On his daughter’s ninth birthday, Prince William was in Birmingham, seated in a luxury private box, watching his favorite football team lose. Aston Villa lost their semifinal match last Thursday, and William looked like a man without a care in the world, totally engaged with the game and chatting with his man friend (who was seated next to him). He certainly didn’t give the appearance of a husband who was “going through hell” with his wife, who has not been verifiably seen in public in over four months. Nor did Prince Work-From-Home look like he was keen to get back to a regular work schedule – please, not when he could go to football matches. So, it looks like Kensington Palace heard the criticism and they dropped this into People Magazine’s coverage of William’s outing:
Despite his team losing the game, a close source tells PEOPLE that watching Aston Villa has given Prince William a lift as both his wife, Kate Middleton, and father, King Charles, are undergoing treatment for cancer.
“He has been hugely buoyed by the results of Aston Villa,” the source says. “You shouldn’t overlook the importance of soccer in these moments.”
LMAO, what self-respecting Brit code-switches for an American audience and refers to it as “soccer”? Besides that, the palace’s answer to the criticism of “William is going to football matches while his wife is ill and his daughter is celebrating her birthday??” is “don’t you know that William LOVES SOCCER?” You can’t make this up. William expects people to be happy for him that he’s out enjoying a relaxing football match instead of working or spending time with his family.
Meanwhile, it will be interesting to see William’s schedule for the next week, especially with Prince Harry coming into town. Harry will be seen in London on the 8th (Wednesday), and Harry might have other things on his agenda, like seeing the king or stopping in to see a charity. William will want to “compete.” So his office has thrown together two days of events on Thursday and Friday. What about the bloody school run??
The Prince of Wales will make his first official visit to the Isles of Scilly since becoming Duke of Cornwall. Prince William will carry out engagements in Newquay, in Cornwall, on Thursday May 9 and on the Isles of Scilly on Friday May 10.
On Thursday he will visit the site where the Duchy of Cornwall’s first homeless housing project will be built, in Nansledan, Newquay. The project, delivered in partnership with Cornish charity St Petrocs, will build 24 homes, with wraparound support, for homeless people. Construction will begin in September, and land for the homes is being provided by the Duchy. The Prince will meet the development’s leaders and the chief executive of St Petrocs, Henry Meacock. He will then visit Fistral beach, where he will meet organisations who take care of it.
On Friday, he will make his first official visit to the Isles of Scilly since becoming the Duke of Cornwall in September 2022. Prince William will visit St Mary’s harbour, which is run by the Duchy, and handles passengers and vessels. He will spend time with harbour operators before paying a visit to St Mary’s Community Hospital.
Making his first trip to the Isles of Scilly since he became Prince of Wales twenty months ago? The situation over at Kensington Palace sounds dire. Ten bucks says that William will have a “surprise event” on Wednesday as well.
