Barely anyone noticed, but Prince William was begging people to pay attention to his Earthshot trip to South Africa. I’ve never seen William speak to the media so much and give so many on-the-record comments as he did this week. He finished his dumb, four-day trip by giving a full interview to Sky News, in which the slumlord told the outlet that 2024 has been “brutal” and “the hardest year in my life.” Some highlights from the interview:
He was asked how hard the last year has been: “Honestly? It’s been dreadful. It’s probably been the hardest year in my life. So, trying to get through everything else and keep everything on track has been really difficult.”
How his father & wife have coped with their health issues: “I’m so proud of my wife, I’m proud of my father, for handling the things that they have done. But from a personal family point of view, it’s been, yeah, it’s been brutal.” Yesterday he praised Kate for being “amazing” and today when asked how she was doing said: “She’s doing well. Doing well.”
The responsibility & freedom that comes with being Prince of Wales: “It’s a tricky one. Do I like more responsibility? No. Do I like the freedom that I can build something like Earthshot then yes.”
His future royal work with Earthshot: “That’s the future for me. It’s very important with my role and my platform, that I’m doing something for good. That I’m helping people’s lives and I’m doing something that is genuinely meaningful. So, the Earthshot is a culmination, if you like, of all that put together. But it takes a lot of work, and there’s a lot of unseen stuff that goes on, a lot of meetings, a lot of people coming in, a lot of chatting and phone calls, letters, all trying to sort of make the Earthshot get to being the best possible entity it can be.”
How his daughter reacted to his beard: “Well Charlotte didn’t like it the first time. I got floods of tears, the first one, I got a few tears, so I had to shave it off. And then I grew it back. I thought, hang on a second and I convinced her it was going to be okay.”
The Earthshot movement: Excited about the “Earthshot movement”, he said he felt “quite emotional” as he sat in the audience for the fourth annual awards ceremony, but he clearly has frustrations some aren’t responding to his call to action quickly enough. He said: “When you go and approach people and say, like business or whoever, or even government when you approach them, and say, ‘listen, we’re building this incredible thing, please come on board’. Some people are extremely fast and keen to do it. Others take a little bit longer and it’s those people who take a little bit longer, I’m like, ‘guys, we just don’t have the time’. So, yes, I get a bit frustrated that it takes a long time to convince people that this is worthy of their attention.”
On how he seemed relaxed in Cape Town: “It’s interesting you say that, cause I couldn’t be less relaxed this year. So it’s very interesting you’re all seeing that. But it’s more a case of just crack on and you’ve got to keep going… I enjoy my work and I enjoy pacing myself and keeping sure that I have got time for my family too.”
I don’t know him, I don’t know his life, but it seems like 2022 was probably a harder year for him, considering the death of QEII? Or 1997, the year he lost his mother? I’m not minimizing the difficulty in dealing with dual health crises in your immediate family, but also… William has an abundance of wealth, support, staff, and a sycophantic press eating it up. That softens the “brutality” of the year, and perhaps it wouldn’t be the worst idea to also acknowledge that and his privilege? The thing about Charlotte crying over his beard is funny, actually. She was like: oh no, my father looks like a total sleaze with this greasy-looking beard.
His statements about Earthshot are bizarre too, especially since he got bored with Earthshot years ago and he’s no longer the one doing the daily maintenance on the project, not that he ever was. “But it takes a lot of work, and there’s a lot of unseen stuff that goes on, a lot of meetings, a lot of people coming in, a lot of chatting and phone calls, letters…” Lol, all of which is done by staff?? “Others take a little bit longer and it’s those people who take a little bit longer, I’m like, ‘guys, we just don’t have the time’.” When people are reluctant to sign on to Slumlord Willy’s Keenshot busywork, he throws a tantrum and screams “I don’t have time for this!!”
Photos courtesy of Cover Images.
