Television Is A Storytelling Medium: Prince Edward

If it weren't for the `R' and the royal emblem on the ring, you could easily have mistaken the ordinary looking man for just another foreign businessman. Certainly, the youngest son of the Queen of England requests that you call him just Edward and not Prince Edward. He is after all on a personal visit to Mumbai as director of his television company, Ardent Productions.

The Prince is visiting on the invitation of Star World, which yesterday announced the launch of Crown & Country, a docu-drama series that has been written, presented and produced by the Prince. Star World is also airing Windsor Restored, another documentary made by Prince Edward.

 

On Crown & Country, Prince Edward reveals, "It gave me an opportunity to visit places that I had never been to before."

History is a subject close to the Prince's heart. It has also been the theme of his career as a television producer. "Television is a storytelling medium and a wonderful way to tell history," he says.

Prince Edward's own history as a television producer began in 1993, when he launched Ardent. The company is still to break-even and it reportedly has an accumulated debt of