but then william moved to eaton and you couldn't hide newspapers from william and the other boys.were interested. over time, he became a confidant to diana. so he took an awful lot on. >> it is announced from buckingham palace that with regret the prince and princess have decided to separate. >> by august 1996, william's parents finally divorced. even in the midst of living in this fishbowl of tragedy, scandal and speculation, there were many moments of normalcy. >> they would sit watching tv and munch potato chips. she would take them to mcdonald's. she would do regular things with the boys and hug them and she would kiss them and show them affection. >> as a teen, william was coming into his own, learning to live in the public eye, and living out the lessons his father and mother taught him. >> this was a woman who insisted on taking her children out of the palace into hospitals, into hospices to meet the homeless, to do the serious, gritty work that a royal should do, and i think also charles deserves credit, as well. because he's also always been very proactive. >> and just as

but then william moved to eaton and you couldn't hide newspapers from william and the other boys.re interested. he wasn't just a son, i think, over time, he became a confidant to diana. so he took an awful lot on. >> it is announced from buckingham palace that with regret, the prince and princess have decided to separate. >> in august of 1996, william's parents finally divorced. even in the midst of living in this fish bowl of tragedy, scandal and speculation, there were many moments of normalcy. >> they would sit watching tv and munch potato chips. she would take them to mcdonald's. she would do regular things with the boys and hug them and kiss them and show them affection. >> as a teen, william was coming into his own, learning to live in the public eye, and living out the lessons his father and mother taught him. >> this was a woman who insisted on taking her children out of the palace into hospitals, into hospices to meet the homeless, to do the serious, gritty work that a royal should do, and i think also charles deserves credit, as well. because he's also always been very p

from william and kate's upbringing, to their rocky courtship, and royal wedding. >> it was the william and kate show. >> now raising an heir. modernizing a monarchy. and learning to be will and kate plus one. it was the moment the world had been waiting for. the most talked about courtship of the century. after a decade-long romance, kate middleton and prince william finally tie the knot in a fairy tale wedding. thousands watched outside the church. family friend john haley was sitting in the front row. >> i was four foot away from everybody, the queen, prince charles, all the royal family. it was amazing. >> kind of a pinch yourself moment? >> it was. i couldn't believe it. you should hear the roar from outside. when kate and her dad come in, it sent tingles all through your body. >> it felt like a wonderful country wedding. >> lady elizabeth was sitting just rows behind her cousin, queen elizabeth. >> a huge amount of love in the church, which happened to be a royal wedding. >> a royal wedding that would mark a new era for the british monarchy, and a new way of doing things, with wil

william was just a boy when his parents' rocky relationship spiralled into a global scandal. >> williamame sort of the fixer. he loved both of his parents, tried to -- you know, he wanted everybody to be happy together. >> christopher anderson wrote the book "william and kate, a royal love story." >> here's this young boy when his mother locks himself in the bathroom when she's sobbing and 7-year-old william is slipping tissues under the door saying, "ahate to see you sad, mummy." >> as william got older, diana made sure he was prepared for all the scrutiny he would face. >> william was old enough to read the newspapers but the headmasters kept them from william to protect him. then william moved to eaton. you couldn't hide the newspapers. he was interested. he wasn't just a son. over time, he became a confidant to diana. so he took an awful lot on. >> it is announced from buckingham palace that with regret the prince and princess of wales decided to separate. >> by august of 1996, williams's parents finally divorced. yet even in the midst of living in this fish bowl of tragedy, scandal

when we come back, william rebels against the house of windsor. çñ wyuu1 0 &xfr >>> by 1997, prince williamatched his parent's marriage dissolve in divorce. and buried his mother after a fatal car crash. he was just 15 years old. >> to lose his mother at such an important stage in his life, he was an adolescent, a boy going into manhood, and not to have his mother there is a loss he'll feel forever. >> he would have to come of age without her. and as william returned to eaton, the windsors assumed greater control. >> eaton is located directly across from windsor castle. it's walking distance. so granny could keep her eye on william at eaton, and she did. so he had a sense of responsibility, always has. for william, he changed too with the death of his mother. >> changed, says anderson, without the kind, nurturing guidance diana had always provided. >> he said when he becomes king, i want william to lead from the heart, not the head. she resented the royal family. she felt they were cold and out of touch with normal people. and when she died, william and harry were cut off from diana's famil

