Prince William Is the ‘New Rock’ of the Royal Family, Royal Biographer Says: ‘A Reincarnation of His Late Grandmother’

After a busy year, Prince William has emerged as the “new rock” of the royal family, according to a royal biographer.

In a piece for The Independent published on December 28, dr. Tessa Dunlop said the Prince of Wales, 42, “is the reincarnation of his late grandmother [Queen Elizabeth],” also calling the future king a “wobbly anchor that replaced him with a designer bristle,” referring to William’s much-discussed facial hair during the second half of 2024.

“The nation fell in love with [Princess] Diana’s firstborn again,” Dunlop wrote, adding that “the naysayers who doubted William’s bravery were forced to think twice.”

President and founder of the Earthshot Awards, Prince William, Prince of Wales on stage during the 2024 Earthshot Awards ceremony on November 6, 2024 in Cape Town, South Africa.

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Prince William breaks silence on ‘Brutal’ 2024 amid Kate Middleton cancer diagnosis, King Charles: ‘Hardest year of my life’

The dawn of 2025 was no doubt a welcome sight for William, who called it “brutal” in November 2024: “It was horrible,” he said while in Cape Town, South Africa, for the fourth iteration of the Earthshot Prize. “This was probably the hardest year of my life.”

In 2024, his wife, Kate Middleton, and his father, King Charles, saw cancer; his aunt Sarah Ferguson also announced a second cancer diagnosis, and Thomas Kingston, husband of Lady Gabrielle, died suddenly of a “traumatic head wound” aged 45 on 25 February.

In addition, his uncle Prince Andrew’s association with an alleged Chinese spy has brought further embarrassment to the monarchy five years after the Duke of York’s disastrous BBC News the interview did the same.

Catherine, Princess of Wales (CL) and Prince William, Prince of Wales (CR) during a ceremonial welcome by the Emir of the State of Qatar at the Horse Guards Parade during the first day of the visit of the Emir of the State of Qatar to the United Kingdom on December 3, 2024 in London, England.

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But Dunlop, the author Elizabeth and Philip: A story of young love, marriage and monarchy of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, said all was not lost for the royal family last year: “Without a doubt, the rebirth of the Waleses as the country’s number one couple has moved our monarchy into a new space,” she wrote. “They seem to be a double act these days, even when they’re apart.”

Of Kate’s cancer diagnosis — which she announced publicly on March 22 via video message, following another video message on September 9 that she had finished chemotherapy — Dunlop added that because of her husband’s support, “Kate wasn’t walking alone.”

In the same interview from Cape Town in November, William opened up about his royal role and, when asked if it was more restrictive to have more responsibility and importance in the monarchy now that he is the Prince of Wales (a title he assumed in September 2022), he replied : “That’s awkward.”

Prince William, Prince of Wales visits the Simon Community on November 14, 2024 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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“Do I like more responsibility? Not. Do I like the freedom of being able to build something like Earthshot? Then yes,” he said. “And that’s the future for me.”

William added: “It is very important, with my role and platform, to do something for good. To help people’s lives and do something that has real meaning. So Earthshot is the culmination, if you will, of all of that together.”

In her article, Dunlop said of William’s presence at the institution that “William insists that he wants to provide compassionate leadership amid a dangerous new dawn of ostentatious nationalism. In order to help him carry out this difficult task, it is essential that the king be supported.”

Of King Charles, she added: “He may never be the star his late mother was, or what his son is fast becoming, but Charles could make a name for himself as a monarch overseeing much-needed grassroots reform.”

King Charles III smiles during The King’s Foundation’s annual ‘Crafts at Christmas’ event at Highgrove Gardens on December 13, 2024 in Tetbury, England.

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King Charles’ cancer treatment will continue in the New Year, in a ‘very positive direction’, a palace source confirms

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While Kate’s cancer treatment has ended, the royal’s will continue in 2025, with palace sources confirming on December 20 that treatment is moving “in a very positive direction”.

As the first anniversary of Charles’ own cancer announcement approaches on February 5, aides have signaled that the king, 76, will continue treatment as a “controlled condition”.

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