Nov. 19: 'The Man Who Will Be King'

In an exclusive Dateline interview, Brian Williams travels to Northern Scotland to sit down with Prince Charles for an in-depth conversation and candid look into a private life the public rarely gets to see. In the hour-long special, The Man Who Will Be King, Prince Charles speaks out about his role as The Prince of Wales; his relationship with his sons, William and Harry; the expectations of another royal wedding; feeling misunderstood by the media; and his efforts to prevent global warming and why he wants to be "the defender of nature."

This special Dateline report begins at 9pm/8c and is followed by the broadcast of Prince Charles' environment documentary Harmony. Watch a trailer below:

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This video was rather short but well done. I'd like to see more with empasis on the action GB takes

re the environment and the circle.

    Reply#1 - Wed Nov 17, 2010 12:31 PM EST

    Who cares about this dysfunctuional family. Prince Charles is a turkey. He was jealous of Diana. It's why he married that ugly woman. No competition. Get reaql jobs. and stop spending like crazy while millions have no jobs.

      Reply#2 - Fri Nov 19, 2010 8:45 AM EST

      That is the response of an ignorant, idiotic person who has no idea about the truth of Diana and the sham SHE made of the marriage. As for real jobs.......He does have a real job, works hard at it and does not spend like crazy. Pick up a book and educate yourself or go back to the cave you emerged from.

        #2.1 - Mon Nov 22, 2010 12:05 AM EST
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        To call His Royal Highness a revolutionary for stating scientific fact regarding the state of the world's ecosystems reveals the ignorance of the interviewer. Further, to imply that the ideas of accounting for the costs and benefits of ecosystem services and environmentally responsible economic principles are only the prince's idea shows a lack of research into these widely circulated ideas that have been articulated by a number of well respected scientists and economists. The ideas of sustainability, including the triple bottom line, are well stated in a number of publications and are being increasingly accepted by business and industry as good for business as well as good for the environment. To imply that His Royal Highness is some sort of zealot for promoting such ideas is irresponsible.

          Reply#3 - Fri Nov 19, 2010 9:46 PM EST

          Revelotionairy because he was saying it long before most anyone else. Its been his casue for well over 25 years.

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          #3.1 - Sat Nov 20, 2010 9:56 AM EST

          I have been involved in this genre of work for over 20 years. We are presently in the sixth period of extinction in the history of our world. When we cut the rain-forest at a tune of 1 football size per second we will eventually seal our fate. The rain-forest produces 1/3 of the world's oxygen. The North American Food System is the most vs. local food systems reveal our lack of critical thinking. As of right now, the North American food system takes 8,ooo calories of fossil fuel to provide the US, 1 calorie of food in our country. One out of every three dollars spent on food goes t he fossil fuel industry. 1/3 of our food comes from ouotside our borders where there are little of no environmental controls, not to mention the targeting of terrorists. Please get your head out of the sand, you ostritch.

            #3.2 - Sat Nov 20, 2010 3:40 PM EST
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            Where the ideas come from that improve the environment really don't matter and the more people that bring it to our attention the better. I think the fact that Prince Charles is using his influence to spot an important world issue is wonderful and he should be commended. I'm greatful that he does it. Good job Prince Charles keep up the good work.

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            Reply#4 - Fri Nov 19, 2010 10:19 PM EST

            Where the ideas come from that improve the environment really don't matter and the more people that bring important issues to our attention for the good…all the better. I think the fact that Prince Charles is using his influence to spot an important world issue is wonderful and he should be commended. I'm grateful that he does it. Good job Prince Charles, keep up the good work. We need more people to be on board acknowledging responsible environmental practices.

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            Reply#5 - Fri Nov 19, 2010 10:26 PM EST

            What a lovely interview with The Prince of Wales. My opinion of him changed. He seems to be a lot more personable than I thought. He sure is adept at fielding questions. I noticed that the reporter asked him several questions that His Royal Highness gave an answer, but didn't actually answer the question. Thank you, NBC, for this interview.

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            Reply#6 - Fri Nov 19, 2010 11:18 PM EST

            I am just wondering if Prince Charles read the book of Rudolf Laban - Mastering Movement.

            Laban had the same concept and even many of the laguage spoken by the people on the tonight show was like the language of Movement Analysis.