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- Prince William, gestures as he speaks to Pierre-Yves Paslier co-founder of Natpla as at the Oval cricket ground made by the Earthshot 2022 winner Notpla in London, Friday, March 8, 2024. Prince William will hear about the 2022 Earthshot Prize winner, Notpla, and a new multi-million-pound contract with Levy UK and Ireland, part of Compass Group, to introduce Notpla’s seaweed-based, natural food packaging to over 50 sporting and event venues.,Image: 855012010, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: -, *** NO UK USE FOR 48 HRS ***, Model Release: no, Credit line: Kin Cheung / Avalon
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- Prince William, Prince of Wales, visits Woodgate Valley Urban Farm, Birmingham, United Kingdom, on 25 April 2024. With “Snowflake” the gunea pig and a young helper.,Image: 867895196, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: *** NO UK USE FOR 48 HRS ***, Model Release: no, Credit line: David Rose / Avalon
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- Prince William, Prince of Wales, visits Woodgate Valley Urban Farm, Birmingham, United Kingdom, on 25 April 2024. In the sheep enclosure.,Image: 867895539, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: *** NO UK USE FOR 48 HRS ***, Model Release: no, Credit line: David Rose / Avalon
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- The Prince of Wales (third right) watches as toiletries are packed during a visit to Surplus to Supper, a surplus food redistribution charity, at the charity’s headquarters based in Sunbury Cricket Club, in Surrey, to see how surplus food from across the local area is delivered, sorted and re-packaged for delivery to small community organisations Featuring: William, Prince of Wales Where: Surrey, United Kingdom When: 18 Apr 2024 Credit: Alastair Grant/PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- Prince William visits St. Michael’s Church of England High School in Sandwell to learn about the award-winning student-led initiatives available to pupils to support their mental health and wellbeing. The Prince was initially invited to visit the school in a letter posted on X by twelve-year-old Freddie Hadley last October. Whilst unable to visit at the time, His Royal Highness responded to the letter with a message on X on World Mental Health Day, commending Freddie and St. Michael’s School on their work to tackle mental health challenges faced by pupils. Featuring: William, Prince of Wales Where: Sandwell, United Kingdom When: 25 Apr 2024 Credit: Cover Images
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- Prince William visits St. Michael’s Church of England High School in Sandwell to learn about the award-winning student-led initiatives available to pupils to support their mental health and wellbeing. The Prince was initially invited to visit the school in a letter posted on X by twelve-year-old Freddie Hadley last October. Whilst unable to visit at the time, His Royal Highness responded to the letter with a message on X on World Mental Health Day, commending Freddie and St. Michael’s School on their work to tackle mental health challenges faced by pupils. Featuring: William, Prince of Wales Where: Sandwell, United Kingdom When: 25 Apr 2024 Credit: Cover Images
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- The Prince of Wales during a visit to officially open James’ Place Newcastle, the charity’s new centre which will provide a crucial lifeline to men experiencing suicidal crisis in the region Featuring: William, Prince of Wales Where: Newcastle, United Kingdom When: 30 Apr 2024 Credit: Ian Forsyth/PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
We all knew this would happen as soon as we heard Harry was coming. William would suddenly get very busy. And I just rolled my eyes 😏 at the suggestion that after all the trauma he has been through with a gravely ill wife and school runs and such, William found great comfort and strength in…wait for it…soccer! With a mysterious, handsome “man friend”. 🤔
It’s giving narcissist. Everyone’s illness is about… Will, the well guy. He needs a break from not working and having staff and round the clock nurses for his wife. Everyone should feel bad for Will and clap when he abandons his family (the reason he says he can’t work) to go to sporting events and hang with celebs.
Nothing lights a fire faster under Pegs a** than Harry coming to town. Suddenly he can’t wait to get out there and do his “job”.
Yup, Operation “William is important too!” is a go.
Let’s be absolutely clear he only finds any relief in MENs football… he hasn’t been to any women’s matches and AV must have a women’s team. And this on Charlotte’s birthday.
Was Kate who is so ill left in charge of all the activities, or was it professional party planners and the nannies?
One word: Carole!
Working to deflect from the world’s favorite prince and at the same time being away not to meet with harry. COWARD!! SELFISH! COWARD PRINCE WILLIAM! FUTURE COWARD KING WILLIAM! Boooo!! I’m hyped for a Sunday
@Brassy Rebel, we must not forget, “You shouldn’t overlook the IMPORTANCE of SOCCER in these moments.”. LOFL Such a bs statement. It’s right up there with “recollections may vary”.
The ship has sailed for Wills , his life is a reaction to Harry. The lack of charisma, work ethic and fake “spirit” will always dog him. Guy from Luxembourg would have been a good role model.. Boring but strong work ethic and devoted to family.
