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Author’s Talk—American Crown: From Revolutionaries to Royalty, The Story of Prince William’s American Ancestors
September 3, 2026 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Independent historian Stephanie Green discusses her new book that highlights the past generations who will shape the Prince of Wales’s role in the future of Britain, America, and the world, as, for the first time, Britain will eventually have a monarch whose ancestors fought against the very crown he will bear. Stemming from the roots of Diana, Princess of Wales, whose Spencer family has a friendship with the Washington clan of Sulgave Manor that produced the founding father of America, but more fascinating is Diana’s maternal side whose American ancestors fought in the Revolution in New England, became successful in the new nation, and then sent a daughter across the Atlantic Ocean to marry into the British elite. Embodying more interconnected history than any of his predecessors, William’s sense of his own role in the world is markedly different from anyone who’s ever held the throne. Drawing from her new book, Green will highlight William’s connection to the American Revolution and how it has the potential to bring two countries closer together in times of turmoil and carry their “special relationship” forward.
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