this easel has only ever been used for prince william's birth announcement. >> prince william stayedher side. he said "we could not be happier." the baby weighed 8 pounds 6 ounces. he's third in line following his father and grandfather prince charles who was accepting presents on behalf of his grandchild. >> we've got a present for you. >> that's for the baby. >> i'll see what i can do. >> it hasn't quite appeared yet. >> david cameron called the birth a celebration for the country. and it was smiles all around for the medical team as the two royal obstetricians left the hospital. >> beautiful baby. wonderful baby. lovely day. terrific. >> the royal baby's title will be his royal highness, prince of cambridge. until he's named, he'll simply be known as baby cambridge. >> sounds like a rapper. max foster is joining us from outside the hospital and katie nichol and victoria arbiter are joining me as well. there was a four-hour gap between the birth of the babe aid the public announcement. what happened during that time? >> they just wanted to spend time together with the baby, the cou

and that was at william and kate's behest. >> william could insist on doing things differently at everyown way. when riots rocked london, william responded like the prince his mother taught him to believe. >> william and kate already said that they were taking a back seat. they wanted time to themselves. but they said they wanted to meet the shopkeepers who had their livelihoods smashed. william said he wants to be there for the good parts of the job and the difficult parts of the job. but it was important to them. >> but nothing could be more important to the monarchy than providing an heir to the throne, a rite of passage that would come two years after william walked kate down the aisle. from an early illness to the relentless bump watch. william was that kate's side. and when he emerged from st. mary's hospital with his wife and newborn son, it was clear that we and was ready to assume the role he had been groomed his entire life to fill. ready to be a harassment, ready to be a father, ready to reinvent the market. and sm three years away their chance to ascend the throne. buckingha

between william and kate.y pick up tension between their parents. >> you deal with people in this town who are high profile, both parents working who may not be able to spend as much time physically with their children as they want to. maybe much like this couple. how do you think they're going to balance that? what do they need to do? >> everybody can probably tweak their schedules just a little bit, new parents, whether we're talking about early morning or talking about showing up at lunch or showing up on face time or through skype. and also in the evening. and the key in the evening is to really put one's attention to i want to be, we want to be with our baby. >> brian todd reporting. "the lead" starts now. >>> thanks but no thanks on that whole monarchy thing 237 years ago. add a new baby to the mix and we can't stop gawking. i'm john berman and this is "the lead." prince william and duchess catherine

how did william react to that breakup? realized quite soon after he made the decision to end the relationship that he made a mistake. then he put all his efforts to get kate back again. >> at last, william made up his mind. kate was the one. in part, how she was raised. >> kate exposes him to a happy family for the first time. he started visiting the middlet middleton's home and saw it was possible to have a happy family and happy marriage. i think that's a big reason kate's the one. >> a happy marriage, a stable home. the opposite of what william had experienced growing up. and at last, in 2010, william popped the question. >> i took her out somewhere nice in kenya and proposed. i had been planning it for a while, but it takes a certain amount of motivation to get going. so i was planning it and it just felt really right in africa. it was beautiful at the time and i had done a little bit of planning to show my romantic side. >> william seemed ready to grow up and settle down. ♪ coming up next, from party boy to parent, tw

william may come out. you talk about twitter and the town cryer and the easel are the original social media of a time gone by. there was other social media to make the announcement. there is buzz that william may come out. as soon as we know anything we will let you know back there. there is one other note on the american relationship with royalty. stewart, as you well know the brits love the united states. they love to come to america. they love to meet with the president. they love to come to the white house. diana was dancing at the white house. i think all is forgotten, is it not? >> it is a special relationship. you are quite right. i am proud to be in america as an english man born and raised over there, but americanized now. we have to take a quick break. there is a lot more on this in a moment. >> the queen and the prince of wales. on this happy and joyous monday, god save the queen. >>> the croids disart -- the crowds started gathering a couple hours ago. and now the crowds are moving toward bucki

