Some interesting stuff has happened following Prince Harry’s surprise trip to Ukraine last week. Harry was in London for several days – reportedly Sunday (4/6) through Wednesday (4/9) to attend his two-day royal-protection hearing. After that, the British press and Buckingham Palace lost his trail and they likely assumed that he had flown back to California. Then, we learned that Harry had actually visited Ukraine, at the invitation of the Superhumans Center (a cutting-edge rehab facility). The Ukrainian government also welcomed Harry, providing him with security befitting a visiting VIP. He had meetings with Ukrainian officials and he received some lovely and meaningful gifts. The British media was FURIOUS and Buckingham Palace rushed to say that Harry made the trip without their knowledge. In the wake of the trip, Kensington Palace has been briefing the Daily Beast about William’s fury over Ukrainian officials referring to Harry and Meghan as “Your Royal Highness” and William’s plans to yank the Sussexes’ HRH-styles. We all knew what that was about, but the Mail finally spelled it out: William is sick with jealousy that HE isn’t allowed to go to Ukraine!
Prince Harry’s surprise arrival in Ukraine has reportedly frustrated his elder brother William and left him fuming at Palace officials who denied him a similar trip. The Duke of Sussex met dozens of wounded soldiers in the Ukrainian city of Lviv last Thursday. That saw Harry facing accusations of hypocrisy after braving the fraught conditions, having previously claimed he and his family could not be safe in the UK without taxpayer-funded police bodyguards. And security concerns are reported to have stymied William’s hopes of making his own visit to Ukraine as it fends against the three-year Russian invasion.
The Prince of Wales is said to have voiced his frustration to Kensington Palace staff who urged him against arriving in the war-torn nation. William did pay a visit last month to Estonia, one of Ukraine’s neighbours, where he donned combat gear and a beret when greeting troops at a Nato base.
But the Mail reported today how Palace sources pointed out William’s ‘long-hoped’ keenness to visit Ukraine – and that he was ‘rankled’ by Harry’s appearance there. William, meanwhile, last week travelled to France’s capital to watch his football club Aston Villa play Paris St Germain in the Champions League.
Security officials are said to have ‘firmly rejected’ the prospect of William visiting Ukraine, which has been suffering since Russia’s invasion in February 2022.
A royal aide said the prince was delighted to be ‘getting his hands dirty’ [during William’s trip to Estonia], adding the visit was ‘about the Prince of Wales showing his support to Estonia as it manages its proximity to Russia while hosting NATO troops and welcoming Ukrainian refuges’. But it has been reported that advice towards him was that it would be ‘too dangerous’ for William to go to Ukraine.
Harry left the UK secretly, and without informing Buckingham Palace, early last Thursday and was understood to have landed at an unnamed airport in Poland. He was given a police escort to and from the Polish border and former Ukrainian military personnel accompanied him to the Superhumans rehabilitation centre in Lviv where he met adults and children who have been injured since war broke out in 2022. Harry is now the most senior royal to visit Ukraine but is not believed to have informed Buckingham Palace in advance of his trip.
This is how they’re trying (and failing) to position the brothers: Harry could visit Ukraine because he’s not important and he’s a hypocrite for wanting security, whereas William is too important to travel to a warzone and his security would have been an issue, because he’s so important! Nevermind that every other briefing from Kensington Palace is about how William is his “own man” and “doing things his way” and “you can’t dictate to William!” Then when it comes time to man up and visit a warzone, suddenly William dutifully listens to all of his gold-standard advisors, who confirm that, yes sir, you’re way too important to ever visit Ukraine!
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Cover Images, Superhumans Center’s IG, Meghan’s IG.