            Laban has a whole area called Space Harmony which was based on his observation of nature. The main thing is how to live a life in balance to have harmony

            Below is a link of how Laban thought about Movement and nature

            http://books.google.com/books?id=d_dcOS5zT1YC&pg=PA169&lpg=PA169&dq=The++Universal+Pattern+Underlying+Beliefs+of+Laban&source=bl&ots=Bdf5_QZp1U&sig=csNnJkAL7kyyaVtpmf9WvrK_sjs&hl=en&ei=rEznTPTICc-p8Ab2-sDfDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved=0CBMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=The%20%20Universal%20Pattern%20Underlying%20Beliefs%20of%20Laban&f=false

              Reply#7 - Fri Nov 19, 2010 11:29 PM EST
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              I missed the televised interview. Is there any way I can see it now? Will it be re-broadcast?

                Reply#8 - Fri Nov 19, 2010 11:35 PM EST

                His Royal Highness certainly raised my understanding of our relationship to nature with his movie Harmony. I have always felt he was misunderstood. The man has had the best of everything, and yet he had the worst of it all too. I can't imagine having to justify my life to millions. Kudos to him for his intellect, his hard work and the ever hard job of single parent. And bully to him for finding true love with the Dutchess of Cornwall. She seems particularly suited to the job of making him happy!

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                Reply#9 - Fri Nov 19, 2010 11:46 PM EST

                I want to thank Brian Williams for being decent in his interview of Prince Charles. He did not attempt to make the Prince look bad. I was very impressed with the interview and learned a lot of interesting things about Prince Charles that I never knew. He has the very same concerns about the earth that I have had since I was a teenager.

                Thank you for this program and for Harmony which was shown afterward. For those that thought it would only involve England and Prince Charles, you were wrong. It covered the world and how different countries have been and are continuing to protect the rain forests and do organic farming/gardening.

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                Reply#10 - Fri Nov 19, 2010 11:49 PM EST

                Brian Williams continues to be a "class act." Thank you to Prince Charles for actually doing something towards sustainability of our beautiful planet. I loved hearing about the circular patterns in nature and life and how everything is thus related. Also, hearing about "bio mimicry" was great. I have always believed that, if not careful, man would destroy himself by destroying what gives him/her life...the planet. Everything is biological and we all have the survival instinct within us, if we just listen and heed the message. Wonderful two hours.

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                Reply#11 - Sat Nov 20, 2010 4:25 AM EST

                Can we see this interview again? I missed it but did see Harmony

                  Reply#12 - Sat Nov 20, 2010 5:22 AM EST

                  Is it possible to see the whole interview again? I had class at night and I missed it but I would love to be able to see it on TV or online. Can DATELINE please make this exception?

                  Thank you in advance.

                    Reply#13 - Sat Nov 20, 2010 8:08 AM EST

                    I missed the program too, please play it again, or can I see it online.

                      Reply#14 - Sat Nov 20, 2010 11:15 AM EST

                      I think Brian Williams did a great job from the clips I saw. I did not set my DVR correctly and it did not tape. Will you be showing the program again? I hope.

                        Reply#15 - Sat Nov 20, 2010 11:42 AM EST

                        Please air the show again. I missed it as well. It is such a an important and wonderful topic. To the narrow minded lady above......who cares who came up with this thinking and when.......... it is critical for all people to look at the Earth this way and take action to make a difference. Embrace change and embrace people of influence getting the message out!

                        I hope I will get to see the interview.

                          Reply#16 - Sat Nov 20, 2010 7:28 PM EST

                          Thank you, Brian Willliams, for what will undoubtedly become a classic interview with the Prince of Wales: for introducing him to American audiences, for showing us what an intelligent, well-educated, articulate and caring person he is. It was clear that you were never intimidated by him, simply seeming to enjoy the genuine contact with and interesting conversation with this anything but stuffy, very thoughtful man who has made a real contribution to saving this planet.

                            Reply#17 - Sat Nov 20, 2010 7:50 PM EST

                            Below is part of the show of last night - Harmony

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJjZ4nB3OSE

                              Reply#18 - Sat Nov 20, 2010 8:05 PM EST

                              I was a huge fan of Diana and never really understood Prince Charles. After this interview I greatly admire and respect him. I appreciate everything he is doing for our planet. I too am worried about it and do my best to buy organic and eat healthy. Thank you so much for bringing this to us.