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- The Prince of Wales during an event to meet young environmentalists from across Africa and Southeast Asia who are taking part in the inaugural Earthshot Prize Climate Leaders Youth Programme, at Rooftop on Bree in Cape Town, on day one of his visit to South Africa, ahead of the fourth annual Earthshot Prize Awards ceremony Featuring: William, Prince of Wales Where: Cape Town, South Africa When: 04 Nov 2024 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- The Prince of Wales attends Earthshot+, at Portside Tower in Cape Town, a day of impactful conversations with world-leading experts aimed at multiplying the impact of The Earthshot Prize, on day two of his visit to South Africa for the fourth annual Earthshot Prize Awards ceremony on November 6 Featuring: William, Prince of Wales Where: Cape Town, South Africa When: 05 Nov 2024 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- The Prince of Wales attends Earthshot+, at Portside Tower in Cape Town, a day of impactful conversations with world-leading experts aimed at multiplying the impact of The Earthshot Prize, on day two of his visit to South Africa for the fourth annual Earthshot Prize Awards ceremony on November 6 Featuring: William, Prince of Wales Where: Cape Town, South Africa When: 05 Nov 2024 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- The Prince of Wales wearing a friendship bracelet with the word ‘Papa’, during Earthshot+, at Portside Tower in Cape Town, a day of impactful conversations with world-leading experts aimed at multiplying the impact of The Earthshot Prize, on day two of his visit to South Africa for the fourth annual Earthshot Prize Awards ceremony on November 6 Featuring: William, Prince of Wales Where: Cape Town, South Africa When: 05 Nov 2024 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- The Prince of Wales meets with the 2024 Earthshot Prize finalists during a visit to the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden in Cape Town, on day three of his visit to South Africa for the fourth annual Earthshot Prize Awards. Featuring: William, Prince of Wales Where: Cape Town, South Africa When: 06 Nov 2024 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- The Prince of Wales poses with the 2024 Earthshot Prize finalists during a visit to the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden in Cape Town, on day three of his visit to South Africa for the fourth annual Earthshot Prize Awards. Featuring: William, Prince of Wales Where: Cape Town, South Africa When: 06 Nov 2024 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- The Earthshot Prize Awards at Green Point Shared Fields in Cape Town, on day three of the Prince of Wales’ visit to South Africa for the fourth annual Earthshot Prize Awards Featuring: The Prince of Wales Where: Cape Town, South Africa When: 06 Nov 2024 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- The Earthshot Prize Awards at Green Point Shared Fields in Cape Town, on day three of the Prince of Wales’ visit to South Africa for the fourth annual Earthshot Prize Awards Featuring: the Prince of Wales Where: Cape Town, South Africa When: 06 Nov 2024 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
Hmmm, if he doesn’t like the added responsibility of being PoW, just wait until he becomes King.
That line stood out for me too. Straight up said he doesn’t want to work.
He’s going to be a terrible king.
What added responsibilities? Of not showing up for the women’s sport matches? Of not going on the Italian tour? Of not going to the ceremony where he was supposed to be a featured speaker? Or was it the added responsibility of announcing that he’d be doing less, that he’d be Zooming more, that he’d be doing things differently than his grandmother and father. What added responsibilities: that old standby, school runs?
Can’t be the schoolruns. No one questions why Charlotte cried when she saw his beard? Wouldn’t she have seen it grow, stubble after stubble, if they lived together and he would do the schoolruns? He basically admitted she didn’t see him for weeks until he stopped by sporting his patchy beard. No wonder she cried, everyone would.
It is insane to pretend anything is worse than his mother dying suddenly in 1997 when he was 15. Neither Kate nor Charles are dead so it is ridiculous to say this.