>>> william and kate's son was born in the same wing where william arrived in 1982.ition by giving birth in a hospital. until then, it was custom for royals to give birth at home. here's how prince william described her in 2007. >> she did everything because she felt it was right and it was what she wanted to do. she didn't go by what she thought was the best thing to do or be told to do something, she did it from the heart. and she carried. she carried massively. we were the most important thing in her life, after that, it was everyone else, charity, everyone else. to me, that's a really good philosophy that she just love d caring for people and helping. >> they said they intend to be hands on parents, william was in the delivery room, he's taking paternity leave. i want to bring in mark saunders. victoria, you have no doubt that the influence of diana is felt in the lives of both of her children. it's prince william who gave kate his mother's engagement ring? >> he did. that was a way of keeping her close. he likes to honor her privately, there's no question her pa

and william loved that idea. and he on the announcement of his engagement made very close reference to diana and what fun times he had at kensington palace, not necessarily staying in behind of the castle turrets. diana would take him down into kensington and dip into the burger bars and because that's what real kid did. >> you talk about normalcy of course, they did take about four hours before they made the announcement that the baby had arrived. to have what kind of time with the baby is a touch of normalcy. it could be 70 years before this baby does sit on the thrown and become a monarch. you talked about modernization in the royal family. that's a long time for a man to do what he wants before he has to reign. >> i don't think that that will be on the agenda of william and kate at the moment. that will -- the monarchy will take its time on that. but the whole point is we have the queen now. i can't see her saying good-bye to that at the moment. and prince of wales constitutionally will be king. and prince wi

i know william much less. he's a different generation. away from england now. i think what we can see is the extraordinary good job that his father has done in raising william, a single parent a difficult position as we all know. and especially the tragedy they had to be confronted with. i think william is going to have taken a lot of that on board, and i think the very unique combination that we see with kate and william having had just as katie said, those years together before becoming a family will stand in good stead. i think we're going to see a united front, and i think kate has had some experience now with that extraordinary interest of the press. which can be so damaging for a family who are really this rust into the limelight. remember, of course, for william he was born into that position. it's a very difficult position to have been born into. >> he has learned to do it with a light touch. and he chose or was chosen by kate as somebody also who has a good idea of finesse in dealing with the public versus the private. they draw

william, too. now this unnamed little beautiful baby that we've just seen emerge from the lindo wing at st. paddington's. i imagine that's going to be a moment she will relish. >> absolutely. i believe earlier today you reported that the line of people, incredible to see the birth announcement stretched some two to three hours. >> reporter: i think it took about that long. it was snaking around the side of buckingham palace behind me along the railings. people cueing up to have their photo taken. i'd say it's probably more on the two-hour side than the three-hour side. people were cueing up there to have their photo taken beside the easel. now, i don't know how many more days they're going to be putting it up there. obviously, that is a new major tourist attraction in london. so that is one of the reasons why people are still flocking to buckingham palace here this evening. there's been a great atmosphere here all day. we had the. 41-gun salute in green park, which is right next door to buckingham

this easel has only ever been used for prince william's birth announcement. >> prince william stayedfe's side and issued a statement saying we could not be happier. the baby 8 pounds, ounces is third in line to the throne following his father and grandfather prince charles who earlier in the day was accepting presents on behalf of his grandchild. >> that's for the baby. >> i'll see what i can do. hasn't quite appeared yet. >> prime minister david cameron called the birth a celebration for the country. it was smiles all around for the medical team as the two royal obstetricians left the hospital. >> wonderful baby. beautiful baby. terrific day. very happy. >> the royal baby's title will be his royal highness, prince of cambridge. until he's named, he'll simply be known as baby cambridge. anderson cooper, cnn, new york. >>> hopefully we'll get a name a little bit later. but we don't know. william took a week to be named, prince charles a month to be named. the world is watching. we're also watching the front door of the lindo wing at st. mary's hospital. we want that glimpse. the first

