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At Windsor Castle, historical past and custom are in every single place. But for Canadian actor Eugene Levy, the royal encounter that awaited him was something however ceremonial.
Levy, identified for his function in “American Pie” and the Emmy Award-winning sequence “Schitt’s Creek,” was filming an episode of his Apple TV+ journey present The Reluctant Traveler, when he obtained an invite that stunned even him: a private tour of Windsor Castle led by Prince William.
William could have arrived on a scooter – the way in which he will get across the fortress – however the exchanges weren’t simply restricted to humor and fairly pleasantries. The prince confirmed candor hardly ever seen in public.
“I wouldn’t say history overwhelms me. Other things overwhelm me,” William informed Levy throughout filming. “History can be a weight, an anchor. If you’re too attached to the past, you can’t have flexibility. And I like a little bit of change.”
Levy pressed him additional. “I guess what you’re saying is you want to open up some…”
“I want to question things more,” William replied.
Inside the almost one-thousand-year-old fortress, William mirrored on his late grandparents, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. “I do miss my grandmother, and my grandfather,” he mentioned. “There’s been quite a bit of change … Particularly being in Windsor, for me Windsor is her.”
The conversation quickly turned to family life right this moment. William admitted that the best pressures come not from royal obligation however from dwelling. “Stuff to do with family overwhelms me, quite a bit,” he mentioned.
In an interview with NCS, Levy mentioned the conversation went deeper than he ever anticipated. “He was putting me at ease, and made me feel so relaxed. He’s got an incredible sense of humor,” Levy mentioned.
Levy additionally mirrored on William’s openness about Catherine, the Princess of Wales, and King Charles III, who each confronted most cancers diagnoses in 2024. William described it as “the hardest year I’ve ever had.”
“It changes what’s … truly important,” Levy mentioned. “And he seemed to indicate it did alter his way of thinking.”
Over a pint at a Windsor pub, the conversation ended on a lighter be aware. “Life is sent to test us,” William mentioned. “I’m so proud of my wife and my father, for how they’ve handled all of last year. My children have managed brilliantly as well.”
Levy lifted his glass. “Well I’m hoping every other prince I run into is as nice, open, and human as you.”
For as soon as, behind fortress partitions, the monarchy regarded unmistakably human.