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- TALLINN, ESTONIA – MARCH 21: Prince William, Prince of Wales attends some field training after the official handover ceremony between The Royal Dragoon Guards and the Mercian Regiment to highlight a transfer of authority at Tapa camp on March 21, 2025 in Tallinn, Estonia. During The Prince of Wales visit to Estonia he will meet with the Mercian Regiment, support NATO’s eastern flank, and explore Estonia’s response to the Ukraine conflict and advancements in renewable energy and technology.,Image: 977764159, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: *** NO UK USE FOR 48 HRS ***, Model Release: no, Credit line: Chris Jackson/Avalon
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- TALLINN, ESTONIA – MARCH 21: Prince William, Prince of Wales laughs during some field training after the official handover ceremony between The Royal Dragoon Guards and the Mercian Regiment to highlight a transfer of authority at Tapa camp on March 21, 2025 in Tallinn, Estonia. During The Prince of Wales visit to Estonia he will meet with the Mercian Regiment, support NATO’s eastern flank, and explore Estonia’s response to the Ukraine conflict and advancements in renewable energy and technology.,Image: 977764163, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: *** NO UK USE FOR 48 HRS ***, Model Release: no, Credit line: Chris Jackson/Avalon
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- The Prince of Wales takes part in basketball drills with Ukrainian students during a visit to The Freedom School in Tallinn, which was founded by the Ministry of Education and Research of Estonia in May 2022 to respond to the war in Ukraine, on the first day of his visit to Estonia Featuring: Prince William Where: Tallinn, Estonia When: 20 Mar 2025 Credit: Ian Vogler/PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- The Prince of Wales arrives to meet Estonian troops at Tapa Camp and thank them for their support they have provided to the British army in Estonia on the second day of his visit to Estonia Featuring: William, Prince of Wales Where: Tapa, Estonia When: 21 Mar 2025 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- The Prince of Wales, Colonel-in-Chief, Mercian Regiment attends a handover ceremony between the Royal Dragoon Guards and the Mercian Regiment to highlight a transfer of authority at Tapa Camp. on the second day of his visit to Estonia Featuring: William, Prince of Wales Where: Tapa, Estonia When: 21 Mar 2025 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- The Prince of Wales (left), Colonel-in-Chief, Mercian Regiment during his visit to the training area at Tapa Camp, to hear how the Mercians are using different weapon systems and learning new training and operating techniques on the second day of his visit to Estonia Featuring: William, Prince of Wales Where: Tapa, Estonia When: 21 Mar 2025 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- The Prince of Wales, Colonel-in-Chief, Mercian Regiment, playing table football with soldiers as he visits the the Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes (NAAFI) shop and canteen at Tapa Camp on the second day of his visit to Estonia Featuring: William, Prince of Wales Where: Tapa, Estonia When: 21 Mar 2025 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
When is this overprivlaged lazy man child ever not angry, fuming, or incandescent with rage when dealing with any thing? He’s going to stroke out before mid 40’s at the rate he’s going.
What do you expect from the son when the father loses his mind over leaky pens and refuses to put toothpaste on his own toothbrush? The world is on fire, yet this family is fixated on clothes, titles and jewels. Deep thinkers, they are not.
Calling it – Willy is pissed off no one in Ukraine sent him an Easter basket!
The man is a mental toddler, rage-sh*tting all over the palace furnishings.
The pattern I’ve figured out over the years since H & M left the RF is this: the more successful H & M projects are, the more toxic & deranged & bizarre the UK media stories are. I guess it should be obvious, duh…But now it seems that the press are screaming into the void! They must be dreadfully hoarse by now. The trouble is W & K just won’t show up & do some substantial work, so the UK press can brag about it. Sigh….so sad. A walk in nature & football matches isn’t going to cut it in comparison.
Did the people in Estonia get their fridge. For Harry to feel safer in the Ukraine rather than in Britain is something for the British government to be ashamed of.
Fridge man never delivers.
I’ve been wondering about the fridge lol.
If he actually had sent the fridge, I’m sure we would have heard about it.
Maybe as soon as he’s back from vacation we’ll get an update abut the fridge lol.
Don’t you know you’re not supposed to ask follow-up questions about the left-behind royals delivering on their promises?