Writing about Wills at this point seems abusive because he doesn’t get it and neither does the people around him. There is no growth or rebrand
I always wondered about nature vs nurture. Like you are supposed to have free will and not just be subject to your environment
These days I am more believing the nature side. Sure we got some free will, but we don’t actually come into this world with a clear slate
That video where Huevo walks into a room with Diana and Charles as a 3 year old – he just straight up walks up to her and starts punching her in the legs.
The dude was born with anger issues, that is just not normal behavior, and at that age there is no way he was treated so badly that he should be raging out like that
Im with you on nature vs nurture. I know some very wealthy parents who adopted the newborns of addicted moms and gave them every intervention and support. Both kids are astonishingly difficult. I have a wonderful child w PANDAS (a pediatric autoimmune disease that impacts a host of body functions and presents as OCD and psychosis)- I have had tons of people judge me for my kid’s behavior.
I will never blame a parent again for their children’s actions unless there’s obvious abuse/neglect. Children come into this world a certain way and we maybe have 20 % impact if going by the 80/20 rule
William is has such delusions of grandeur that I highly doubt he’d listen to anyone, let alone Henri of Lux. And you know what, that makes me very happy. I actually think that William could learn a lot from Harry at this point, because, through Meghan, Harry has surrounded himself with some pretty good role models, some of whom we don’t hear about in the press. Some people, especially the Brits, have really underestimated Doria’s daughter.
Meeting Meg and being around her friends and learning so much from her positive approach to life, and her style and energy, has surely benefited Harry. At the same time, it is also true that Harry found important mentors and friends as a young man, some of whom are still part of his trusted inner circle.
Wonder how W’s new Private Secretary is finding his role ?
Unblinkered, Either extremely frustrating or totally the opposite depending on his personality. Does he like a low workload?
And does the secretary prefer Harry there (yay, my boss will actually work!) or does he agree with the BRF and RR (shoot, my boss is in a terrible mood and moral is low!)?
For that matter, I wonder how these people feel behind the scenes about Harry giving William a work ethic—especially this year.
He must not be too tired or overworked that’s for sure ! I wonder how he fills his days though.
LOL, of course his fungible “worK” schedule suddenly becomes less fungible on the few days his brother will be in town.
I honestly hate that we give them advice here, but if he wanted to recover from that whole “I had my private helicopter fly me 150 miles away to watch a sports game instead of doing something with my daughter on her birthday” fiasco, he could actually do something nice with her on one of these suddenly schedualed “work” days
The man dragged his 9 year old into this whole fake photo fiasco multiple times, the least he could do is actually escort her somewhere nice to make up for it
I don’t think his kids should be forced to be in the public eye at all, but that ship has sailed and he is the Captain of it
I’m beginning to believe that he doesn’t have access to the two youngest kids.
I’m curious to see if the children attend Trooping the Colour…
Ooh.. that made me perk up and want to say “hmmmmmm…. this could be a different perspective”.
I agree, no access to Kitty or the youngest two, limited access to George, with the Kings backing IMO
LMAO they’re so transparent it’s so pathetic borderline hilarious, how is anybody ever supposed to take them seriously?
William has an investiture on Wednesday so he’ll be close to where Harry will be
That guy is a child hood friend of wills the stories that he could corroborate about spare or just the fact that will is jealous of Harry for anything he does nowadays
I forgot about the investiture. Possibly for the family friend. So 3 days this week. Hmm.
The King’s having a garden party on the afternoon of the 8th same time as the service I wonder when it was arranged, before or after the Invictus service.
Right! Not only does he need to be seen as busy, busy, busy, but he needs to be out of London DOING IMPORTANT THINGS! He is actually going to try to compete with Harry, and it just can’t be done. He can’t learn kindness or sincere interest in others; he can’t buy charisma.
I think I read somewhere that the person receiving the investure happens to be Cressida’s husband – Harry Wentworth-Stanley
Cressida is Harry’s Ex Girlfriend.
