Kate and William’s former aide makes his feelings clear on royals in major TV interview
Former royal aide Jason Knauf is set to appear on 60 Minutes Australia to discuss Prince William’s future role as monarch and his relationship with Prince Harry.
Knauf, who served as communications secretary to the Prince and Princess of Wales from 2015 to 2022, will share insights about the brothers’ relationship and William’s future reign.
In the upcoming television special, Knauf offers a candid assessment of the future king’s character.
“He’s going to bring [so] much down-to-earth wisdom and connection,” Knauf says of Prince William in the programme’s trailer.
When asked what the public should know about the Prince of Wales, Knauf responded simply: “Just what you see is what you get.”
The television special also teases a potentially revealing moment about the future of the monarchy.
In the trailer’s final moments, Knauf is asked whether Prince Harry’s role could change once William becomes King.
The programme builds anticipation by not revealing Knauf’s response to this crucial question about the brothers’ future relationship.
In 2021, Meghan apologised in court for failing to remember authorising a senior aide to brief Omid Scobie and his co-author Carolyn Durand when they were working on the book Finding Freedom.
The biography on Meghan Markle and Prince Harry was released in August 2020.
The Duchess of Sussex submitted a statement saying she could not remember emails she had sent to her then press secretary, Jason Knauf, about the unauthorised book.
Meghan’s statement said: “I accept that Mr Knauf did provide some information to the authors for the book and that he did so with my knowledge, for a meeting that he planned for with the authors in his capacity as communications secretary.
“The extent of the information he shared is unknown to me.
“When I approved the passage … I did not have the benefit of seeing these emails and I apologise to the court for the fact that I had not remembered these exchanges at the time.
“I had absolutely no wish or intention to mislead the defendant or the court.