Let him fume. He is so annoying.
“Donning combat gear and a beret”
Pure cattiness. I am here for it.
They really don’t like him do they? Must hate that they are losing clicks with no one allowed to discuss the interesting things he actually does – tending roses and whatnot.
Willy in an actual war zone would p*ss himself the man is a bully and a coward like all abusers, hiding behind the courtiers as an excuse for not going just highlights it.
Surprised he didn’t asked to be photographed in a helicopter
It was catty. The whole article was Harry was in Ukraine. And William went to a FB game. But only bc the v important widdle William wasn’t allowed. Despite his super keenness.
@CJ came here to comment just this. They’re taking the piss out of him aren’t they!
Yeah that cracked me up, as did the reminder that William went to a football match while Harry traveled to Ukraine.
And then while they’re trying to make Harry sound like a hypocrite on the security issues, they describe his security detail while in Ukraine which is also shady to me because its letting the reader know that Ukraine provided what the UK won’t.
Yep, I think so too. I didn’t come away from it as seeing Harry as a hypocrite but as Ukraine treating him better than his home country. I’m not sure if I’m just inclined to read it that way though. But it felt that way.
Dresses up in combat gear to play soldier and see how his brother was feeling when he had the guts to fight twice front line for his country (Apache commander in Afghanistan) and visit Ukraine to comfort his wounded mates-in-arms. A man’s man while Willy Nilly feigns anger at not being allowed to go to Ukraine but is described by his buddy PR team as strong and his own man. Bah! Humbug! Spends spare time polishing his self-awarded medals just for being born a royal.
William’s just such a putz.
The fact that, when reminded that Ukraine is still at war with Russia, all William can think about is that HE wanted to go there first! How is that a grown man? I was suddenly reminded of the video of Diana when Harry and William were kids. It seemed that William only became interested in something (puppy maybe) when he saw Harry with it. There was also the video of Diana asking William repeatedly to go back inside and he said no. Then, like a mother, Diana said, “Okay, Harry will have all the fun, then,” and suddenly, William was ALL ABOUT going inside. He yelled out “No!” The thing is that behavior like that is okay for a child, but in a grown man? Get help, William.
Is “keenness” always their sarcastic go-to? Both W & K are always super keen to do work… at some point. Eventually. Maybe. They’re keen to learn first. Does soccer/tennis count?
My thoughts are that Kate has gone the way of Diana and Fergie – hating Royal life handcuffed in a gilded cage of strict protocol and is trying to avoid meeting aristocrats that see anyone from a working-class background like Kate’s coal mining ancestors as ‘not one of us’. This superior snob culture in the UK is embedded in breeding and cannot be learnt. The succession of W&K is essential to the obscenely rich and privileged royal family so she holds the cards in her marriage and is calling the shots. Hence their duties now are becoming low key to meet Kate’s comfort zone.
I’m going to guess that one of William’s first engagements after his return from vacation is going to be a military one.
lol he won’t be able to stop himself.
I mean, the only things he does are sports, booze, Savior of the Planet Eco-Nonsense, Really Important This Prince Was Chosen By GOD HIMSELF Medieval Monarchy Nonsense (none of the boring day to day things, peasants!), and fluff pieces with the British military as window-dressing and backdrop. The Family Man Nonsense never really exists by itself, it’s just used as a flavoring for the other five categories.
Of those five categories, sports and booze are tied for first, Savior of the Planet and military fluff pieces are well behind by a LONG ways and tied for second, and Medieval Monarchy Nonsense is dead last. Since sports and booze are two categories that would not make him look good here they are discounted, and considering how big the gap is between second and third place that basically means that it’s a 50-50 shot for military fluff piece.
I really hope William does go to Ukraine. They can use all the attention they can get. #SlavaUkraine
The problem is that, if he went, he would only be there to “listen and learn” while wearing military gear and maybe trying to take credit for Harry’s contribution to rehab of wounded servicemen/women all while emphasizing what a lazy, backstabbing void, he himself is.
