Hello! Magazine UK – 19 August 2019

Q

Aretheroyalmen,ledbytheDukeofCambridgeandthe

DukeofSussex,succeedingintheirwishto balance being

hands-on fathers with their royal duties?

Agree:

46%

Don’tknow:
7%

Disagree: 4% Strongly disagree:
2%

Stronglyagree:

41%

PrincesWilliamandHarry

(holdingArchie,topleft)have

impressedourreadersby

embracingfatherhood

alongside official duties

RobertJobson,best-sellingroyal

author.HislatestbookCharles:Our

FutureKing(publishedbyBonnier

BooksUK)is outin paperbacksoon

T

his comprehensive poll for hello!

shows thatthenextgenerationofroyalsis

certainly making a positive impact on

modern society.

Itisinterestingthat,inthesepolitically

turbulent times,mostpeople thinkthat

CharlesandCamillaandhissonsandtheirfamiliesaremakinga

realdifferencewhenit comesto“softpower”diplomacyforthe

UKontheiroverseastours.

I amnotsurprisedbythispositivity.I thinkthePrinceofWales

hasinstilledtheimportanceofhardworkandduty– whichhe

wastaughtbyhisparents– intohisownsons,WilliamandHarry.

Thereis nodoubtthatthecharitableworkthePrincehas

doneformorethanhalfa centuryhasinfluencedhissonsand

theyhaveevolvedintodrivencharitableentrepreneurslikehim.

Theyhaveofcoursebeenheavilyinfluencedbytheirmuch

admiredmother,Diana,PrincessofWales,andarenowably

assistedbytheirwivesCatherineandMeghan.

I thinkthepollshowsthattheroyalfamilyis ina strong

position.Thisis notdowntosomeformofcelebrity,buthard

workand engagingwithcommunitiesandcausesbothathome

and abroad.

BothCatherineandMeghanhaveaddedglamourtothe

brand,butI stillbelievethegeneralpublicwantsmuchmore

thancelebrityfromtheirroyals;theywantthemtobegame-

changersandreallyaddsomethingtosociety.

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