@nic919 I’m going to disagree with you here. I’ll admit you might be right just bc of who pegs is. But “they’re alive so…” Doesn’t sit well with me. I lost my father to AIDS in ’96 when I was 12. I couldn’t tell you how long I knew he was sick. I think it was about 4 years but at the time it felt like my whole life. Then the year before lockdown my sister slipped into a coma for several months and not a single medical professional could give us a prognosis. I haven’t healed from either experience. Please don’t underestimate the toll of a long-term possibly terminal illness can have on a loved one. I’ve also dealt with sudden death. All of it’s hard. Very hard.
That being said, it’s pegs. I don’t think he cares enough to have genuinely been affected (effected?) way.
Kate said she’s cancer free and it is now being reported that it was pre cancerous cells so that narrative is questionable too. There is just no way this was as bad as him losing his mother instantly at age 15. None. There is no greater trauma than a child losing their parent at a young age. (Ok a parent losing their child is worse, but this didn’t happen to him, only Harry). And it’s not like William did anything to show he was supporting his father. Anne has stepped in for Charles, not William. All he has done this year is not work and go to sport events.
This propaganda from William is meant to distract from how he is a slumlord. We need media literacy to stop pretending they have anything in common with us. They do not. Stop trying to relate to them with experiences which I am sure were hard for you personally. William has never cared about his father and we have seen actions confirming this for decades. And he is fine with money coming to him which would otherwise go to fund the NHS, which would improve medical treatment and provide resources for the non rich.
Regardless of whether it’s been the roughest year of his life, the point that you’re making is true. He is sharing that fact right now in a bid to gain sympathy after being outed as a slumlord. The royals dangle personal details to the public when they’re desperate. And he’s desperate to use news about him, his wife and his daughter to distract from the dispatches story. It’s just interesting bc he’s used details about George and Louis in the past but this time he completely relied on details about his wife and daughter. That’s a choice.
Everything being done to cover their divorce. His daughter didn’t like his beard. Huh. I she didn’t see him growing it,? Wow.
I mean, if Kate has something like an ovarian or pancreatic cancer diagnosis and it’s unclear jf it will reoccur and if she’ll live more than a few years I could absolutely see how it would be the worst year of his life. As brutal as the year his mom died had to have been, to be a parent and navigating and thinking about your own kids having to go through what he’s Allred been through (losing a mom at a young age) – yeah I could see how that could be the hardest year of his life if that happened.
The hardest year of his life? What year did his mother die again?
Cancer takes a brutal toll.
Been there, I will not comment more.
Most people have been there. Cancer is sadly very common.
If she did have cancer I wish her well but something still seems very *off* about the whole thing and Workshy seems to be milking it for all it’s worth.
Totally agree. 100%.
And if something smells off, it usually is off.
I can believe it’s been his worst year I just don’t think we know the real reasons for that. He looks worse every time he appears in public
Yeah, all the football teams I rooted for lost, the peasants don’t like mouldy houses and internet trolls wouldn’t let me put away my wife in peace, such hardship…
THIS☝🏾
Interesting comment about how Charlotte reacted to his beard, as though she saw it the first time as fully grown and didn’t see it grow day by day because they weren’t together for her to see that. Did Willy let something slip? Very interesting.
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That’s a subtle catch…
Charlotte isn’t a baby so she would have seen him grow his beard if he actually lived with them and she sees him morning and night. He basically confirmed he doesn’t live with his kids on a daily basis.
Good point. Also he made Charlotte cry. Isn’t that an incredible misstep? When it was Meghan made Kate cry (falsely I know); it was like that was a major crime. Will made a child cry and then grew the beard back again. Why isn’t this a major headline like for the lie with Meghan?
Her birthday photo said it all, Charlotte cannot lean on her father for support. He removed himself.
William apparently does not care how Charlotte felt about that beard he grew it back
Yah he basically just admitted that a period of time had gone by without Charlotte seeing him daily.