i don't think william will ever us wait that long. it was quite interesting that he said to the press you can go back to doing what you do, while we take care of the baby. so he's going to be keen for everything to get quieted down. i think we'll have a name by thursday or friday when the queen heads out. >> and victoria, kate middleton's the duchess parents visited before prince charles and camilla parker both. >> it was purely scheduling. charles being the generation that he is, it was duty, duty, duty, don't disappoint anyone, do the job at hand and wiz down to london as quickly as possible. >> kate and william have a respectful understanding the role of the press, william joked when his son is older he has to remind his son of his tardiness because how long reporter s had to camp outside. that's something obviously he's grown up in the public eye and it's in a way sympathetic to reporters, but at the same time wanting his own privacy. >> yeah, it's been a difficult relationship with the press for william and for his younger brothe

i don't think william will ever us wait that long. it was quite interesting that he said to the press you can go back to doing what you do, while we take care of the baby. so he's going to be keen for everything to get quieted down. i think we'll have a name by thursday or friday when the queen heads out. >> and victoria, kate middleton's the duchess parents visited before prince charles and camilla parker both. >> it was purely scheduling. charles being the generation that he is, it was duty, duty, duty, don't disappoint anyone, do the job at hand and wiz down to london as quickly as possible. >> kate and william have a respectful understanding the role of the press, william joked when his son is older he has to remind his son of his tardiness because how long reporter s had to camp outside. that's something obviously he's grown up in the public eye and it's in a way sympathetic to reporters, but at the same time wanting his own privacy. >> yeah, it's been a difficult relationship with the press for william and for his younger brothe

leak prince william for example -- like prince william is illiam arthur philip luis. prince charles is charles philip arthur george. and they say the newborn's title will be baby cambridge. for more on this we are clearly excited over the birth. arthur edward has been a royal photographer who has been there a longtime for the british newspaper "the sun." he joins us now from london, and everybody is wondering as the couple went into the hospital, everybody missed the shot. how did they get in? >> it was early, 6:00 in the morning. you know, we have been asked by the palace not to photograph kate going in. that's the last thing she wanted was to be seen like that going in. none of us would have taken the pictures anyway out of respect for her. >> you know, it is amazing because we talked about this earlier how you have been doing this for three decades. we know prince william and prince harry in the 1980s, and you know what it looks like with the crowds. we have put a side by side up. give us an idea of the frenzy now compared to the frenzy back then. >> it is incredib

they realize that william and kate are responsible. william and kate are young, they're the fairy tale ending that diana didn't have. william and kate are going to be older at some point and then the new young royals are going to be exciting. the queen has popularity on a global scale. she's head of the common wealth, 54 nations. she's the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states, the realms. she's incredibly popular in all of those countries. for her to step aside, that would really throw a spatter in the works, especially because charles' popularity is always a little hit or miss. >> spanner in the works. very good. >> not as good as pulling a benedict. which someone else offered up as an expression tonight. christiane, before i let you go. the idea of diana's influence, she would have been a grandmother. amazing. our image of her is frozen in time, of her being so young. is there a feel of her presence, her significance with william? >> you know, i think everybody in the back of their minds always thinks about that, they did wh

william's parent hated each other and william and harry were caught in the crossfire of that marital charles and diana. in this case, his parents truly love each other. >> i didn't get the sense, at least at the end, that diana was fully embraced by the royal family. she always seemed a little bit of an outcast. even in the beginning with stories of the infidelity of prince charles with camilla. it never seemed like a true love affair. and that just seemed from the outside. it is different when you're there with kate being a commoner, does that put special pressure on her or what? >> well she is truly indeed a true commoner. people called diana a commoner, but she was from an affluent family. she was a spencer. so her father was a coal miner. they didn't get wealthy until kate was about 13 and they hit it big with an internet business. i think she can connect in a way that diana did. but diana was punished for that. the royal family wasn't used to having someone break the rules. diana broke the rules all the time. and they learned their lesson. i think they will do whatever they can