Stahp😂! I remember reading it might be Henry Van Straubenzee’s mom, the mother of his best friend who passed in a car accident and had a charity in his name that recently closed. If William does an investiture ceremony on Wednesday with a who’s who of Harry’s past that would be kind of funny. It would really be the definition of obsessed and bothered.
In general, I think its important for caregivers/partners of people who are seriously ill to give themselves a break and go enjoy themselves. Its good for their mental health.
The issue with William is he has a track record of not working or being very engaged with his family life so his enjoying himself at a soccer match looks !ess like a break from caregiving and work and more like business as usual.
He has three children and so far only gave George a break taking him to a game.
We know from peg himself that Kate is in the care of nurses. Plus the children have nannies.. Plus they have domestic staff. Plus he doesn’t live with her, as proven by KP neighbours.. So there’s no real break needed. Yes we all know he’s lazy and useless but any notion he’s being a partner to her is laughable.. He barely looks at her unless it’s contempt.
Yes, WE know that, but the Brit rags aren’t writing for us. They’re selling the normal Bill fantasy and this is part of it.
Meghan is not allowed to stick her head outside her door while Kate is fighting cancer, but willy can go to football games? Got it.
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The hypocrisy and double standards in full effect.
Exactly.
Harry went home to be there on archie birthday right after coronation. William could not be bothered to even take his daughter to the game or skip the game to be with his daughter on her birthday. The media desperately try to excuse peg.
bootlickers were claiming Harry didn’t care about Archie because he went to his father’s coronation, but it’s great for Will to go to a sporting event without his daughter on her birthday.
Because a coronation is exactly the same thing as a sporting event and not at all once in a lifetime event that Harry had zero control over, whereas Will chose to do this event.
Tessa, when her mother supposedly has cancer and is supposedly being treated for it. You just can’t make this garbage up.
Cripes, two days of work? Don’t strain anything workshy William. I suppose he had to get out of town so he can’t possibly be in a position to explain why he can’t find time to meet with his brother 🙄
For some reason, I can’t think why, I’m thinking of history. In the early 1300’s King Edward II had a controversial relationship with a man called Galveston. His favourite was never accepted by the barons, caused many problems and eventually led to Edward being deposed by the queen, who was mad as heck about the whole thing. Random, I know.
Gaveston was murdered by a group of nobles years before Isabelle and her allies forced Edward II off the throne. Edward’s favorite at that point was Hugh Despenser.
Interestingly, Edward fled to Wales after his estranged wife Isabella helped force him off the throne in 1327 in favour of his son. I think if Willbur were to run off to Wales they’d chase him out of the country with pitchforks.
So peg could get a lift from going to Aston villa while leaving his daughter on her birthday.
Okay Willy is a lousy brother and husband and son but what kind of dad is he? We see him nearly always seated next to George in public, pointing things out and explaining things to him? Gendered roles, he had Charlotte with him when he sent the video message to the Lionesses, not ALL the children because only girls support female footie? What’s he like as dad in private? Is he just Funtime Frankie playing footie with the kids or angry, shouty laying down the law dad? Anything tricky ask mummy/ Maria or granny?
I think he’s the mostly absent dad who just swoops in to take them to fun events or sees them every now and then for fun “daddy day.” And that’s why they look engaged with him in public because they’re (unconsciously) trying to please him so he spends more time with them.
I actually don’t think his public interactions with them show he’s a hands-on dad, like some people have speculated. I think it shows he’s a sometimes dad and the kids want more of his time and attention so they’re on their best behavior when they’re with him/around him.
In the same way that Kate’s life revolves around Big Blue William is very conscious of being shown mimicking poses from ‘Classic Diana’ photos. Maybe he thinks that *is* parenting, being seen to be a chip off the old block on the front page of all those scurrilous red top rags. How does the son of the most photographed woman of her day, yelled at and insulted by paps in front of him and Harry, pushed around by the press under the green light of his father and stepmother process the world and his place in it? He’s a monster and lazy but the circumstances surrounding him made him that way. Harry broke out of that generational trauma, William and now his children are trapped in it.