Utterly bizarre that whole beard part. Why would she cry–or was he just being hyperbolic? Clearly she doesn’t see him every day if the first time she saw him was with a beard and not stubble…
That was exactly what I thought when I read that. He doesn’t live with her. If she saw it every day growing bit by bit it wouldn’t have gotten such a strong reaction from her. She saw it, didn’t like it, he shaved it off, and then let it grow out again the next time Charlotte was with Kate for an extended period.
Perhaps she cried because he didn’t respect her opinion. She is clearly wiser than he is.
Scrolled down to post this and I’m pleased to see my critical thinking CBers have already caught that slip-up.
Not to mention that he is not even pretending that Kate likes/ doesn’t like it! We know she isn’t getting kisses!
Whenever my partner has facial hair, that’s one of the first things people ask – does your wife like the beard?
My husband had a ‘tash, when he trimmed it up I use to accuse him of sharpening it. He would have to wait for a few days before he got kissed again.
I was thinking exactly this! Kids don’t notice beards growing in unless they haven’t seen you for a while 🤔
Just to add, didn’t we first see his beard in the summer? During that Olympics video. And isn’t the whole reason William gets months off in the summer is to spend all his time with his children while they’re off from school? He didn’t attend the freaking Olympics bc he was supposedly spending all his time with his kids. So the beard shouldn’t have been a sudden surprise. Drip drip, William. It’s only a matter of time. And it’s galling to watch them use the kids as their excuse for not working when it seems they’re not actually spending every second of the day with their kids. As they act like they do. These motherf-ckers, I swear.
Yeah, I caught that too. He doesn’t live full-time with his kids.
Such an obvious telling on himself, but will the rota or the tabloid readers point it out?
And this entire time he swore blind he was doing the hallowed, almighty school run and looking after them every day!
He’s displayed Charlotte’s Papa bracelet and answers questions where he name checks his daughter. If Kate didn’t essentially disappear and have major health issues, I would find this less weird: There is no direct mention of his wife. His kid was in tears sbout his beard. How did Kate react? How is his wife doing? Crickets.
When he says: That’s a tricky one. Do I like more responsibility? No.
Truest line. He could’ve left it there.
“Do I like more responsibility? No.”
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha.
Put that on his gravestone. Work-shy Willy to the end. Of course he’s not going to comment on his and his families massive privilege in how they’ve been able to deal with whatever has been going on this year, he always feels like the most hard done by person in the world.
Exactly, SarahCS. That’s him in two short sentences.
Too bad so sad for the global putz.
He is weak. I myself, my husband, his daughter and my ex-husband all got cancer within two years and no one of us does not whine as he does. Dignified silence, indeed.
Grandma Elizabeth II would not approve, she of the stiff upper lip school for sure…
Well if last year was the hardest of his life, and it hasn’t changed his hatefulness one bit. My hope for him is looking back at this last year in the future as an old man it turns out to be his easiest.
I know William gets flack for well, basically, anything that comes out of his mouth. But I do believe two family members going through cancer, regardless of how he feels about them personally, was a lot to manage. Even if he was phasing Kate out or whatever weirdness was going on in their relationship, he had his kids to think about. His three kids were probably very scared, especially Charlotte and George who are old enough to understand what cancer is and what it can do to someone. And I know his relationship with Charles is complicated but that’s still his dad at the end of the day. And the possibility of his dad’s death looming over him fast tracks him to the role of king and we all know William doesn’t really want to be king since it means more responsibility (he even admits to the responsibility thing here though left the king part out but we can read between the lines). Both Kate and Charles were MIA for weeks and he looked shell shocked on the few appearances he took on for his dad and had noticeably lost a lot of weight. So yes, I can believe it was the hardest year of his life since we could see the physical effects of his stress. What that means for him and Kate now who knows, their relationship is so weird.
I actually thought the Oprah interview, Harry’s book, and Netflix series would have been especially difficult for him as it was the beginning of their very public rift. But that brought him and Kate closer in their mutual hate campaign of the Sussexes so I guess not.