and kate will hand the baby off to william and william did give a few statements and talk with reporters describing the baby, the baby's looks, and, also, the fact he has change his first diaper, nap by -- nappy, they call them in the u.k. here is what he said about his baby. we are still working to get this audio but i want him to say it if his own words as they hand off the baby and walk closer to the media that has been waiting for days. all eyes, all cameras, trained on the doors. other people have been tricking us all morning but he alluded to the fact that the baby kept everyone waiting and he will have to be more punctual in the future but kate could not look better in this reporter's opinion and the baby seems to be doing very, very well, so, the moment we have all been waiting for has come and gone quickly as these things typically happen and william said as for the name, they have not come up with one yet. back to you. >> speaking of good looks, her dress, you know people are tug about it, it is a blue polka dot dress and everyone is tweeting the dress will sell out in a few se

she wanted william. and guess who won?: she was also determined not to let royal duties get in the way of her parenting. when prince charles was a young boy, he rarely saw his mother and father. >> the queen and prince philip went away for six months to new zealand and australia. this time when charles was 3 years old. it's almost unimaginable to us, that separation at a crucial age of charles's life. >> reporter: diana would have none of that. so she and prince charles took william on their royal tour to new zealand and australia when he was just 9 months old. >> and we had these great pictures of him crawling in -- >> crawling up to charles's lap, there's one where he's looking up at his father. it's an amazing shot. >> this was in new zealand. and they gave him a little toy, a little bee. i went back with them in new zealand in 20 05. i said, i photographed you on a rug. >> he said yeah, and i p up that toy bee in my room to remind me of it. >> reporter: and we could see a sequel. william and kate are expected to travel

>> i guess william is probably hoping not. william and harry managed to avoid charles' ears.so much trouble. >> we'll end on a happy note. the baby really looked healthy, looked like the perfect baby and the parents looked astoundingly good for only having had a baby 24 hours ago, didn't they? >> they really did. any mother who can walk out of hospital after just having a ten-hour labor just yesterday and can look like that is something. yes, she had the benefit of her hairdresser. they looked so calm and happy, like they were enjoying the moment. there's no sense of the pressure of that deluge of press that is facing them opposite. so job well done. >> victoria arbiter, thanks so much. appreciate it. >> thank you. >> time for our buried lead, one story that isn't getting enough attention. believe it or not, there were actually babies born into this world yesterday whose arrival were not quite as celebrated with bells and a 62 gun salute. one of them is hollywood royalty. a publicist for penelope cruz confirms she gave birth to a baby daughter. she was with her husband, javie

we took williams' story to dr.ob bea, a professor of engineering at the university of california, berkeley, and a former chief engineer of shell oil. the white house has asked bea to help analyze the deepwater horizon accident. bea investigated the columbia space shuttle disaster for nasa and the hurricane katrina disaster for the national science foundation. bea's voice never completely recovered from the weeks he spent in the flood in new orleans. but as the white house has found, he's among the nation's best. he's investigated more than 20 offshore rig disasters. >> mr. williams comes forward with these very detailed elements from his viewpoints on a rig. that's a brave and intelligent man. >> what he's saying is very important to this investigation, you believe? >> it is. >> what strikes professor bea is mike williams' description of the blowout preventer. williams says that in a drilling accident four weeks before the explosion, the critical rubber gasket, called an annular, was damaged, and pieces of it start

william might even say a few words.return back inside the lindo wing and off they go. >> chris jansing is of course there at her post. chris, have you been there throughout. as you pointed out, memorably last night, a big boy indeed, this child. >> reporter: yes. 8 pounds 6 ounces. and prince charles who was here earlier pronounced him marvelous. that's when we got the first tantalizing clue about when we would see the future king of england because he essentially said you'll see shortly. we had a number of visitors here today. we saw the middletons. carol middleton was asked whether she had any suggestions for the couple about naming the baby. she said absolutely not. then we saw prince charles coming in. for him quite a bit of levity, joking with the press, have you been waiting a while, which of course they have. i wish i could show you what i can see behind me, andrea. because row after row after row of cameras. and as you can see, we're very close. couldn't get a better location directly across the street from the

