Prince William Reveals The 2 Careers He Might’ve Pursued Outside Royal Life

Carly Ledbetter Sat, October 24, 2026 at 1:05 AM UTC

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In another lifetime, Prince William could’ve been pulling up to the club for a nighttime spin session, or handing out traffic tickets.

The Prince of Wales opened up about potential other career paths he might’ve considered during a surprise appearance on “The Graham Norton Show,” which aired Friday.

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William appeared on the show to promote his prestigious environmental awards, called The Earthshot Prize.

“I did want to be a policeman when I was younger, I thought I could make a good one,” he told Norton, adding that he thought it “would be quite cool.”

“And then I went through a phase of wanting to be a DJ, which didn’t go very well,” he said as the audience laughed. “And I came up with a name, I was called ‘DJ Xara’ with a ‘X,’ it wasn’t good.

When Norton asked if the prince ever DJ’d at school parties, he said he “never got that good,” smiling.

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While William, heir to the throne, doesn’t have much choice about his final career, the Prince of Wales spent nearly eight years in the military, then two years as an air ambulance pilot after graduating from St. Andrew’s.

The royal’s time as an air ambulance pilot had a deep impact on the prince, who wrote a moving letter to the East Anglian Air Ambulance ― and the people across the region ― for his last shift.

“I have been invited into people’s homes to share moments of extreme emotion, from relief that we have given someone a fighting chance, to profound grief,” he wrote back in 2017.

Prince William takes control of his Sea King helicopter during a training exercise at Holyhead Mountain on March 31, 2011 in Anglesey, North Wales.Anwar Hussein via Getty Images

Prince Harry wrote about his own non-royal ambitions in his searing 2023 memoir, “Spare.”

The Duke of Sussex wrote that “for several years, I’d talked in all seriousness about working at the ski resort in Lech am Arlberg, where Mummy used to take us.... Specifically, I wanted to work at the fondue hut in the center of town, which Mummy loved.”

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He writes that he also asked his father if he could be a ski instructor or a safari guide, but both of those ideas were shot down ― until he thought about entering the military.

Harry spent 10 years in the British Armed Forces and ended his operational duties in 2015. During his service, he conducted two tours of duty in Afghanistan.

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