Unless he also plans to forcibly prevent the rota from reporting about Harry, Invictus, and the Sussex visit to Nigeria, it’s not going to go well for TOB. A photo of him wearing a construction hat and looking concerned is not going to stem the tide. Meghan’s clothes alone will easily get more coverage – the rota knows exactly how many clicks the Sussexes generate.
So much, this. He and his team are incredibly stupid if they haven’t realized by now that he and his disappeared wife cannot complete with the Sussexes on any level and definitely not with press attention.
The smarter move would have been to do some engagements last week or this weekend, so any press attention would have naturally died down by next Wednesday anyway. But instead – as you write – he’ll be stomping all over beaches and construction sites wearing a hat that – more than any other look – makes him look like a penis with teeth. He’ll have that same constipated ‘I’m focusing…I’m asking questions…I’m a local statesman’ look on his face. But all the coverage of his events will be relegated to a tiny photo in the corner while Harry – and then both Harry and Meghan – dominate the breaking news headlines, newspaper articles and social media trending. The only people talking about Huevo will be us, but it won’t be in the way he wishes.
So do the press, thirty or forty stories about Harry and Meghan every day in the Excess, although many of them are repeats. And they frequently contradict each other.
So does all of William’s “work” just consist of observing actually skilled people do their jobs?
Yes @JB and ask very dumb questions which the specialist then patiently answers!
You got it!
And attempting to look interested when he’s actually bored to tears.
To be fair, he also exerts a lot of energy dodging well meaning questions from the peasants who fund his family. Things like, “How is the family?” And “Here’s a card” have made him incandescent with rage, yet he still returns to work for an hour the next month.
Yes, JB. And listening and learning. And drinking shots and pulling pints. And looking constipated while he tries to look like he’s listening.
Well, he’s never prepared or even interested, so yes! Everything he considers work is just to make it look like he’s “so engaged” but I bet he’s checking his watch constantly or has an aide get that helicopter warming up at a set time, because the “POW is such a busy guy and has to get back to civilization and his ill wife!”
When everyone notices that the only time you actually do any so called “work” is when your brother is making news and attending public events, maybe it’s time for a new strategy. Unless he is aiming for the title of the Pathetic Prince of Pegging.
So William has only worked one day a week for the past 2 or 3 weeks, right? So this week, he’s doing 2 days. And probably arranging some sort of surprise something for Wednesday. Maybe he’ll attend a garden party or something. I’d have more respect if he’d just keep his once a week schedule, even when Harry’s visiting. It would show he’s unbothered whereas this just shows panic, desperation, petty jealousy and a need to compete. Embarrassing.
Also wonder if he wants to be out of London while Harry is there. So maybe he knows Harry is staying through Thursday and maybe even Friday? It’s giving running away. He always runs away when Harry comes to town. Even more embarrassing.
Running Away Prince sums him up perfectly. First he lashes out and throws a tantrum and then when he still can’t get his way, he runs away.
Not sure if he’s going to make it as King with his running away from everything tic.
The only way he’ll draw more headlines is if his disappeared wife joins him at the garden party. Otherwise nothing he does or doesn’t do will be able to compete with Harry on Wednesday and then the Sussexes trip to Nigeria. He should have taken the L and just stayed wrapped up in someone else’s bedsheets, as usual.
So let’s say, for the sake of argument, that going to that game was necessary because William needed a break from the stress of tending to his seriously ill wife. Doesn’t he think that maybe Charlotte would’ve enjoyed a few hours of fun with her dad? Doesn’t she deserve a distraction from seeing her mother suffer through illness/side effects, especially on her birthday?
Or he could have chosen to attend an event any other day than his child’s birthday.. that looks horrible especially if things are so bad his spouse can’t even be seen in public due to her mysterious abdominal surgery and unknown cancer diagnosis.
