independent (newspaper), United Kingdom