Aug. 17, 2026

Prince William Branded ‘Cold’ as Brotherly Spying Claims Erupt and George Prepares for Eton

Prince William Branded ‘Cold’ as Brotherly Spying Claims Erupt and George Prepares for Eton

A commentator describes Prince William as “quite cold,” while a new report claims William and Harry are quietly keeping tabs on each other through courtiers and mutual friends. Plus, Prince George prepares to begin at Eton under new privacy protections, William’s refusal to wear a kilt comes under fresh scrutiny, a former royal chef says King Charles has been vindicated over his environmental views, Sandringham unveils its restored Victorian Water Tower, and two Lancashire children see their letter to the King displayed inside Buckingham Palace.















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Ah Calorogu Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Palace Intrigue.

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I am your host, Mark Francis. Prince William has been

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described as quite cold by Daily Mail show business editor

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Nicole Lampert. She made the comments during an appearance on

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Kinsey Schofield's Unfiltered podcast, as the pair discussed the very

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different ways William and Harry handled public life. Schofield praised

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William and Princess Catherine for maintaining boundaries around their private

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lives rather than sharing every detail with the public. Lampet

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praised Catherine in particular, but suggested William could show another

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side of himself more often. She said, William seems to

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be quite cold, so maybe we want him to be

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a bit warmer. Lampet contrasted that with Harry's recent public appearances, saying,

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I think when Harry was in the UK recently we

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saw him preparing for the Invictus Games and joking around

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with people. We missed that joviality in the Royal familyssessment

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did not go over particularly well with some Royal watchers.

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One commenter wrote, William is not cold at all. He

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plays it well, hugs at the right time and then

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becomes professional when he has to be. Prince William and

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Prince Harry may still not be speaking directly, but a

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report claims the brothers remain extremely interested in what the

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other one is doing. The National Examiner's unnamed source claims

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they both have people in each other's respective worlds. William

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wants to know exactly what is being said between his

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father and Harry, what's being promised, and anything else that

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might have a bearing on his own situation. He can't

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ask the King, so he's having to rely on the courtiers.

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He's pumping all their mutual friends for info too. He

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always wants to know the latest about his brother and

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sister in law. But according to the report, Harry is

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doing essentially the same thing from the other side of

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the Atlantic. The source said it's very awkward because no

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one wants to upset him. It's also putting loads of

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people in the middle because Harry is doing the same thing.

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The source claimed. The Duke of Sussex wants to know

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exactly what's being said about him and may and just

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how far the dagger is going into his back. Neither

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William or Harry will admit it, but there's no doubt

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they're spying on each other. Prince George will attend Eaton

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College beginning in September, following in the footsteps of his father,

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Prince William, and the school is already preparing for the

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additional attention that comes with having a future king among

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its students. Hello reports that no photography science have been

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placed outside Eton, remaining members of the public and the

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media not to photograph pupils on school grounds. When William

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arrived at Eton in nineteen ninety five, the royal family

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and the press eventually reached an arrangement allowing occasional organized

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photographs in exchange for William being left alone during his

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everyday school life. A similar approach could potentially be used

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for George. Williams said that one of the things he

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valued about Eaton was the opportunity to be treated as

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just another student. In the news dot co dot Au

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Daniela also took a look at William's unwillingness to wear kilts.

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She writes, the last time that he was photographed wearing

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a kilt was in nineteen ninety aged eight, and in

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that rare sighting the week Chap looked like iron fisted

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nanny must have forcibly zipped him into it. The man

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clearly does not want to wear one, no matter the

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political repercussions. It would be very tempting to spend the

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next five hundred words decoding William's obstinate refusal pathological knee

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shyness maybe, but I'll nobly refrain and focus on the

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bigger picture. His obstinate refusal to put on traditional dress

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is not any kind of weird, but bigger picture speaks

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volumes about William's approach to much of royal life these days,

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which comes down to yeh nah, he will do the

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bits of royal in his fancies and boot sucks to

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the rest of it. He clearly does not want to

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wear a kilt, so does not, nor does he now

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attend the Chelsea Flower show Lord hundreds of meat and potatoes,

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working engagements of opening you diesel pumping plants, or do

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these sorts of extended overseas tours that the Foreign Office

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must be chumping at the bit for he and Kate,

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the Princess of Wales, to get on with. The couple

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has not undertaken a joint international tour since March twenty

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twenty two, when their Caribbean visit skittered off course and

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became all about race power and the ghosts of slavery

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and republicanism. Even footage of Kate eating a raw conch

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didn't manage to get people to look away from the

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car crash. Obviously, the princess cancer diagnosis, chemotherapy and recovery

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has played a part in this long gap between tours.