I mean, the game is at 8pm. Should he take his 9 year old kid out that late?
I will criticize Will on a lot, but I genuinely don’t think it’s a big deal to go out to the game after dinner even on her birthday. If he was out during the afternoon, yeah, that would be terrible, but he wasn’t.
HOWEVER, it is a reminder that he’s bad at optics. He just doesn’t think of how things can be twisted, even when he does something that is okay and not screwy (like he usually does).
Well, I will criticize him for that given the fact that he claims he can’t work because he is taking care of his children. He doesn’t say the nanny is taking care of him. He says His wife needs two round the clock nurses and he can’t work because he’s taking care of the kids.
So yeah, going to an 8 PM game (he didn’t leave his children at 8 PM, he left earlier to get to the game, supposedly took the helicopter) on her birthday is a choice I will criticize.
it seems like Will and Kate are infantilized a lot, never accountable like the 40 year olds they are. If he’s going to use the kids as his get out of work excuse for months, he shouldn’t go to a game on his daughters birthday. Not hard.
Not sure it’s being twisted. As you said the optics are bad, regardless of the time, which is what most of us are saying. So again, if the optics are bad, as you admitted, then what’s being twisted? He could have spent time with charlotte that day. We don’t know. Doesn’t change the bad optics.
George when he was the age Charlotte is now stayed out late
Why couldn’t charlotte.
There’s a rumour that William is going to doing the investiture at Windsor Castle on Wednesday and that one of the recipients is Charlie van Straubenzee’s mother.
Every time I read one of these articles about Workshy Willy, I thank God for my wonderful husband. I suffered a major life threatening illness last year and a grueling year of treatments. My husband, who has a very demanding job, stepped up, took over where I could not do my usual things, such as the school run and household chores, held down the family, the kids, and continued to kick -ss at his own job.
When I see Willy using Kate’s illness as an excuse to do less than nothing it disgusts me because I know there are partners out there that don’t have all the resources that the royal family has, that still manage to step up and really pitch in and support their families without dropping the ball on their own “duties” and responsibilities. Heck, Charles has an actual cancer diagnosis and is still out there doing appearances live and in person – hello, where is Kate?
But we should have sympathy for William because Kate is sick? Oh please….
Btw, Where is Kate? Maybe she could do a joint appearance with Charles. Then maybe, just maybe, we could believe that she’s still alive, or at the least, not laying somewhere incapacitated.
Just saying…
I’m not a fan of Will at all, but I…don’t get the issue with the football game? It was @ 8 pm. It wasn’t an afternoon match. One of his (useless) roles is literally dealing with the football team in the UK.
IDK, I just don’t think it’s a big deal to go out to a football game after dinner on the same day as her birthday. There are a lot of valid things to criticize him on, but this seems like a reach.
The game was in Birmingham which is 2 hours from his supposed home and given pre match hospitality which is always part of a private box he would need to have left home late afternoon. And it is the team he follows, it’s not part of his official duties. So, no, it’s a pathetic effort on his part given his excuses and absences including hospital visits and so called royal work.
Great points about the pre game hospitality in private boxes meaning he’d have had to leave his home on the afternoon and that this wasn’t part of his official duties.
It doesn’t seem like his “fans” care at all if he works or if he shows his kids any care. Very much like Trump fans, anything including crime is fine. Just don’t be biracial.
But his man who claims to care about the environment will take a helicopter to get there when he could take the train.
William does skip out on sporting events as history shows. He just happened to go to this one on his daughters birthday.
The football game was 150 miles away. He took a helicopter, but to get there in time to be in his box comfortably before 8 pm, he left at dinnertime. On his daughter’s birthday. He could have seen a game on literally any day. Or he could have taken her, as a birthday treat.
Let’s not pretend this is the behavior of a dad so devoted he has to take months off “work” to care for his kids while his wife is sick
Are but it was a convenient excuse, especially once the cancer word that was bandied.
