Monday, September 28, 2026 - Prince William quietly delivered one of the cheekiest moments surrounding King Charles III’s coronation—and it happened before the ceremony itself. During a May 4, 2023 visit to Soho with Catherine, Princess of Wales, William was asked whether he had anything exciting planned for the weekend.
With the coronation only two days away, he replied that he had a “very quiet weekend” and joked that there was “nothing” happening, prompting laughter from the crowd.
The remark stood out because the supposedly “quiet” weekend was actually one of the biggest royal events of the year. Charles was crowned at Westminster Abbey on May 6, while William later took a central role in the celebrations, including the coronation concert at Windsor Castle.
There, he continued the lighthearted tone by joking that, unlike Lionel Richie, he would not “go on all night long” before praising his father’s public service.
The Soho exchange is now resurfacing because it offers a much more relaxed glimpse of William during an otherwise highly formal royal occasion. Rather than discussing the ceremony in grand terms, he used a quick joke to play down the enormous event ahead.
It was brief, easy to miss and delivered with a straight face—but that may be exactly why the moment has become one of the more entertaining details from Charles’s coronation preparations.
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