Television history was made on Friday night with the surprise debut appearance of Prince William on The Graham Norton Show. Deftly guided by Norton, the Prince of Wales proved a delightful chat show guest, telling a self-deprecating anecdote about someone confusing him with the singer Prince, sharing his love of The Celebrity Traitors, as well as "deep-thinking" Christopher Nolan films, and confessing that, as a youngster, he had ambitions to be a policeman and then a DJ.
Prince William also gamely sparred with his fellow guests, who are all involved with the Earthshot Prize that he founded – actresses Cate Blanchett and Hannah Waddingham, and conservationist Robert Irwin. After a mortified Irwin defended posing for sexy photographs in his pants while holding snakes, Prince William quipped: "I'm still thinking about your python." He even stuck around for the Big Red Chair segment, and tipped a member of the public out when their story rambled on.