He would also arrive empty-handed as usual.
He would do all that, and that would be a huge liability for Ukraine. So now I get the sense that the foreign office is saying “It’s too dangerous” (and sends him to a non-border country) but really *W* is way too dangerous and cannot be trusted.
It’s a challenge to express how completely absurdly ridiculous Billy looks in his play acting army Halloween outfit. It’s also insulting.
Could he BE wearing any more stuff? And as always, the “beard” is an affront to all sentient beings.
And yet Joe Biden was able to visit Kyiv in February 2023. Air raid sirens went off while he and Zelensky walked in public.
And Sophie visited the country as well.
Wonder why they don’t want Wm to go
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He’ll be like Louis XIV with the entire entourage of the rats to take photos of everything he does if he sets foot in Ukraine.
Because the alternative is an eleven year old child. Just shows how stupid the system of choosing a head of state in Britain is.
Also, if George ends up being a minor King then the Regent would have to be Harry, and I am pretty sure that alone would keep William from abdicating while George is under 18. No way he’d give it up and allow HARRY to officially act as monarch, EVER.
Although the regency act of 1937 requires the Regent be domiciled in the UK, so it might have to skip over Harry and land on…Andrew. And NOBODY wants that.
I would not be able to stop laughing my ass off if Andrew became regent.
You think he’d be embarrassed to wear all that, especially before actual NATO personnel.
I love this for William 🥰
William should listen to advice every once in a while. His grandmother had a high-level Soviet spy in her household. The royal family and their staff are leaky as all get out, and at one point William was rumored to have a Russian mistress. They probably literally cannot guarantee that William could make a safe visit to Ukraine and that is just the hard truth.
ML, I think you’re correct. I doubt he would be able to go ANYWHERE without Russia knowing in advance. Ukraine would be a really poor choice.
UKRAINE IS MINE HAROLD M-I-N-E
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Russia is HIS! They can have him!!!
@KittenMom 🤣🤣
Well look Willie, you’re a puppet. Just continue watching football games and posting on online forums. That’s where your “talent” lies.
Let real adults, like your brother, deal with real issues.
Must suck to know most non-British government officials prefer to deal with and protect Harry rather than spend time babysitting you 😂
You’re no global statesman.
This x 1000!
Of course he responds with pettiness – you can just imagine him screeching “Ukraine and veterans are MINE, Harold!”
He doesn’t care about Ukraine, he cares that Harry’s trip makes his little soldier cosplay in Estonia look silly and small. And that’s not a knock on those serving there, btw. It’s entirely about how TOB looked like a clueless tourist. He’s a charisma vacuum wearing a beret.
That is exactly how he looks on the majority of his engagements.. “ looked like a clueless tourist” is the perfect description for him.
Hasn’t he, in the past, bragged about not reading his briefing notes to prepare himself for an engagement? I could see the same attitude from him if he went to Ukraine. He’s a disaster waiting to happen if they let him loose in an unpredictably active war zone IMO.
Exactly. William want to APPEAR like a strong military leader but Harry IS a strong military leader. And no amount of photo ops Willy sets up will ever change that fact.
The most impressive thing Billy Idle ever did in the military was landing a helo on the Middleton’s lawn.
A feat which, had he not been a prince of the realm, would have caused his arse to be chucked out, his military career abruptly canned.
Given the stories that trickled out about Billy being almost universally hated by those with the misfortune to serve alongside him, yeah, I can see why the palace hobgoblins don’t think he’d survive a Ukraine trip.
Oh yes! Peg is so important to the future of civilization! He will make pledges! He will watch football! We must guard this man with everything we have!
This is BS. Willy is a COWARD. The royal family stayed in London during WWII while their asses were getting BOMBED repeatedly. His granny joined the military at 18. And his brother went to a war zone TWICE.
Willy isn’t visiting the Ukraine because he’s too scared to.
Completely agree.
