Six bombshells from new Prince William documentary from ‘lowest moment’ to brotherly feud
Prince William is the focus of a new documentary released yesterday where never-before-heard stories and insights about the future King have been revealed.
A special episode of 60 Minutes Australia aired on Sunday, which saw the Prince and Princess of Wales’s former communications secretary Jason Knauf speak openly about his time with William.
Not only did Jason work for the couple between 2015 and 2021, along with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, but he also formed a close bond with William.
Despite no longer being a staff member, it is believed this friendship still exists, with Jason having been told about Princess Kate’s cancer last year before the whole world knew.
While plenty was said during the 60-minute interview, which heard from a number of royal experts and insiders, here at Express.co.uk we have summarised the six biggest bombshells to come from the documentary.
Prince William’s ‘lowest’ moment
In the interview, Jason recalled how last year Prince William, 42, had one of his “lowest” moments after his wife Princess Kate, 43, was diagnosed with cancer.
While William himself said last year that the last few months had been “brutal” for the family, especially as King Charles was also diagnosed with cancer, Jason gave further insight into how the prince really did cope with this.
Speaking in the interview, Jason recalled the moment he found out about the diagnosis from Prince William.
He said: “Within a couple of weeks if you’re Prince William, you find out that both your wife and your father have cancer. I couldn’t believe it. It was awful, absolutely awful. It’s the lowest I’ve ever seen him.”
Jason also confirmed that the reason the news was not confirmed to the world sooner was because both William and Kate were trying to find the best way to confirm the news to their three children Prince George, 11, Princess Charlotte, nine, and Prince Louis, six.
Mishap after Princess Charlotte’s birth
Jason also discussed how he had a mishap shortly after the birth of Princess Charlotte that could have changed the course of the royal announcement.
Before the media knew of Charlotte’s birth, the Prince and Princess of Wales told Jason, with their former staff member being one of the first people to know as reported by Hello!.
However, while Jason had to keep it a secret, he lost a piece of paper he was set to use for a press release announcing the birth, with the paper containing all of these secret details.
He said on the documentary: “We weren’t going to announce it for another couple hours and I had this piece of paper to go write this press release. I’m still out there with hundreds of journalists trying to have a game face, and then I couldn’t find the piece of paper, and I think I had dropped it somewhere on the street. We managed to get through, but not announce it.
“But somewhere on that street the entire time was a piece of paper that said there had been a little princess born, what time and how much she weighed. It was one of those things, like, heart in mouth until we got to the announcement and I got through it. I never found it and neither did any of the media though. So that’s all that really mattered.
William and Kate ‘worried mum and dad’ behind-the-scenes
Jason also revealed in the documentary that Prince William and Princess Kate both had worries about their three children, especially as they would grow up in the spotlight.
He described the couple as being “worried” about their children, especially as a result of social media.
He said: “I think the biggest thing we’ve talked about most especially in those early years was how he and the Princess were going to prepare their children for life in the public eye.
“His childhood in front of the media was quite difficult at times. And then he knew that he was going to be raising his kids to deal with social media and mobile phones. I definitely saw the worried mum and dad behind the scenes, but a lot less in recent years, which has been fantastic for them as a family.
