Board games are notorious for their ability to cause huge arguments and drive families apart for a few hours, and the impact of these games on the Royal Family is no different, despite their status. There are thousands of board games out there, and while many of us have our favourites, Monopoly is perhaps the most popular of them all.
Just last year, Prince William revealed that Monopoly was amongst the Cambridges' favourite games to play. While answering questions of The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust in 2021, the Duke spoke casually with Radio Marsden's Barry Alston inside Kensington Palace shortly before Christmas, as he revealed his family's festive traditions, MyLondon reports.
The Prince told Alston: "When I see my children meet up with my cousins' children, and they all have a wonderful time playing together, it's very special. Christmas is a new dynamic when you have children, suddenly it's a whole different ballgame of noise and excitement."
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On Christmas Day, the Cambridges are partial to a spot of Monopoly and Risk. Although pretty much everyone is familiar with the rules of Monopoly, not everyone is clued up on how to play Risk.
The goal of Risk is actually very simple: players have to try and take over the world. Despite this seemingly easy-to-achieve goal, the game is very complicated, and sees participants control armies of playing pieces with which they attempt to capture territories from other players, with results determined by dice rolls.
"We love Monopoly and Risk, that's a good game, it goes on for hours and usually everyone gets really cross because they lose but that's what I like playing," William said. While, it sounds like the game can lead to some playful tension in the Cambridge household, the Queen is said to have banned the game from other family gatherings after things turned 'vicious' between players.
According to an article in The Telegraph from 2008, the Monopoly ban was revealed by Prince Andrew when he visited the Leeds Building Society's newly-refurbished Albion Street headquarters for a lunch. He was given the board game to celebrate his visit, but on receiving it he said: "We're not allowed to play Monopoly at home. It gets too vicious."
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