The Prince of Wales speaks movingly to actor Eugene Levy about Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip ‘not being here any more’ during a heartfelt chat on his Apple TV+ show

Prince William has opened up on “missing” both of his late grandparents while speaking to Schitt’s Creek star Eugene Levy in a special episode of his documentary series. Asked by the actor if he missed Queen Elizabeth, who died in September 2022 shortly after celebrating her platinum jubilee, and her husband Prince Phillip, whose death had come 17 months earlier, he agreed that he did.

“I do actually, yeah, I do miss my grandmother, and my grandfather,” he told the Canadian, who appeared in the American Pie movies during the early 2000s.

Levy, who is two years older than William’s father King Charles at 78, was invited to meet William at the castle in order to be given a personal guided tour for a new episode of his Apple TV+ series The Reluctant Traveler, called Living The Royal Life In The UK.

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Prince William is remarkably relaxed and candid as he chats to Eugene Levy about his love of Windsor castle

The Prince of Wales, 43, told him that the Queen, with whom he was especially close, was always in his thoughts when he was at Windsor Castle.

“It’s been quite a bit of change, so you do sort of, you think about them not being here any more, and particularly being in Windsor, for me Windsor is her. She loved it here, she spent most of her time here.”

In the show Levy, known primarily for his comedic skills, is seen arriving in London before receiving a written invitation from Prince William to join him at the castle – and to wear clothes suitable for a dog walk.

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Actor Eugene Levy spoke to William while sharing a pint in a Windsor pub on his new AppleTV+ show in (Image: PA)

The pair chat in a relaxed fashion as they take in the building and wander in the grounds and William tells the screen star that the tour he is giving him has been hugely influenced by his late grandmother. “Showing you around today is very much a case of trying to make sure I’m doing it in the way she’d want you to see it,” he explains.

“She had her horses here as well, as you can imagine that was a big deal for her so that’s why she loved it here.”

In a clip released last week, William was shown having a pint in a local pub with Levy, during which he admitted that 2024 had been “the hardest year I’ve ever had” after his wife Katherine, and his father, were both diagnosed with cancer.

“Life is said to test us as well and being able to overcome that is what makes us who we are,” he reasoned.

Their day together, filmed in February, will be available from Friday and comes after William’s brother Harry made a four-day visit to the UK earlier this month in which he met with his father, King Charles, for the first time in two years but did not see William.

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William shares a laugh with his grandmother during the trooping of the colour in 2003(Image: Getty Images)

The heir to the throne has spoken previously of his closeness to his “grannie” with whom he spent many holidays and who helped him cope with the loss of his mother, Diana. After the Queen’s death he said: “She was by my side at my happiest moments. And she was by my side during the saddest days of my life.”

Royal historian Robert Lacey has said she would give him regular training on how to be king from a young age. “When William became a teenager, she would have him at Windsor Castle and would open the state boxes and guide him through the papers,” he explained last year. “It was William’s constitutional education.”