Prince William’s ‘got a lot of catching up to do’ as Prince of Wales: expert

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personal physician, claimed during a recent speaking engagement that King Charles III, 74, was the “most attentive” Prince of Wales “in history.”“[William’s] got a lot of catching up to do in terms of the public perception of him as a Prince of Wales,” Thomas said Tuesday at the Hay Festival in Wales, per GB News.He continued, “The impression I get as well is that, after the coronation, there’s going to be a bit of a supercharge on the relationship of William with Wales.

We’ll see what comes.”The Post reached out to Buckingham Palace and Kensington Palace for comment.Upon the queen’s death in September at the age of 96, William became the Prince of Wales, and Charles the King of England.The monarch was officially crowned May 6 at Westminster Abbey in a grand ceremony that was one for the history books.It marked the official transfer of power to King Charles following the 70-year reign of his mother.At Tuesday’s event, Thomas explained Charles really cared about Wales when he had the role.

While on a trip to Japan many years ago, Charles convinced an executive from Sony Corporation to open a factory in Wales, according to Thomas, who recently published “Charles: The King and Wales.”“Charles said to this guy, ‘If you’re going to open a factory to make TVs in Europe, come and open it in my country, Wales.’ That sentence is something which has passed down Sony folklore,” the royal biographer recalled. “Certainly, up until Charles, there wasn’t a Prince of Wales that paid anywhere near the attention that he has paid to understanding Wales and Welshness.”Charles also spent a term learning about Welsh culture and language at Aberystwyth University, GB News reported.