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A few interesting tidbits:

Often characterised as ‘work-shy’ and reluctant to undertake the vast number of engagements carried out by members of the Royal Family decades his senior, Prince William will have surprised some people with one particular piece of news this week.

Not his unfettered celebrations last night in Istanbul with some of his oldest friends - as Aston Villa, the football team he so passionately supports, won the Europa League, their first major trophy in 30 years.

No, it was the announcement that the heir to the throne would sell off a fifth of the Duchy of Cornwall, the £1billion estate which he inherited after his father became King in 2022.

The sell-off will happen over the next ten years, as William plans to invest £500million in tackling the crises in nature and housing.

The prince decided that the duchy ‘shouldn’t exist to just own land. It should first and foremost exist to have a positive impact on the world’, Bax said.

William’s move ties in with his decision to focus on two areas where he feels he can make a difference to the world: the environment and the scourge of homelessness.

No one will have read William’s announcement this week more closely than the Duke of Sussex, who was always envious of his brother’s position of heir to the Duchy of Cornwall and future king.

‘William will take a much harder line with Harry and Meghan when he’s king,’ predicts one of his friends, who declines to spell out exactly what that will mean for the California-based couple.

What we can deduce from this week’s radical announcement about the Duchy of Cornwall - as well as his intense display of emotion at the Aston Villa game in Istanbul - is that William will be different. And that whatever action he takes against the Sussexes, it will be dramatic.

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