                                Reply#19 - Sat Nov 20, 2010 10:42 PM EST

                                I enjoyed this Dateline and "Harmony" because it actually focused on what is of the utmost importance to each and every one of us. We all lose when the media focus is always geared toward the sensational and ridiculous. My wish is that this issue is reported on at least as much as the Sarah Palins of the world and the self-serving, moneyed, so-called leaders who promote the very policies that have and will destroy the one thing we all have in common; life on earth and the necessity of her sustainability.
                                Hard-ball questions are not enough if you don't insist on hard-ball answers from these same "leaders" and those with money-power who get away with spewing lies, and think science is nothing but a joke or that their god will save us.
                                Thank you Brian Williams and NBC for this worth-while 2 hours spent on Planet Earth. I do agree that Mr. Williams seemed out of touch when interviewing Prince Charles, but unfortunately those who do not have to shop at Walmart and eat tasteless, dangerous food, have no idea what the rest of us already know, all to well. We need to hold those responsible, accountable for the solutions needed for sustainability and simply, for life itself. Please, please insist that these influential Media-Empires peddle the facts MORE than the hyperbole!! Americans we can do this, we must.

                                  Reply#20 - Sat Nov 20, 2010 10:56 PM EST

                                  Maria 2688186

                                  That is the response of an stupid and ill informed moron. You obviously know nothing about Prince Charles or the fact that Diana created a sham of a marriage with her endless attempt to get publicity....her affairs etc. Partneship are nothing to do with how a person looks.........are you ugly, is your partner ugly too? or is it you are unable to find a partner who would put up with you stupidy? Prince Charles does have a job, he has several jobs to which he is paid NOTHING. He gives his time for free to many people and causes. he does not spend like you suggest.....you obviously know nothing of the Royal family except what you read in the comic like magazines you find at supermarket check outs!!! Why not do some proper research into Prince Charles and the Royal Family or if you are unable to do that.........crawl back into your cave.

                                    Reply#21 - Mon Nov 22, 2010 12:12 AM EST

                                    Excellent I could not have said it better!

                                      #21.1 - Mon Nov 22, 2010 3:52 PM EST
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                                      Please play interview again or if you could possibly place it online. Thank you

                                        Reply#22 - Mon Nov 22, 2010 3:54 PM EST

                                        I missed this but have watched the clips available. Prince Charles was ridiculed for years for the stance that so many today champion and are admired for. 25 years ago he was made fun of in the papers for his being pro environment, pro organic, pro rain forest.He has truly been misunderstood and was villified by a manipulative, vengeful silly woman that pretended to be something she wasn't to 'win the prize'--- the title and what she thought was a husband who could never divorce her no matter how BADLY she behaved.

                                        I believe looking at her parents, and siblings and the grudges she held against 'ex friends and associates' that Diana would have ended up unhappy with eating disorders and probably divorced with affairs NO MATTER WHO SHE MARRIED.

                                        Several of the Spencers had problems with alcoholism, eating disorders, her mom’s affairs and her messy divorce, her brother Charles had affairs (one reportedly within months of his marriage) & divorced trying to cheat his wife in the settlement. ALL these dysfunctional problems in common but not married to Charles, yet Diana’s similar problems the world and the especially the Press want to blame Charles and the Royal family for. Somehow it's be come acceptable and fashionable to 'hate them' based on lies and half truths and insinuations that have no basis in reality what so ever. How cowardly and also hypocritical Diana's brother was to attack and criticize Charles and the Royal Family in his eulogy given for his sister at her funeral. No chance for a rebuttal, or the truth to be told. And this for a sister who often was refusing to even speak to her brother (over some grievance she had towards him or another member of their family) All the while Charles Spencer was as guilty of mistreating and cheating on his wife. Odd how truth has nothing to do with it, it's all preceptions based on 'spin doctors' and biased newspaper articles.