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But we are now passed the point where any conclusion

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can be drawn, but the obvious one that the Prince

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and Princess don't want to leave their kids at home

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with a friezer full of ready mills. Why they tray

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to boost English cheddar sales in what the Palace probably

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still horribly calls the orient or Palace in just a moment.

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King Charles was once mocked for his environmental views, but

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a former royal chef says the King has now been vindicated.

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Lison Anderson, who previously served as head chef for Charles,

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says the monarch's focus on organic food, seasonal produce and

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sustainability was years ahead of mainstream thinking, and said working

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for Charles was like an encyclopedia of learning about seasonality,

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vegetables and organic meats. Everything is made in house. What

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King Charles preachers he does. We would get everything from

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the Duchy estate that included dairy products, and then said,

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so when it comes to milk, it would come from

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the cows and we would pasteurize it for things like

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double cream. It's extremely self sufficient. We would make our

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own breads, cakes and juices everything. Charles's interest in environmental

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issues stretches back in decades. As Prince of Wales, he

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spoke publicly about pollution and the environmental damage caused by

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disposable plastics as early as nineteen seventy, long before those

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subjects became part of mainstream political conversation at the time.

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Those concerns sometimes earned him ridicule, including the nickname Mad Prince,

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and said, from a chef's perspective, when you come from

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restaurants at the time, I was learning there was no

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such thing as heritage produce, seasonality or ethical sourcing. Nothing

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about that. When I was starting out, Charles was way

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ahead of the curve. They called him the mad Prince,

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but that can be taken back. King Charles has found

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a new use for one of the more unusual buildings

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on the Sandringham estate. Sandringham has inveiled the newly restored

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water Tower, the Victorian structure that has been part of

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the King's Norfolk State for nearly one hundred and fifty years.

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The estate announced the restoration with a video and the

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message the weight is over, introducing the water tower. Built

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in eighteen seventy seven, the tower wasn't originally designed as

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a royal retreat. It was infrastructure engineer James Mansurg designed

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the circular building in a distinctive Neo Byzantine style to

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help provide fresh water for Sandringham House and the surrounding estate.

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At the top of the tower sat a cast iron

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tank capable of holding thirty two thousand gallons of water.

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The tower became one of the more distinctive landmarks on

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the estate, even after its original practical purpose became obsolete. Now,

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under King Charles, the Victorian building has been restored and

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repurposed to welcome guests. A letter from two children in

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Lancashire has made its way all the way to Buckingham Palace.

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Thomas and Charlotte wrote to King Charles after meeting him

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during his visit to Clithoro auction Mark in February. The

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children presented the King with their pedigree beef short horn

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bull calf, and later sent him a thank you letter

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along with the painting of Pendle Hill by Charlotte. Now

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their correspondence has been selected for a display in bucking

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and Pallas's Family Pavilion featuring letters and artwork sent to

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the King by children around the world. Thomas and Charlotte wrote,

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it was a very special day for our family and

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we felt very proud to present our pedigree beef short

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horn bull calf to you. We will always remember how

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kind and interested you were when you spoke to us.

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We are very grateful that you support British farming and

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rural communities. Your visit means a great deal to everyone

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at the market. The Royal Family says. The display includes

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correspondence from children as far away as News Zealand and

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the Falkland Islands, as well as letters I'm around Britain

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and there is plenty to choose from. King Charles and

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Queen Camilla received more than fifty thousand letters during twenty

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twenty five, nearly one hundred and fifty every day, A

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Royal Family spokesperson said, in the display at Buckingham Palace,

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we've shared some of these brilliant letters and drawings which

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have been sent to His Majesty from young people across

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the world, from New Zealand to the falk Ones, to

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Devon and Lancashire. Buckingham Palace's correspondence office sends hundreds of

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replies to young letter writers every week, and for Thomas

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and Charlotte, their message to the King has now become

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part of the Palace itself. And there you have it.

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