King Charles Frustrated With William? New Reports Claim Tension Behind Palace Walls

0:00 Ah Calorogus Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Palace Intrigue. I am your host, Mark Francis. Page six reports suggests that while public attention often focuses on the rift between King Charles and Prince Harry, the relationship between the King and Prince William is not without its own tensions. Royal biographer Hugo Vickers told page six the problem with William is that he thinks he knows best. Royal author Robert Jobson struck a more measured tone, saying, there have been differences of opinion and a few problems a couple of years back. William has to rise above it all if he is going to be king, and both he and Charles know they have to work together. Jobson added that despite what he described as eternal battles, the King and his heir remain in regular contact. They meet regularly and they converse. There is no major problem. I'm sure William is not in any way going to reconcile with Harry.

1:01 He's made his position pretty clear. They have different paths. According to Woman's Day, William would insist on a legally binding agreement before agreeing to meet privately with his younger brother. An unnamed source told the publication, Harry might have charmed his way with his father, but it's going to take a lot more than a few feeble gestures to convince William to give him another chance. The source claimed that William and Catherine still feel the hurt and humiliation caused by Harry and Meghan's public criticism of the royal family, including the couple's interview with Oprah and Harry's memoir. According to the report, William believes a legally binding contract is the only language the Sussexes will understand. One unnamed source told Radar Online, there is a growing sense that the King feels the weight of the institution resting largely on his shoulders, particularly when he looks at how busy his own schedule has been compared with his heirs. He is acutely conscious that he is still undertaking a substantial number of engagements while dealing with a serious illness, and that contrast has begun to grate. Behind the scenes, Charles genuinely appreciates William's desire to be a very present, hands on father.

2:19 He knows that comes from a sincere place. At the same time, he cannot entirely shake the feeling that this carefully crafted image inevitably invites comparisons with his own past, and that those comparisons do not always fall in his favor. That touches on all sensitivities about the kind of parent he was able to be while balancing his duty in personal life. From the King's perspective, there is a delicate balance to strike between updating the role for a modern error and appearing to step back from the responsibilities that give the monarchy its purpose, whether he sees that he is pushing through a demanding program of work even as he manages treatment and recovery. While Williams's public commitments sometimes look relatively light, it becomes more than just a scheduling issue.

3:09 It starts to feel like a source of real tension. Royal biographer Teina Brown has made a similar argument, suggesting that Charles may currently be more irritated with William than Prince Harry. Brown said, the King is, i am told, currently less irritated with the prodigal Harry than he is with his eldest son and heir. Somehow, William's parenting dedication always seems couched as a tacit criticism of the king's own paternal deficiencies, and after five confirmed family vacations in the past seven months, William's first week back diary pulsated with two outings, a father daughter excursion to Women's Rugby World Cup pool match and a stroll through the Natural History Museum's new gardens. Charles, despite his battle with cancer, has carried out official engagements on one hundred and seventy five days during the past twelve months. At last, Prince Harry has got it right, which is bad news for the Prince of Wales. After five years of exuding colera and wrath and spouting therapeutic gibberish, the ginger Winder finally realized that all the royals have to do to win public enthusiasm is zip around the UK and smile. Harry's own reset, a positivity campaign he hopes will endear him to his still estranged father and a negative British public, came with a new unexpected gambit, a contribution from his own bank account of one point one million pounds to

4:42 the Children in Need Project. It can only unleashed for William the uneasy question of what exactly the forty three year old Prince of Wales is doing with the twenty three million pounds a year. King Charles is reportedly encouraging William and Kate to consider follow showing his lead and take steps toward easing tentions with Harry and Meghan. According to Heat magazine, Charles was encouraged by Harry's recent visit to Birmingham Children's Hospital, where the Duke of Sussex referred to Prince William as my brother while chatting with a young Aston Villa supporter. The King is also said to have been moved by Harry's appearance on the Joe Marler Will See You Now podcast, where the Duke recalled Princess Diana embracing both of her sons after difficult days. An unnamed source said the King just isn't prepared to accept that William and Harry may never repair their relationship. The report claims Charles believes both brothers share responsibility for the breakdown and hopes each will make an effort to rebuild trust.

5:47 The source also said Charles is not trying to force an immediate reunion, but is instead waiting for the right opportunity to encourage meaningful conversations. The King reportedly hopes William and Harry can let go of some of the bad blood, not only for his sake, but also for the benefit of the next generation of the family. An unnamed source told heat World, Kate can't help but be terribly worried for Harry. She sees someone who's broken and angry and carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders, so of course a big part of her feels called to reach out and offer him some support, and the fact that she can't offer any words of wisdom is very difficult. However, the report claims William has made it clear that he would not support any attempt by Kate to contact his younger brother. According to the source, she has to think of her husband first, and he's been very clear that under no circumstances will he accept her extending any sort of olive branch to his brother. The source alleged William believes any private communication would be seized upon an leverage in some way by Harry and Meghan, adding it would totally undermine his position. He managed to swerve Harry and Meghan completely when they were in town, and he is quite pleased with himself for showing that restraint, the source said, but he's still very bitter about the fact that they managed to worm their way into a visit with the King, and the last thing he needs is Kate making it seem as though all was forgiven when it absolutely isn't.

7:16 Kate has caught between a rock and a hard place because at the end of the day, Harry is still her brother in law and someone she really cares about. The reality is she has to side with him. He's her partner in life and she simply would never go against his wishes. Kate revealed that she temporarily lost the ability to concentrate on reading and instead found comfort in coloring. The comments were made during Kate's visit to the Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester in June, where she met patients taking part in art therapy sessions. Video from the engagement has recently resurfaced online. Speaking with patients, Kate reflected on her own experience during treatment. I don't know about you, but I didn't really have the ability to reach or focus on anything. Actually, coloring was my way of exploring interesting things and being able to do something that didn't require an end product or an end finished peace. But actually just a way of playing and losing yourself, and lots of thoughts came up in that process. You need to support yourself alongside all the things you can't control.

8:21 Your body changes so much, not just physically emotionally, but the deeper side of ourselves. It puts so much in perspective and you hold on to what's important. Her comments have drawn attention to what many cancer patients describe as chemo brain, the common side effect of cancer and its treatment that can affect concentration, memory and focus or palace in just a moment. A longtime friend of Prince William and Catherine, Princess of Wales was married in the Scottish Highlands, bringing renewed attention to the woman once dubbed the couple's decoy during their university years. Bryanny Daniels announced her marriage to Adair Williams, the Duke of Sutherland, by sharing photographs from their Highland wedding on social media. The images show the newlyweds celebrating beside a classic land Rover before driving away together after the ceremony. Briyanny wore a gold Amelia Wicksted gown with a traditional white veil and one of her dogs joined the wedding party at Strathfike Lodge in the Scottish Highlands. Brianny became known to royal watchers during her time at the University of Saint Andrews, where she studied alongside William and Catherine between two thousand and one and five. Because she was frequently seen with the future king, she was the subject of media speculation before it later emerged that her public appearance with William helped divert attention from his developing relationship with Catherine. Like Catherine, Bryany also

9:51 took part in the university's famous charity fashion show. She remained a close friend of the couple and was among the guests of their wedding at Westminster Abbey in twenty eleven. And there I haven't If you'd like to email us our addresses the Palasintrigue at gmail dot com. If you're listening on Spotify, you can leave us a comment. If you're listening on Apple, hit that button up there that says listen uninterrupted and you can get this show, along with thousands of other episodes from Calaruga Shark Media, for just five bucks a month. And we truly really appreciate any support you give us. I'm Mike Francis. My thanks to John McDermott. This says Palace intrigue got tenas