But come on y’all! It was the semi-final! It didn’t start till 8pm. Villa hadn’t done this well in 40 years. Give the man some slack. (sarcasm)
Mostly it’s just funny after the months of family man pr.
Nope. Not a reach. I’ve never forgot the times when I went to Marquette basketball games with my Dad in the 70’s & 80’s during the week and weekends. Going to a night game during the week made all of us feel special. It was an event for our middle class family. We fought who go to go. Though us kids, didn’t have say. We also knew we could sleep on the way home or that we *may have the next day off or conveniently had a dr appt(lol) the next morning.
Yep, my parents redirected the truth sometimes when dealing with our schooling.
That man literally does not go to work unless Harry is out and about. That is so crazy to me. The future King of England cannot be bothered to go to work unless it means trying to compete with his little brother. Pathetic.
Uh, I think that you’re overlooking all the other work William does, like hiding behind his kids, using his kids for cover and as excuses when it becomes necessary like when he and Kate were late for Charles’ coronation. That’s all very hard “work” you know. Gosh, I’m exhausted just thinking about it. /s.
Debby, you bring up a good point. It takes energy to think up ways to go around something to obfuscate. If that energy was used to do some research about the subject of his ‘projects’ just think what a difference that would make.
Absolutely, if he expended his energy working on valid projects rather pouring it into excuses, avoidance and obfuscation, we’d get somewhere.
Yes, imagine if William used his energy for good instead of evil! He’d be on his way to being that global statesman he keeps banging on about.
The “hardest work” William (William & Kate) have ever done is a smear campaign against Meghan and running H&M out of England. Great f*ckin guy. /s
The man can’t work because he’s got to care for the kids. No one else can do it but him… Except if there’s a sporting or a celebrity event, and then anyone can do it.
His kids work harder than he does. He feed pictures of them to the media to deflect attention from “himself”
He embroiled them in this whole photo scandal. He did it needlessly and MULTIPLE times
Back in the good old U S of A we created “child labor laws” because it turns out that parents aren’t always operating on the best interest of their children.
The Jackie Coogan law is one example.
Those kids should be getting residuals from all the pictures their parents published of them.
It is not like they got a choice in the matter, it is a very public intrusion on their lives, at the bare minimum for each photo they release to the press, some money should go into a fiduciary account for those children.
As we saw with Harry, the Windsor’s use their children to deflect from any scrutiny on them
Tons of photos were released of him as a child. Then 1 day when he was not “brought to heel” they just cut him off .
What the Windsor’s are doing is legit “Jackie Coogan” stuff, those kids are being monetized and they are not being paid for it
They should have money placed into a legit account for every pic they release
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Jackie was an angelic looking child, his career spanned from silent pictures with Charlie Chaplain to talkies.
When he got old enough to understand he asked his parents about his money. He knew that pictures and movies of him had been sold all over the world. They told him he couldn’t access any of the money he made until he was 18
By the time he turned 18, his parents had spent every cent he made leaving him with nothing
The double whammy was that he couldn’t even get more jobs in Hollywood because he was not the “cute kid” anymore
His entire childhood there were images of his face spread around around the world and he got nothing out of it.
Much later in life he was finally able to work in Hollywood again as “Uncle Fester” in the TV series the Adams Family .
The law that shares his name was created to make sure that children who generate money by the use of their likeness before the age of consent will have bank accounts set up for them with some of those funds deposited in a way that their parent’s can’t touch it
I mean “too old to look cute anymore” how many times we heard that said about those poor Wales kids. Their lives since birth have have been public at a time they were not of an age to consent. There should be money put in a account for them every time their parents publicize the photos or stories about their lives
It was a a small step
Ummm. Won’t Meghan and Harry be in Nigeria then? Does William think he is going to pull focus from them? If ‘yes,’ the delusion is strong.
May was the month mentioned, but not the date.