If Harry had not visited Ukraine we would never hear that William wanted to go.
Estonia is 1,000 miles away from Ukraine. not what I’d call a neighbor, but whatever. Actually, I don’t see a problem with not allowing William to go to Ukraine – Charles could pop off any minute. But this pouting is so performative – he’d pee his pants if he went into a war zone. If he wants to do something for Ukraine how about visiting the refugees in the UK again – and this time bringing more than a smile and eight brownies.
Haha I literally pulled up google maps when I read that because I was like…..wait, they’re not neighbors…..are they? No, no they are not. DM has me doubting my eastern European geography knowledge lol.
I mean they’re both in Europe if that’s what the DM meant.
The article repeats the palace didn’t know, he didn’t coordinate with the palace, he didn’t inform the palace yadda yadda Why do they keep emphasizing that? Who are they writing this for, what audience?
Well, it must look strange to the public that the “disgraced” son is visiting a war zone, while the next King is visiting football games. So they create a narrative that Harry’s trip wasn’t sanctioned, wasn’t official and he’s still estranged – and William was eager to go, but he’s too valuable to the nation to be endangered.
And really, Harry had a specific purpose for his trip – William has no reason to go to Ukraine, except that his brother did it.
@Eurydice, “strange” is one way to describe it…I might go with “humiliating” instead 🙃 William is such a useless lightweight in every possible way.
@Lorelei – I actually said the narrative was Harry is “estranged.” But yeah, William should feel humiliated – and maybe he does. Most of his feelings seem to be expressed in anger and shifting the blame on others.
Ok these comments make a lot of sense. Factually the trip wasn’t sanctioned, it wasn’t official. I wonder if they would have made such a fuss if William hadn’t travelled so recently and for a game. The comparison is humiliating. Oh well.
It’s always been about control with Harry. Controlling Harry is the basis of the whole UK security mess. The rota has to pretend Harry living public life independent of The Firm is a bad thing (even though they need Harry badly because the rest of the lot are either lazy or duds or lazy duds) and feed the men in grey’s delusions that they should be in control of Harry.
It’s a great question. C/W and/or the courtiers are really offended – or, the courtiers are trying to explain why they didn’t leak/stop it. They really hate how much they can’t control him anymore.
It makes the palaces look really awful, of course, so that makes me think their audience is only those who think controlling Harry is their birthright.
When the palaces don’t know, everyone’s safe. When they do know, they leak and H is in danger (all the way back to his Afghanistan days…it was W, probably, that wanted it leaked back then too, right?).
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Fuming is his best activity. He didn’t want to go that’s just a crock of shit. He is just fuming because his brother is a better human than he will ever be!! The global statesman makes promises he doesn’t keep. He didn’t bring peace to the Middle East and he hasn’t ended homelessness and that refrigerator doesn’t seem to have been sent.
Did you catch the comment about getting his hands dirty in Estonia? 1. He didn’t, he cosplayed! 2. Estonia is not at war so there’s no need to “get his hands dirty”. 3. It sounds a bit like a bit of a dig at countries in that area.
This is really the tale of two brothers. One (Willi) a wannabee world statement, flying to France for a football match, turning up on TV as a football pundit. The other one (Harry) a real statement, turning up in court fighting for security for his family and then traveling to Ukraine to support injured soldiers.
Willi had a really bad day in the office last Friday with Harry on several front-pages with his visit to Ukraine and Willi himself on the front page of the Mirror hailing him as a football pundit. that must have hurt.
However there are many high profile people including UK prime ministers, his aunt Sophie, EU commissioners able to slip in and out of Ukraine to show their support. I am not sure why Willi cannot do that.
‘Cause he’s got the kids that weekend and Kate is sooo sick, don’t you now? Really, I think he’s just really afraid to go into an active war zone and is conveniently hiding behind/ blaming the courtiers so he can stay safe in order not to miss the next soccer game!
