Prince William made a surprise appearance on The Graham Norton Show on Friday, joining Cate Blanchett, Hannah Waddingham and Robert Irwin on the red sofa for a special Earthshot edition, according to Variety. The surprise had already been teased on the Prince and Princess of Wales' official Instagram, with a photo of him on the sofa and two eye emojis.
A royal surprise is just a PR calendar with a crown on it. The official account posted the photo before he got there. The show called it "a very special surprise guest." The BBC reported the audience gasping, which was clearly a rehearsed sound effect. The first royal on the red sofa was not discovered. He was scheduled, cross-promoted, and then allowed to walk out.
What did the future king actually reveal on national television? He is a big Christopher Nolan fan and the Dark Knight series is "psychologically dark and deep." He watches The Traitors with the kids. And per the tabloids by 11pm, he went through a phase where he wanted to be a DJ, and the stage name was DJ Xara. The Sun ran the DJ name as the top story. The Earthshot Prize segment was the only thing on that sofa that did not become a headline.
Meanwhile the tabloids are doing what tabloids do: every photo of William near a sofa is now a royal rift story, and a former butler is on the record saying things are "extremely tense behind the scenes." The appearance was supposed to be about climate optimism. By morning it is about his brother. That is not a glitch in the machine. That is the machine.
YOUR TURN: Does the heir need the DJ name, or does the DJ name need the heir?
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