even looking at what william was wearing. when diana and charles came out of the hospital, charles was in a double breasted suit. charles is always dressed befitting his position. you rarely see him in casual clothes. again, william is showing how the monarchy is adapting to being included in the modern word. people don't often wear suits to work anymore. and the fact that he was so hands on leaving the hospital, as well. i think diana walls very keen for him to have play dates and do things his friends did. we saw that play out today in the that sense. >> we're looking at these pictures from 31 years ago, the exact same steps as william himself was introduced to the world. it's hard to believe that he's now a dad. >> i know. it was 31 years ago. you just can't believe that time goes so quickly. i don't think anyone would have watched the couple come down the stairs today with their little bundle. they really were following very famous steps. but as was just pointed out, this is a new modern royal family. they are doing thing

three decades ago introduced prince william to the world. today william is the proud father.re he was born to show off their baby boy. they also in the process spoke with reporters. >> he's got a good pair of lungs on him, that's for sure. he's a big boy. he's quite heavy. but we're still working on a name. so we'll have that as soon as we can. but it's the first time we've seen him really. having a proper chance to catch up. [ inaudible question ] very emotional. >> yeah. very emotional. just a special time. i think any parent probably know what this feeling feels like. >> very special. [ inaudible question ] it was. i'll remind him of this when he's older. i know you've been standing out here for awhile. hopefully you can get back to normal and we can look after him. got her looks thankfully. [ inaudible question ] wait and see. we've done that already. he's got way more than me, thank god. thank you. >> the proud parents showing off that sweet little baby boy. there he is. we don't have a name yet, but we probably will get one very soon. there's another nice shot of the ba

william there will also waiting. this little boy has got quite a long wait. >> we understand the prime minister is actually making a statement outside. he's actually made a statement already just outside of number 10. we'll bring it to you in a moment. annabelle,s in terms of the naming of the child, you referenced earlier the length of time it took for william's name to be announced, prince william. how long do you think it will be in relation to this is little boy that's just been born today? >> well, obviously, there's a lot of pressure for them to make an announcement very quickly. i think they'll take their time. kate and william have shown they really want to do things their own way. and i think we can deduties fact that we've had so little information throughout the pregnancy and even today throughout the labor what was going on, as really kate and william trying to manage things and do it their way. if you think about the onlinous we had today was that the labor was progressing as normal. and we've all been o

william and henry don't.is refreshing because she doesn't read any of it. in a way she has a calming influence on william. i simply wish them all the best and i think this child has landed very loving wonderful parents who are going to give it a beautiful childhood. >> to bring it back where it started, i think that the greatest gift william will have as a parent so something we believe his mother instilled in him, be your own person, be who you are. thank you for the perspective and thank you to christiane amanpour, a voice of genius. thanks to both of you. we'll take a quick break on piers morgan live and much more on the newest member of the royal family. i'll talk to a woman that knows a lot about what goes on behind palace walls. the great outdoors... ...and a great deal. thanks to dad. nope eeeeh... oh, guys let's leave the deals to hotels.com. ooh that one! nice. got it! oh my gosh this is so cool... awesome! perfect! yep, and no angry bears. the perfect place is on sale now. up to 40% off. only at hot

when prince william was at st. andrews and at eaton, the royal family arranged specific times of access for the media. so at important moments the media was given an opportunity to film him, perhaps to have a couple of questions with him, to satiate the appetite. the problem with the royal family now is what happens when you go to a university and every single person is a citizen journalist, every single person is a blogger. that's the challenge. that's why they've beefed up their media staff. these two have a very large and very efficient team. it's almost as if the media operation is now equivalent to the security operation that applies to members of the royal family because these are the new fresh challenges that confront members of the royal family in the 21st century. >> indeed. a lot of americans in politics in other ways would be good to take that advice. tom, back to you. we don't have a name yet for this little boy. do you think that's because of family politics? there's a lot of things that must be consid

