Prince William

My guiding principles in life are to be honest, genuine, thoughtful and caring.

I think it's very important that you make your own decision about what you are. Therefore you're responsible for your actions, so you don't blame other people.

I am and always will be an HRH. But out of personal choice I like to be called William because that is my name and I want people to call me William - for now.

No one is going to try to fill my mother's shoes, what she did was fantastic. It's about making your own future and your own destiny and Kate will do a very good job of that.

When I first met Kate I knew there was something very special about her. I knew there was possibly something that I wanted to explore there. We ended up being friends for a while and that just sort of was a good foundation. Because I do generally believe now that being friends with one another is a massive advantage. And It just went from there.

Only the mad girls chase me, I think.

I'm always open for people saying I'm wrong because most of the time I am.

I am as independent as I want to be, same as Catherine and Harry. We've all grown up differently to other generations and I very much feel if that I can do it myself, I want to do it myself.

I hope I'm not a tourist attraction - I'm sure that they come here really because St. Andrews is just amazing, a beautiful place.

You hear a lot of horror stories about proposing and things going horribly wrong - it went really, really well and I was really pleased when she said yes.

I'm reasonably headstrong about what I believe in, and what I go for, and I've got fantastic people around me who give me great support and advice.

I'm probably a bit of a cheeky grandson, like my brother as well. We both take the mickey a bit too much.

I just want to go to university and have fun - I want to be an ordinary student. I'm only going to university. It's not like I'm getting married - though that's what it feels like sometimes.

I've had lots of kids come up and ask for my autograph, I've had a grandmother stop me and ask me if I know a good place to buy underwear.

It's like a rugby team. If you're picking for the World Cup final, you're picking experience with youth. Everything is better off having that balance and that mix. I think that, especially, goes for the monarchy as well.

I always remember having a healthy respect for my grandmother.

Im reasonably headstrong about what I believe in and what I go for and Ive got fantastic people around me who give me great support and advice.

Being a small boy it's very daunting seeing the Queen around and not really quite knowing what to talk about.

I get quite lazy about cooking because when I come back from work it is the last thing I want to do, really is spend loads of time cooking.

When I was trying to impress Kate I was trying to cook these amazing fancy dinners and what would happen was I would burn something, something would overspill, something would catch on fire and she would be sitting in the background trying to help, and basically taking control of the whole situation, so I was quite glad she was there at the time.

There are times where you can't do it yourself and the system takes over, or it's appropriate to do things differently. But I think driving your son and your wife away from hospital was really important to me.

There's been a lot of speculation about every single girl I'm with and it actually does quite irritate me after a while, more so because it's a complete pain for the girls.

It's my mother's engagement ring so I thought it was quite nice because obviously she's not going to be around to share any of the fun and excitement of it all - this was my way of keeping her close to it all.

As any new parent knows, you're only too happy to show off your new child and, you know, proclaim that he is the best looking or the best everything.

As I learned from growing up, you don't mess with your grandmother.

I'm probably a bit of a cheeky grandson like my brother as well. We both tend to take the mickey a bit much.

People say it's not ambitious, but it is actually quite ambitious wanting to help people.

We'll sort of get over the marriage first and then maybe look at the kids. But obviously we want a family so we'll have to start thinking about that.

When I was younger and my parents used to always slap my hand if I was picking my nose or if I was running around screaming I was told to shut up.