Sept. 20, 2025

William’s Fury, Harry’s Ease, and Charles’ Gardens

William’s Fury, Harry’s Ease, and Charles’ Gardens

Tina Brown reports that King Charles may currently be less irritated with Prince Harry than with his heir, as William faces criticism for vacations and a light work schedule. Sources suggest William is back to the point where even hearing Harry’s name sparks anger, while Harry zipped around Britain winning easy praise. Former royal butler Paul Burrell weighed in too, claiming Diana would have been disappointed in Harry’s choices.

Meanwhile, King Charles is busy with greener concerns—moving his Sandringham helipad to protect his gardens and planning a Windsor Castle redesign to dazzle visitors, even from the skies.

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Caloroga Shark Media. He hello and welcome to Palace Intrigue.

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I'm your host, Mark Francis. Tina Brown wrote on her

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sub stack the King is, I am told, currently less

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irritated with the prodigal Harry than he is with his

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elder son and heir, the reason being at least in

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part because of the perception that William doesn't work all

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that hard. Brown writes, somehow William's parenting dedication always seems

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couched as a tacit criticism of the King's own paternal deficiencies,

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and after five confirmed family vacations in the past seven months,

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William's first week back diary pulsated with two outings, a

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father daughter excursion to a woman's Rugby World Cup pull

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match and a stroll through the Natural History Museum's new gardens. Charles,

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despite his battle with cancer, has carried out officially engagements

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on one hundred and seventy five days during the past

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twelve months. Royal expert Jenny Bond tells The Mirror willimers

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stood by his father through the past few tough years.

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He has stood in for his father when needed, and

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he has stood up for his father, declaring they are

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very much not a racist family. I'm sure the King

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would have told William in advance about his decision to

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meet Harry. But William wouldn't be human if he didn't

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feel some resentment about Harry flying back for a headline

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grabbing few days, very publicly handing out dodge to charities,

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which is something the rest of the royal family do regularly,

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but discreetly, and strutting his stuff while his brother does

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the day to day grip and grin business of the

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royal workload. Time may yet prove the great healer, but

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where William is concerned, now is certainly not the time

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for reconciliation with his sibling. Indeed, it may never happen.

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In the Daily Mail, Charlotte Griffiths has a much stronger take,

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quoting an insider, William is back at the point where

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if you mentioned Prince Harry in his presence you out

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of the room. Griffiths dove in on the Wales family

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suddenly getting some work in just as Harry hit town.

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She writes, the Princess of Wales agreed to attend a

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women's institute meeting in Berkshire with her husband on Monday.

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At the last minute, prompting some to suggest William hoped

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a glamorous appearance from his wife would blow Harry off

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the front pages. A source says Harry would one day

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like his father to encourage the nation to accept him

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back again. It's what the late Queen did towards the

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end of her life when she asked the public to

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accept Camilla as Queen consort. If Charles could do something

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along those lines, Harry would have some hope of not

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being completely exiled for good when William becomes king. While

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it's hard to guess from the spiteful interviews he's given

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in recent years, Harry does want back in. Harry read

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his own polls. He knows he's one of the least

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popular royals and wants to change that. He wants to

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get back to being one of the most popular. Megan

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doesn't care about the UK perception and that's fine, but

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Harry does. Griffiths adds, but this time there's a telling difference.

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The late Queen's public endorsement of Camilla followed much lobbying

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by Charles behind Stateley doores. The same cannot be said

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for William, who is as far as has ever been

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from acknowledging his brother, let alone championing his return. Another

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source said for some time now William's anger had cooled

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to the point of indifference over his brother, which was

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healthy for his mental well being. William had got to

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the stage where Harry was a non person. He had

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fallen so far beneath his radar as to have disappeared

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from his mind altogether. It can't be good that William

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has gone back to the point where he would throw

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someone out at the very mention of Harry's name. Yet

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another source said William originally went through all the stages

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of grief over his brother when they first fell out.

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He went to Bowmorral and went off his food. Just

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before the Oprah chat screened. He wept, then he turned

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to anger, and when that stage was over, he simply

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compartmentalized it all and moved on. He never expected to

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be regularly in the same postcode as his brother again,

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like he was last week. And the Royalist Tom Sykes

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points out what was striking about Harry's trip was how

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easy he made it look. He zipped around the country,

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laughing and joking with school children, Saword fighting with balloons,

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high fiving young people, flashing glimpses of the old Harry

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Britain once adored. He was upbeat, funny, relaxed, and the

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UK lapped it up against William and Kate's buttoned up image.