                                        AS for this overwhelming kindness and compassion everyone raves about, all of the Spencer children treated their step mother with vicious and bitter hatred, despite their mother having cheated and remarried. The children admitted the one sister rode a horse into dining room in protest of their step mother, and everyone applauded the highly immature, mean spirited act. All of this shows how dysfunctional Diana, and her family were long before she married into the Royal Family. Yet every one continues to blame Prince Charles. (Hilter was originally considered charismatic and was democratically elected. Isn't it rather frightening how easily misled people can be by outward appearances & the press)

                                        Diana complained that Charles spend too much time with the William and Harry before they started school. She implied that Charles was neglecting his duty, and she enlisted Prince Phillips to bully Charles into being less of a “hands on father”. Years later Diana insisted he go to some royal event rather than stay at the hospital when William was hit in the head with a golf club. Soon as he left Diana leaked to the press how heartless Charles was to not stay at the hospital.

                                        Then Morton’s book of fiction, full of lies & half truths (ie Diana not having any affairs)that she was almost the ghost writer for. Airing embarrassing dirty laundry, never thinking of how it might affect her children later in life. These nasty games of manipulation all so Diana who people knew had committed adultery would not lose in the a potential divorce. (unlike her adulterous mother had)

                                        I ’m not saying she wasn’t insecure. Why else would she be so intensely jealous of Tiggy (the nanny the boys loved), that she started rumors that Tiggy was pregnant & then publicly accusing her of having an abortion to hide an imagined affair with Charles. (imagined in Diana's troubled mind) Diana was emotionally scarred by; the rejection she felt at birth for not being the wanted male heir, her parents divorce, her mother’s absence, and her dysfunctional upbringing. As a result she simply repeated her mother’s mistakes. (the high society wedding of the year to an older 'undemonstrative man', hating the country life so turning to the bright lights of the city, and th arms of a man that was not her husband)

                                        Anyone would love to blame their ‘ex’ for all of their personal problems and bad behavior. She did just that through a book filled with half truths, insinuations, and lies that blamed Charles for her 'loonie-tunes' behavior, her depression, her eating disorder. She even tried to blame Charles for her throwing herself down a flight of stairs when pregnant with William in a fit of anger. LOL And she's supposed to be the perfect mother who always put her children first? Endangering your unborn child to get back at your husband, I think not.

                                        Diana had a great 'public image' and spin doctored everything including pretending to visit the hospital late at night to benefit cancer patients when actually infatuated with the Heart Surgeon. She implied when she phoned Olive Hoare hundreds of times a week, who was a married man, that some teenage boy was making the calls from her private line, her car phone, her office and the pay phone outside a royal residence? Hmmm what teen age boy would have that access? Honestly after all these years I feel she was a very sad pathetic person that could not accept responsibility for her actions. So, could we all just MOVE ON?

                                        How different things would have been if Diana had been overweight like Sarah instead of vomitting all day. How different it would have been if she'd been 'horsey looking like Camilla'. How different it would have been if she'd been treated like 'horse crazy' Princess Anne once was, and 'big eared', "talking to his plants" Charles was and still is by the press.

                                        I'd rather be married to a 'what you see is what you get', down to earth woman with depth and compassion towards me as her husband, with similar intellectual abilities and interests, than discover I'd married someone who pretended to be what I was looking for but was totally the opposite. I'd rather not be married to a shallow, vain woman that couldn't follow an intellectual conversation to save her life. Most men would want a woman who loved them for who they were as a person not what she might gain by being married to them. A world leader or a business leader doesn't want a wife whose going to trying 'grandstanding' and taking the attention away from their agenda or the business at hand. Think Jackie O, or President Obama's wife or how Prince Phillip has never once 'upstaged' the queen.

                                        I'd rather be married to a woman like Camilla a hundred times over than to Diana once if Diana was to treat me the same way she did Charles, and act the same way she did, when attention was focused on Charles instead of her, when I was conducting business with important international clients. SO, how about people quit hating Camilla and Charles, and instead maybe take all the 'gospel truth' according to Diana, her 'friends' and bias 'reporters' with a grain of salt. Anyone on their second marriage should be so lucky to have the steadfast love and support of a spouse like Camilla. How much must Camilla love Charles to have married him knowing how close minded, vindictive and 'loonie' some 'St. Diana' fans are.

                                          Reply#23 - Wed Nov 24, 2010 6:33 PM EST
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