Remember way back when other royals were donating to Ukraine and Will said he could only “offer words and the odd smile here and there” to Ukraine? Funny, how did he change his tune?
Now be fair. Didn’t they bring 6 granola bars too?
Probably ate four of them before they left.
If we work on the principle that monarchy matters (it doesn’t, sure we’d have to re-work a bunch of constitutional stuff but that’s doable), then sure it makes sense to keep the adult heir away from a war zone.
But as for “where he donned combat gear and a beret” all I have is hahahahahahaha. All he does is dress up, he’s utterly useless.
I do like that under the guise of bashing Harry there are also plenty of digs at William in this article.
That beard is really doing him no favour. It ages him hard.
Iirc, Harry applied for security through RAVEC for the time he would be in the UK for his court case. And was denied. So once that happened, why would he need to inform anyone when he was leaving the country. Much less where he was going after. But we do know that he left for a place that would provide him actual security unlike his home country.
If they didn’t have to supply security for him when he was going to appear in court why would they supply security for anything. And to make matters worse the dates of the hearing were published.
Why would they supply security for anything? Well exactly. Unless he is invited at the specific request of the king for his fancy hat party or something, he’s not getting security seems to be the message.
Spot on Jais and Sunnysideup 👌
I love how the courtiers are perseverating on Harry not telling BP about anything, when he left, where he went after and where he went after the after (UK to Poland to Ukraine). It’s just so hilarious, they refuse to admit they have NO control over the Sussexes and I love when it’s shoved in their faces.
Let’s just take this ridiculous article at face value for a moment, just for funsies.
I have two questions:
1) Has William been invited to visit Ukraine? By anyone? Harry was invited, twice, to visit the Superhumans Center. He has an actual connection to the work being done there, and as a veteran, to the citizens fighting to protect their homes. William has … a connection to football, I guess.
2) Would it be “safe” enough for BillyIdle to visit Ukraine if he did so privately, without taking a camera crew along to film him being a Globally Big StatesBoy, and without informing the press until after he’s left the country, like Harry did? I bet the answer to this one is yes, and he won’t do it that way.
Good lord these people are exhausting.
Why are the British taxpayers footing the bill for these useless, grifting billionaires again? 🤔😒
Harry is the real star of the RF, that is probably William’s real problem with him.
Also I wondered about who are those palace officials that he’s fuming at? Are they from BP or his own at KP? Who was that guy that was appointed to William last year that has a background of diplomacy or something? Is he still around? Is that who said no? It’s just vague.
Who are these officials? I think they are nobody! William, apart from being a terrible lazy bum, is an even bigger coward. I don’t know if the problem is that Harry went there first, I mean, too, but above all, that he went at all, because once again William made a fool of himself by dressing up as a soldier in Estonia and pretending to be a war veteran, after charging tanks into enemy trenches (that was the message), and all this during the exercises of the unit that transported him a long way in a tank for a photo session, mind you – 2000 km from Ukraine, which didn’t stop them from writing about William on the front:)))
I can imagine how that conversation went in the palace.
“You must understand, your highness, that you’re far too important to visit a war zone. And, look, if you go to Estonia, we’ll let you wear combat gear and a beret! You’ll look so much more manly than Harry ever has!”
I’m guessing they do have to couch a lot of their discussions in flattery.
And the person speaking those words would promptly choke on his tongue while struggling to keep from laughing. Reeaally, sir you will look super hot! So much more than your brother.
They act so surprised that Harry didn’t inform BP of his whereabouts and travel plans. Why tell your potential assassin where to find you? Especially after the hit they put on his mother.
Willie have his heir and spare. He could be easily replaced. Beside his children, there are about 10 others adult royals who can replace him. He is not essential nor that important. This is a bogus excuse to explain his laziness. The other factor is the invitations Harry receive from many countries. Willie at best is mostly limited to his patronages or international event (death, wedding…) the king does not want to attend or is too sick to. This suggest, invitation to William are minimal even non existent.