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Harry's exuberance was a reminder of how dull the Air

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and his wife Ken seem. There rushed diary fillers, heritage

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sites and textile factories, and he made Harry Shane bright.

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For William, the shift is catastrophic. He has always seen

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Harry's return as a zero sum game. Harry's gain is

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his loss. Now he has been proved right. By re

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embracing Harry, Charles has left his air dangerously exposed. William

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and Kate are publicly split from the King and forced

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to confront an agonizing choice till they swallow their pride,

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reconcile with Harry and risk the humiliation of letting him

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back on the balcony half in it, half out, as

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he always wanted. Or do they hold the lion, knowing

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they will have to sustain fifty years of Cold war

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once William takes the throne. In an interview with the

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Mirror of former Royal butler Paul Burrell has spoken candidly

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and sharply about Prince Harry's reason to conduct, claiming that

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Princess Diana would have been deeply disappointed in her youngest son. Burrell,

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who served Diana for over a decade and was once

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described as her rock, said he's not what Diana would

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have thought he would have been. Diana's wish was for

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Harry to support William throughout his journey to become monarch,

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But William's on his own now and he's resigned to that.

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To him, his brother can't be trusted. He used to

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be kind, generous, warm hearted, and care free. Now he

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cares about everything. He's a petulant prince who has lived

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a charmed life with every luxury afforded to him, and

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he just whines about things that really don't matter. If

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Diana had lived, Harry would never have married Megan. He

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wouldn't have acted out, he would never have come into

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contact with her. Harry would have married an English heiress's

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tocratic girl, settled down, conformed, and done his job. More

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King Charles has taken decisive action to protect his cherished

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gardens at Sandringham, relocating his helicopter landing pad in an

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effort to spare his topiary from further disruption. The helipad,

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previously situated about five hundred meters from the Madhouse, has

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now been moved twice the distance, one kilometer away, after

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the downwash from frequent landings began damaging newly planted saplings

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and delicate flora. A source at the Sandringham estate explained

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the king decided to move the landing base because helicopters

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created a strong, downwashed wind when they land and they

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were damaging his new saplings and plants. The new landing

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position is much further away from his house and formal gardens,

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so it's much better for the estate. While the adjustment

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will mean a slightly longer walk home for the monarch

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after aerial arrivals, the benefit to his expanding garden spaces

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is evident. This move is just the latest and a

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broader transformation of Sandringham under Charles Stewardship. In the past

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year alone, the King has planted more than eleven thousand

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trees across two new woodland plantations, added at Lower Maize Garden,

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and unveiled a two thousand panel solar farm. The solar installation,

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cleverly hidden from view by surrounding woodlands, spans two point

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three hectares and supplies energy to his Norfolk residence, with

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excess power feeding into the grid. Next to, Charles is

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turning his attention to Windsor Castle with a vision that

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reaches all the way to the skies. According to royal

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biographer Robert Hartman the King has taken a keen interest

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in redesigning the castle's gardens, specifically with how they appear

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from above. The idea, he says, is to create a

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layout so visually striking that even passengers flying into nearby

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Heathrow Airport might be tempted to visit in person. The

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redesign is expected to be a significant legacy project for

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the seventy six year old monarch. Though Windsor's gardens were

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once reserved exclusively for royal use, recent gears have seen

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efforts to modernize and open the grounds to the public.

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The new plans continue that trend, with an emphasis on

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biodiversity and grandeur. Reports suggest the king intends to introduce

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a sweeping mix of plant life, from towering trees to

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carefully selected shrubs. Windsor Castle holds deep personal and historic

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significance for the royal family. Queen Elizabeth IID spent much

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of her time there, and as a young princess, she

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tended a vegetable patch, growing sweet corn and dwarf potatoes.

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Prince Philip, meanwhile, was known for planting more than three

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thousand rose bushes on the estate. The gardens were first

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opened to the public in twenty twenty, is part of

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broader accessibility efforts. Charles's latest vision appears to blend royal

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heritage with ecological innovation, crafting a legacy that is rooted

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in both beauty and sustain ability. And there you have it.

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