“Anything that’s too realistic or has eyes that are too realistic, we’re out. We’re not doing it.”
Prince William is sharing one of the “very strict” rules his three kids must follow at home.
The 43-year-old heir to the British throne sat down for an interview with actor Eugene Levy for his latest episode of “The Reluctant Traveler,” which premiered Oct. 3 on Apple TV+.
Viewers — and even Levy, himself — were surprised by the candid conversation that followed.
At one point in the interview, Levy asked the Prince of Wales about his life at home with his three kids — Prince George, 12, Princess Charlotte, 10, and Prince Louis, 7 — whom he shares with Kate Middleton.
And he confirmed that the family of five are very keen about sitting down and eating dinner together.
But one thing the parents aren’t too keen on: their kids having phones.
“Absolutely, yes, definitely,” he said about family dinners, according to Today.com. “So, sit and chat is really important. None of our children have any phones, which we’re very strict about.”
His comment comes at a time when kids receive their first phone much earlier in life.
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According to a 2025 census by Common Sense Media, 40% of children today have a tablet by the age of two and roughly 25% of children have their own smartphone by the age of eight.
But Kate Middleton and Prince William aren’t alone in their strict parenting approach.
“Among parents, 75% to 80% express consistent concerns about screen media, including worries about excessive use, effects on mental health, and the amount of inappropriate content,” the report reads.
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Prince William went on to describe his family as the “most important thing” in his life.
“And everything is about the future,” he said, per ABC News. “If you don’t start the children off now with a happy, healthy, stable home, I feel you’re setting them up for a bit of a hard time and a fall.”
To avoid that, Prince William stresses the importance of nature — and music — over screen time.
“So keeping them busy with sports and just being outdoors is really important,” he told Levy, per Today. “They’re trying to learn musical instruments. I’m not sure how successful we’re being with that.”
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But one thing Prince William’s children have all-but-mastered is the trampoline.
“Louis loves the trampoline, so he’s obsessed by trampolining and actually, Charlotte does a lot as well,” Prince William said.
“As far as I can tell, they just end up jumping up and down the trampoline, beating each other up most of the time,” he continued. “Apparently, there is an art to it.”
Charlotte is also a fan of netball and ballet, while George enjoys football and hockey.
Elsewhere in the interview, Prince William opened up about what he described as “the hardest year that I’ve ever had” in 2024 when his wife and father, King Charles III, were both diagnosed with cancer.
"Trying to sort of balance protecting the children, Catherine, my father needs a bit of protection,” he said, according to People.
“But it’s important my family feel protected and have the space to process a lot of the stuff that’s gone on last year, and that was tricky trying to do that and keep doing the job,” he added.
Prince William went on to admit that being open with his kids is part of their coping mechanism.
"We try to make sure we give them the security and the safety that they need," he explained. "And we’re a very open family, so we talk about things that bother us, and things that trouble us.”
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“It’s just important to be there for each other and to kind of reassure the children that everything is okay,” he added.