Nothing is gonna change with him being the King though. He is gonna do what he wants to do like always. He just has to do a few ceremonial events like opening of Parliament as a King. No way he is gonna read all the government documents. They have lots of people for that. He can also say no to weekly meetings with the PM, who is gonna make him do it? Is he gonna be paid less if he works less than his father? Of course not.
I guess the PR works. William does not care about anyone but himself. He is using the cancer card to get sympathy from those who have really struggled with it. That he says this the week after that slumlord program comes out? Not a coincidence. Why didn’t he say this earlier? Because he didn’t need to fix his image.
Yeah he’s selfish but I do believe he was greatly affected by this, regardless of whether he cares about Kate or not. It’s the mother of his kids, he lost his mother at a young age so he knows what that’s like and it definitely affected his kids. It was clear he was having a hard time earlier this year when Kate went MIA. He himself disappeared for weeks and I think it’s because he could not handle being in the media spotlight with so much turmoil going on behind the scenes. I don’t like William but the man is not immune to depression and stress despite all his wealth and privilege.
I don’t think William spent much time with Kate. Camilla managed to work while Charles was ill and she’s a lot older than peg. Will should be ashamed of himself.
The beginning of the rift started well before spare and the interview. William was actively trying to sabotage harry and Meghan s relation ship. If William was a decent human being there would have been no spare or interview imo
Oh sure, I believe the rift started way before Oprah. What I meant and did not state clearly was it was the beginning of their rift coming out into the open for the public at large. Royal watchers knew something was amiss but the average person who does not pay attention to the royals had no idea Harry and his brother were at odds until that interview. That interview opened up people’s eyes to the hate Meghan was subjected to, to the way the BRF basically ignored her cries for help, and the leaks to the British media.
Yes, I can see this. Just because he’s not an admirable figure doesn’t mean he’s immune to events. I’d say his various weaknesses make things more difficult for him
All of the above is true—but his response (if he prepared at all for what was going to be an obvious question) s/be
“It has been tough—but Kate and I have a great deal of support and guidance, and there are so many families who go through this whose courage I find so inspiring. Doing meaningful work where I feel like I can give back has been the best way I’ve found to manage the stress.”
See? Not hard.
Ahhh, of course, the obligatory “I’m not racist” photo. Of course. Shave that hideous “beard” and find your own path, and stop obsessing over Harry and Meghan. What a loser.
Isn’t it appalling? You can see him literally trying to shrink away from any actual contact with the people on either side of him.
YES! That’s exactly what I was coming here to say. That last picture. Could he pull his arms any closer, tighter into himself. god forbid he should touch or even brush by anyone standing around him. What an asshat.
he still comes across like a lazy petulant man. He doesn’t want more responsibility, he’s irritated that businesses aren’t saying “of course your royal highness!!! We’ll get right on that!!”
The line about “pacing himself” – he did two-three events over a course of 4 days and now he needs to make sure he has time for his family too!!! Even though he just essentially admitted that he doesn’t live with his kids full time.
I do think its interesting that the press found him to be very relaxed this year and he’s like “oh no no no, I’m not relaxed at all.” one thing this man cannot do is hide his emotions, so if hes coming across as relaxed, I’m assuming he is.
It is no coincidence that he is looking for sympathy the week after a program exposes how he treats his tenants. They get to suffer in mouldy and unheated places but let’s feel bad for the rich prince who spent most of his time in public attending sport events.
The guy showed up once to see his wife in the hospital and did nothing to support his father. Let’s not fall for this mess.
Lol, we all wish that we could work at William’s “pace” – a couple of meetings, chatting , and phone calls a couple of fun sporting events and then that all important school run! Is it meant to be impressive? It sounds a lot like TFG’s white house logs that just showed “Very Important Phone Calls” for each day.
I’ll bet his tenants who are facing the coming winter in homes that are rated 1/100 for efficiency would not be impressed with his current pacing of himself.