william was by his wife's side the whole time.arity polo match with his brother, possibly getting some fatherly advice in the process. someone who knows the impact of a little one in the royal household is patrick jepson, former secretary to diana. >> it is a job of work. the people who are there to support william and kate and baby cambridge, for them this is a professional challenge. there's going to be a lot of personal sentimental interest, too. so it's pretty exhausting days for them. they're going to hope everything works smoothly. at the same time they're going to be sharing in the excitement of this very happy event. >> reporter: severe morning sickness hospitalized the duchess last december, forcing the couple to reveal the pregnancy earlier than they wished. once the cat was out of the bag, the world lenses lowered their focus. her last solo engagement was to launch this ship last month before attending the queen's official birthday celebration. tonight the new great grandmother is asleep behind me at buckingham palace.

diana daugt william life lessons. >> and she recalls she gave advice to william.someone who loves you, you're protected. >> diana has been a huge influence on her son, william and harry. a lot of lessons learned from his mother, diana. >>> we're going to bring back tina brown. the author of "the new york times" chronicles. and dr. ashton is here, as well. and you've been watching everything now. what's the difference between now and then with diana? >> just watching that last clip of diana, you saw the haunted, fragile woman again. and one of the main differences is that. she was an amazing mother, diana. but she was an unhappy soul. kate is relaxed. because she has a rufring family. >> that's good to remember. >> you have a feeling -- and nothing against prince charles at all. you had the feeling that prince william is going to be more hands-on early on. >> i think he's going to be a lot of fun as a father. prince charles was a care and loving father. he was the acting prince of whales. he didn't go to school. he went to private tutors. he was going to see batman

you don't hear this about william.illiam has become a man who has shouldered this responsibility. >> we want to be as normal as possible. to a certain respect, we never will be normal. >> you may never be normal. i'm pretty normal. >> reporter: as normal as possible for a young man facing royal expectations. >> there's a great way of rising to what the monarchs in the past have done. they don't want to be the ones who let the side down. >> reporter: we've watched william grow up, fall in love and get married. serve his country. now he'll teach his son what he's learned, including how to live a public life. >> he will come up with a way of sating the press, and that huge thirst for knowledge about the childhood of this new prince, but also containing that privacy they've always done. >> reporter: he's a father now. it's a role william was born to play. keir simmons, nbc news, london. >>> that is our broadcast on this tuesday night. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams and we hope to see you right back he

can i tell when you william and kate were dithering about to know what was going on and - william didso that they wanted to be involved. >> we're listening to the drums, the changing of the guard continues as they're marching off. it's wonderful to see. we're waiting for queen to meet her greatgrandson. what's next after that for the family? >> the queen will then go on holiday to balmoral. she said yesterday she hoped the baby would hurry up because she wants to go on holiday. william and kate are going to go back to kensington with the baby to enjoy william's paternity lead. after that he's going back to anglesey. >> and we'll be able to see a few pictures. we'll see. >> kate, katie. we'll be back for another kate segment. much more from here, including a look at what it's like to grow up royal. first, back to you, chris. >> looking forward to that. investigators are trying to figure out what caused the landing gear on a packed southwest passenger plane to fail during a terrifies landing at new york's laguardia airport. you can see sparks and a fire ball breaks out as a plane skids

people, william and kate are close with their siblings, william and harry are so close. to his nephew but to william at this very fun time in his life? >> william depends on harry so much. they are really best friends. i mean they really feel they can't trust many people outside their circle. when you're royal it's pretty difficult to make new friendships. we've heard them often say that. william and harry are so close. harry will have a vital role in the bringing up of little baby cambridge. he was making the bridesmaids laugh and waving at the children. he loves children. as they were saying, he's a big kid himself. he will definitely be a god parent. most royals have six god . parents. most people usually in the church of england have three. what will happen, if william is no longer with us and this child comes to the throne as a baby, harry will be counted as the stand-in king until this child reaches 18. >> he'll play an integral part? >> yes. >> kate's siblings are close and they played a prominent role in the wedding, both pippa and james. what role will they play