"I am and always will be an HRH. But out of personal choice I like to be called William because that is my name and I want people to call me William - for now"
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Then comes the softening maneuver: “out of personal choice I like to be called William.” It’s intimacy-by-request, the language of approachability. The subtext is less “please treat me normally” than “I can afford to ask for normality.” Only someone insulated by hierarchy can flirt with shedding it. In that sense, the quote is a subtle flex: humility presented as agency, informality framed as benevolence.
The most revealing tag is “for now.” It quietly reasserts the ladder he’s stepping down from. “William” is positioned as a temporary costume - one that can be removed the moment duty, optics, or succession demands the full regalia. That conditionality exposes the monarchy’s core contemporary challenge: it must read as human-scaled to survive media scrutiny, yet remain symbolically oversized to justify itself.
He’s not rejecting the institution; he’s managing the audience’s relationship to it. The name is a PR handshake. The initials are the crown, waiting in the background.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
William, Prince. (2026, January 18). I am and always will be an HRH. But out of personal choice I like to be called William because that is my name and I want people to call me William - for now. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-am-and-always-will-be-an-hrh-but-out-of-18726/
Chicago Style
William, Prince. "I am and always will be an HRH. But out of personal choice I like to be called William because that is my name and I want people to call me William - for now." FixQuotes. January 18, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-am-and-always-will-be-an-hrh-but-out-of-18726/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I am and always will be an HRH. But out of personal choice I like to be called William because that is my name and I want people to call me William - for now." FixQuotes, 18 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-am-and-always-will-be-an-hrh-but-out-of-18726/. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.