As for seeming “relaxed” recently – he’s always been at his most tense and incandescent when he is forced to travel with his wife, so that tracks. But I would also add that there’s a thin line between “relaxed” and “indifferent”. Because he lives in his own little bubble with his own rules and no consequences and nobody has ever told him otherwise.
Whether or not this year is really his worst or not – that’s the kind of answer you give in the moment. He’s never been one to reflect or be introspective about himself, much less the trauma of losing his mother as a teenager. The death of his grandparents was probably awful, but not shocking- they were both in their 90’s. So I can believe him when he says this year has been the worst for him personally, because there are more expectations on him and more work for him. And we know how TOB feels about working!
I think the possible loss of his father and the dread of ascending to the throne has really taken a toll on him. Just look at him – he’s looked drawn, grey, and shaky all year.
He ought to listen to Charlotte. The beard is terrible.
I think it’s pretty insensitive to suggest he is lying about this being the hardest year of his life, his wife had cancer and he had to face the possibility of her dying and he knew how hard it would be on his children to lose their mother because he had lost his. Worrying about your children is an awful feeling, I went through a year long medical crisis and it was hell on my husband and thinking my children might grow up without me was absolutely gut wrenching.
He’s lying.
Maybe it was, maybe it wasn’t. A decent person would have centered the narrative around the people who actually were ill, or even how his children were affected, instead of making it all about himself.
Every year is the hardest year for William.
This is the most personal interview William has given in decades (which means that dispatches story must have actually rattled them!). Not sure why because the rota was never going to dig to deep into it , and Kate was always going to be trotted out to wave and smile at some point this month!
So much self pity. He was not the one who got sick
I can see how many voted for Trump because they don’t see when they are being played. William is looking for pity because he was exposed as a slum lord. Wake up people. Why didn’t he discuss this in September when kate confirmed she was cancer free. Why didn’t he step in for his father who was undergoing cancer treatment? The narcissism is unending with this man.
William’s a lightweight. Did the press even ask him about the Duchy Files? And I remember when Harry and Meghan spoke about their personal lives on a tour of South Africa, the press and royalists accused them of overshadowing the tour and being disrespectful to the people of South Africa.
Sounds about right
When someone dies who you’re close to, it’s still all about you.
When someone you’re close to is ill, it’s now all about them
He probably wishes it went the other way so it could be all about him again.
I remember the big Cheshire grins in the picture right after QEII died.
Oh poor little entitled, lazy, wealthy, white boy. How he suffers by his own hand. If he hadn’t been a racist pig the last few years wouldn’t have been so bad. Nevermind this year. We have all read the writing on the wall concerning hid wife’s “health problems”. I have zero empathy for this idiot. Can’t even come up with pity.
Even in a friendly interview, he gives bitter answers that don’t project strength or an appreciation of responsibility or privilege. He is the only person in British national life that could get away with this. Imagine another head of state or a politician or political appointee acting like this. Every answer is just filled with grievance.
Funny enough Celebitchy is the site that has given the most publicity to Slumlord Willys trip…
So it takes several days if not weeks to grow a beard (otherwise it’s just stubble) so for Charlotte to burst into tears at the sight of a beard (not just morning stubble) means she hadn’t seen him for quite some time. Ergo WanK are not actually living together.
THIS.
When I was 13 I got my long hair cut super short, and my three-year-old brother was totally freaked out by it and wouldn’t go near me for a day or two.
Had I gotten a half-inch off daily for a period of weeks? He’d never have noticed.
W does not live with those kids. Just like his dad moved to Highgrove and left Diana and their kids at KP, he’s ditched Kate and doesn’t live with them anymore. I’m convinced of it
remember when Meghan had one minute of humanity and sorrow in Africa? Oh never mind…
I do remember. Funny, isn’t it, how M was slammed for a comment to camera on how she was coping whilst W’s whine is saluted.
I’m sure the people living in his mold-infested houses had a great year in comparison. Also Charlotte is right, the beard is ugly enough to make a child cry.