William going to Ukraine would not play well with the orange Putin puppet in the WH so that’s not likely to happen. Gotta get that U.K./USA trade deal.
I don’t think William ever gave so much as a THOUGHT of visiting Ukraine until he saw that Harry had been there. He is probably pissed because it was proposed by the government and he refused, and the compromise was that he would put on combat gear and do a photo op in another country while pretending to care about the Russian assault on Ukraine. Has he sent that refrigerator which he promised to the troops as yet?
This article (much like the ones which screeched outrage about Lilibet’s name) suggests that William is angry that he didn’t think of it first. Nothing more. The rest is just the usual British media hackery, trying to puff up the lazy git.
Harry went (yet again) to an actual warzone and didn’t need to play dress-up to make a significant impression on the people he visited and the wider world. Imagine that.
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Even if it were true, which it isn’t, because William is simply a coward, and an idiot at that, no one told William to make himself out to be a war hero “attacking enemy trenches with tanks” during exercises on a training ground almost 2,000 km from Ukraine and 80 km from the Scandinavian peninsula.
Someone really needs to explain to William the difference between training exercises and an actual battlefield. He would lose it if he was in an actual war zone! Move aside, little boy! Harry is the true proven leader and warrior in that family not this petty, lazy pretender!
Willie reminds me of Trump more and more. Another pathetic narcissistic toddler. If any of the Windsors are reflective they might be shaking their heads and distancing themselves. I would .
If William actually gave a crap about Ukraine, he could only be happy or at least indifferent about Harry visiting there to bring it attention. The only possible reason for him to be outraged at Harry going there (at their invitation!) is because you view the entire thing as merely a PR competition. This is so glaringly obvious that I can’t believe the palace allowed such a briefing to get published. It’s embarrassing for the monarchy as a whole. Not an ounce of grace in any of these left-behinds.
I don’t think that William is fuming because he can’t go to Ukraine, I think he realizes that his brother going makes him look lazy and useless … which he is.
It must suck for TOB to have it rubbed in his face that his little brother is the better man. And maybe beyond Wilbur’s self-importance, vanity, bullying, pettiness, rage, violence, laziness and self-delusion, Wilbert really knows this, deep-down. He is a ridiculous and sad man and so unlikable. It would crush him to know what the world really thinks of him. He reminds me of TLC’s song, “No Scrubs,” as in they don’t want any. Willy is a scrub when all the masks are removed and we stand naked as who we really are. He is the emperor with no clothes, this silly, hurtful man.
Dozens of government officals and dignitaries in the UK (Sophie!!!!!), USA, European countries, and Commonwealth have visited Ukraine since the Russian invasion, including Joe Biden while he was POTUS. If Willy isn’t going and isn’t just slagging off and pretending he wants to go to appear bigly, he isn’t being allowed to go because it known within the UK government thar he is compromised by Russian and/or the UK government is afraid he will make an ass out of himself and cause an international incident. Willy is such a jealous pompous little dipshit.
So Harry went to Ukraine and the royals weren’t informed. Why should they be informed? They effectively kicked Harry out of the family so how is it any of their business where he goes or what he does? Am I missing something here?
William has to play dress up and pose as a real soldier, which I would think some Estonians who are real soldiers might find an insult. Whereas, in the Ukraine, Harry, who has served a long time, comes in civilian dress.
Also, this excerpt: “Palace sources pointed out William’s ‘long-hoped’ keenness to visit Ukraine – and that he was ‘rankled’ by Harry’s appearance there. William, meanwhile, last week travelled to France’s capital to watch his football club Aston Villa play Paris St Germain in the Champions League.” I found that hysterical. And surprised it was from the Daily Mail. This is really quite funny. Did they mean it that way? Willy couldn’t go to the Ukraine, but he wanted to. But, hey, he went to France for a football game. That’s priceless.
One word: Lightweight! Harry is the Man! He is brave, determined and the real deal! William is a pathetic pretender.