Prince William’s ‘very different’ royal plan revealed

Just over a week on from Charles’ coronation, William is already holding talks with aides to lay out exactly how he wants his own ceremony to look.

Prince William is reportedly already planning his ‘very different’ coronation. Picture: Angela Weiss/AFP

Just over one week on from his father’s historic coronation ceremony, it’s been revealed that Prince William is already planning for his own.

According to the UK’s Sunday Times, the Prince of Wales has been in talks with his close advisers about how to create a “very different” event than what took place last Saturday at Westminster Abbey.

William reportedly wants to “evolve” the ceremony so that it is “modern and relevant”, and scrap the controversial “homage of the people” which had been included in Charles’ coronation.

“There is no way he will go down that route or anything like it,” a source close to the Prince told the publication.

“He is really thinking, how do we make his coronation feel most relevant in the future?

“He is mindful of the fact that in 20 years’ time, or whenever his time comes, how can the coronation be modern but also unifying to the nation and the Commonwealth?

“I think his coronation will look and feel quite different.”

Kate and William’s coronation ceremony will be ‘very different’ to Charles’. Picture: Samir Hussein/WireImage

The Sunday Times also reports that William was not closely involved in preparations for his father’s coronation, and that he’d declined the offer to have his own investiture ceremony as Prince of Wales.

William shared a tender moment with Charles during the coronation. Picture: Yui Mok/Pool/AFP

While it certainly appears that his coronation will be vastly different to Charles’, William is reportedly still keen to hold it at the historic Westminster Abbey.

He has previously spoken about his desire to maintain the royal family’s relevancy in society.

“It occupies a lot of my thinking space as to how on earth you’d develop into something modern in today’s world,” William told the BBC in 2016.

“I think the royal family has to modernise and develop as it goes along, and it has to stay relevant. That’s the challenge for me, how do I make the royal family relevant in the next 20 years’ time?

“I hope that’s something I can do.”

While Charles’ coronation was traditional in many ways, he did incorporate new aspects to reflect the monarchy’s modernisation, such as including leaders from other religions and Christian denominations.