So he kept the ugly beard. He should have listened to Charlotte
Just me personally – I haven’t commented on these posts about William and Kate because what’s going on is obviously bad (I do believe it is purely her health) and it makes me uneasy. William has always had a sort of prickly personality but a lot of it is understandable resentment from his circumstances (I remember him saying he felt really weird when the public grieved Diana because they didn’t know her). I know of all the things said about him here about Meghan and his mother’s memory etc but here I have to say I believe him and feel for him. He doesn’t often make these kinds of remarks so if he’s saying it publicly I think it’s true. I don’t think Charlotte crying means anything except the family was going through a stressful time and any change like that can be difficult for kids.
At the end of the day I know the rift between the brothers and William’s attitude towards Meghan has been rough but I don’t know what’s going on behind closed doors and really just wish the family well. Just me.
@C I agree. And he usually doesn’t make hardly any personal remarks. If he says it’s the hardest year of his life I don’t think he’s lying about that and I think what is going on with Kate’s health is probably a lot worse than they’re letting on
Kate is able to star in shampoo videos produced by a Wales p r person. . Where She And will stage pda. And likes the center of attention. William is not the one who got sick.
William made his brother and sister in law miserable. Trying to break them up
Where to begin with how bad this is?
Who are his comms people and do they actually want to destroy the monarchy?
1. Yes, it’s terrible to have your father and wife stricken with cancer—but he LITERALLY STOPPED WORKING when they got diagnosed! And they both had the best care money could buy and all of their other needs (child care, housekeeping, bill paying) taken care of by staff!!
How many other people with sick family members had to keep working, do double the load at home to keep the household afloat AND live in terror that they’d be wrecked financially by the treatment? DON’T F’ING COMPLAIN, DUDE. You have it better than 99% of people in this situation and your moaning is just going to highlight your privilege.
2. Speaking of moaning: So “never complain” is totally done with, huh? He’s such a fool. He could get so much more sympathy if he went the stoic route but no.
3. “Do I like more responsibility? No.” Who the eff says this!?! Esp. with a terrible rep for being lazy AND having taken almost a year off??? I CANNOT BELIEVE HARRY GOT LABELED THE DUMB BROTHER.
4. “I enjoy my work and I enjoy pacing myself and keeping sure that I have got time for my family too.” Just an absolute moron. And the “Charlotte cried when she saw my beard” is ABSOLUTELY a tell that he doesn’t see those kids very often (as someone observed above). If Harry had said a tenth of this it would be screaming headlines for weeks.
“Hard” has different meanings. People are interpreting “hardest” to mean most painful and traumatic, thus William was saying this year was more Painful than his mother dying. Which is unlikely.
But hard can also mean difficulty in doing something eg hard work. William may not have been actually working much, but hes had to be father to children whose mother may die. He’s been struggling under the stress and pressure of the prospect of being a lone parent and also the prospect of being King. For the first time in his life hes had to act like a grown up and be the responsible adult. Neither of which he wants to be. So in that sense, it may well have been the hardest year of his life.
Hard as in struggling to do your daily tasks. As in lifting a heavy Boulder. Not hard as in emotionally upsetting.
Difficult daily tasks like:
Keeping your stories straight.
Keeping the press at bay.
Juggling separate living arrangements while pretending nothing has changed.
Approaching taking the throne with whoever has Kompromat on him breathing down his neck.
Harry’s trial still pending with no out of court settlement.
Conveying a united front with your spouse when you can barely bear to stand next to her.
Giving anything proper attention when you’re so obsessed with your brother and his wife.
The weight of so many lies stacked up to cover the myriad of sinister/scandalous/embarrassing things William is hiding.
That all takes its toll.
Slumlord should be appended to his name at every opportunity hereonin.
Whoa! The group picture looks like he did want to touch anyone. I wonder why? 🤔 ⚫