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Prince William: Future King

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Arrived in a timely manner. Always been interested in the Royal Family and their history. Look forward to reading this book.

This video covers far more about Diana, and her impact on William, then it does about William. I was extremely irate to learn that nearly the whole video is slanted towards Diana, and against HRH Prince Charles, who I think is doing a very good job at being a father. Very little actual footage, and some of that it repeats. Mostly its all commentary from people who supposedly know all about him (and his mother). I was extremely disappointed. The front cover displays a picture taken on his 18th birthday at Eton, and with all the press footage taken that day, none of it is in the video. Its copyrighted 2001, and yet most of it is during his growing up years. The only relatively recent shoots that make the video worthwhile are brief moments taken from his first press conference, the Queen Mum's 99th birthday, and the christianing of his godson. Thats about it, otherwise, it wasn't anything I couldn't have learned anywhere else.

I've just watched it and thought that this program was fairly good. It is based on a copyright 1999 video so you'll not be getting the very latest William news but what you do find is wide ranging and probably the only Prince William DVD out there. I thought that the picture quality was good, considering the quality some of the original footage must have been, the sound was as good except that I occaisionally heard noises that sounded like a microphone rattling against something (dubbing defect I guess). All I would really change would be the removal of some Prince Harry segments (why are those in a William program?),the removal of some Diana material or renarrating it to provide more William content, I'd like a little more period William footage in the space removing these things would provide.