The BM assumes that Harry will be going from England to Nigeria.
I sure hope the Isle of Scilly is pronounced “silly” — it would make perfect sense in light of the kind of commentary the Prince of Mediocrity gets from the rota.
Yes they very much are. Appropriate.
Peg is such a huge disappointment. As future king, he is supposed to give a sense of stability and continuity. But nobody has seen his wife for months, with people speculating that she’s actually dead. How is this good for the country? The taxpayers should not have to put up with this nonsense. This monarchy is a joke. The new North Korea indeed.
An ugly person. Inside and out .
He had some fine examples of hard work in his parents and grandparents. (as much as I think KC3 is a whining ninny and awful parent, he has worked a lot) But Peg appears to rebel against all of it. A bit like those rich families where the 3rd generation squander the Grandparents’ fortune.
the guy needs a f-load of therapy.
Agreed but he is currently getting away with it because KC is back indahouse, his wife has cancer and BM can’t admit FK is a lazy and as thick as mince due SUPERIORITY NATIONALIST BS. He has to be great cos he’s the King to be, right? However, I do wonder what will happen when he becomes King and without CC and Princess Anne it will be obvious that he’s not doing the absolute minimum: red box documents won’t be signed off and that will stymie things. Will the BM continue to pretend that Bill’s the bestest ever monarch or will people wake up to the reality? This Brit is tired of all the nauseating propaganda about the RF but Fail’s latest poll say 60% still support the monarchy. For many they do seem to value the tradition and continuity and love the fantasy of an ideal RF. I just think Billy boy believes the can do as little as he likes and that won’t change once he is king. QE2 and KC do the day job and uphold tradition. Billy boy won’t but whether that will matter if the press still big him up, we will have to see!
If William does a “surprise event” Wednesday, who wants to bet he will don an apron in a pub? He will drink beer, take phone orders, serve sandwiches, but not bus tables. Thank you, drive around.
This lazy incompetent, incandescent, narcissistic, bullying, selfish, egotistical, rage monster of a person makes my blood boil. He does f all . He decides the last two days of the week is when his eggplant head should be seen willing to work because Harry. If Charles could only see and really understand that the way to get wank to work is to let Harry events be spotlighted, Charles could have made a work horse out of willy but nope . Charles was too jealous himself to see the gift that was Harry . I was just reading Kaiser post about wank going to a game on his daughter birthday. Your ass doesn’t work, you don’t parent , what the f does he do all day ? How can you live so far up your own ass that you don’t care how your selfish decisions come across to the public whose money you live a luxury life off of? As for that man with Willy . He sure seems to be gooey eyes about him . Maybe this is his special special friend.
What a waste of space! Pegs is so transparent. His jealousy over Harry is so obvious and pitiful. He looks like an incompetent poser, always trying to catch up to his little brother.
I’d almost feel sorry for him if he wasn’t such a loser and an a**hole. Is he clueless about how he comes across or is he utterly sheltered from opinions? Such a waste of taxpayer money!
The truth will eventually surface. But he may already be king at that point.
So… a few months ago it was all smiles for the camera with Charlotte and “her” football to encourage/support the lionesses. I’m sure they said how much Charlottes into football.
He could have taken her as a special birthday treat. But no… I’m sure george is the only one that he takes to sports!
And of course that day was picked out of all the potential days of the year. Harry potentially being a focus? Must do something.
Charles should offer Harry his patronages back. I know it will never happen, but Will-not would actually work full-time if he had competition he wasn’t allowed to squash with media nonsense.
I disagree. Charles offering anything to Harry at this point is pure PR for the BRF. Love the place where Harry (and Meghan) are at. They’re doing their own thing, like they both always wanted to do. I’m all for H&M living their funtastical/philanthropical lives in the US..love that Harry supports his charities and IG’s.
The header? photo of Will leading to the article is perfection. William hasn’t been photogenic for a long time and I love that for him.