LBC star sparks fury with brutal Prince William swipe and says ‘UK should be republic’

A LBC star has weighed in on Prince William’s future as king.

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Prince William was criticised by Lewis Goodall. (Image: Getty)

LBC host Lewis Goodall has criticised  Prince William’s’ modern” image while expressing a desire for a Republic next Christmas, as he joined The News Agents podcast with Emily Maitlis and Jon Sopel. The trio discussed the potential future of the monarchy under King William and whether Britain should retain them.

Sopel suggested that a reign by Prince William could represent a significant change for the Royal Family, indicating that’ we may see a slightly different Royal Family emerge. He added, “I think it would become more Scandinavian and more streamlined as a monarchy,” but also warned that the future status of the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall might become uncertain under a future King William.

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Some have suggested PrInce Wiliam could take over the throne earlier from his father. (Image: Getty)

“The Royal Family with William as king would change quite substantially. There would still be the Royal Family, but I think a lot of the flummery would go. The vast estates, worth hundreds of millions of pounds, make up huge swathes of England and were accumulated by the Royal Family through a mix of marriage, inheritance, gifts and more recent purchases.

But Goodall made clear he did not share Sopel’s optimism about Prince William’s potential to radically alter the Royal Family’s social standing. He shared: “I’m not sure whether I buy the idea that the Prince and Princess of Wales are terribly modern. When they went on one of their African tours, the Prince and Princess of Wales were carried around by locals.”

He continued: “When they went around on their Caribbean tour, it looked so colonial. They were being carried around by local people there.”

Moving beyond William’s potential reign, Goodall also expressed concern for the couple’s eldest son, 12-year-old Prince George. He remarked: “I hope the lad gets away from that gilded prison sentence, to be perfectly honest. I think it’d be absolutely appalling for him, like it’s been for the rest of them.”

He then escalated his criticism further by openly calling for the abolition of the monarchy altogether.  “With a bit of luck, hopefully William won’t be King,” he said. “All I want for next Christmas is a republic.”