Prince William is becoming a pillar of strength for the British royal family amidst 2024's challenges, including Kate Middleton's and King Charles III's cancer diagnoses. Royal biographer Dr. Tessa Dunlop likens him to Queen Elizabeth II for his leadership and stability.

"The Prince of Wales is royalty’s new rock, a reincarnation of his late grandmother, the steadfast anchor who changed it up with designer stubble when his wife was out of action, a woman’s man who unambiguously declared 2024 more than brutal, in fact the toughest year of his life," royal biographer Dr. Tessa Dunlop wrote in the Independent.

Prince William, heir to the British throne, has been hailed as the "new rock" of the British royal family, with royal biographer Dr. Tessa Dunlop describing him as a "reincarnation of his late grandmother,