May 3, 2025

Wonderful William feeds the media - and they discuss what kind of King he will be

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William and Kate are much better at The Game than the other two, as we hear in a recap of recent media coverage surrounding the future king.

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Mark Francis, a friend of William and Kate, told the

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Daily Mails Rebecca English William flies off the handle at

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any sign of Catherine being patronized and stamps that out

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very quickly. It's one of his triggers. Over the years,

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many people have come up with great ideas for her,

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but if they are put across in that dismissive way,

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they've got pretty short shrift from him. English rites. He

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particularly appreciates the way she has created a happiness and

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stability for their family that he didn't always experience growing up.

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The Waleses did a good job of feeding the media

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this week with several photo ops, including a comedic interruption

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this week when they crossed paths with none other than

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Ruby Wax, who was in the middle of a silent retreat.

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William and Kate, in the middle of a visit to Scotland,

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marking both their fourteenth wedding anniversary and a slate of engagements,

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had taken the public Cowmack ferry from Mull to the

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remote island of i Owner. There on the pier, they

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encountered Wax, who had been waiting to board the ferry

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in the opposite direction. The comedian joked about the royal surprise.

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It's funny because I want to retreat there, and I thought,

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why are they interrupting my silent retreat. I mean, you

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could break the silent retreat for this of Williams. She added,

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with characteristic candor. I didn't realize he was so good looking.

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He looks like his mother. The royal couple were warmly

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welcomed earlier in the day at Faynport, where while wishes

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land the pier. As they prepared to board the faerry,

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ever attuned to their surroundings, Catherine observed, we've chosen the

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good day to come today. We know the weather is

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not always like this. Prince William agreed, admiring the local scenery.

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The water is so clear out there, it's beautiful. Once

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on board, the couple joined crew members on the Faerri's bridge,

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exchanging pleasantries and learning about the challenges of operating services

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in the often un predictable Hebridian weather. It's been fantastic, thanks,

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William said of their time on mull. Obviously the good

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weather helps. Earlier in the day, the Princess had spent

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time in the Ardura Community Forest on the Isle of Mull,

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meeting children and speaking about the importance of time out doors.

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The forest, recently secured for local ownership, has become a

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valued resource for nearby families. It's the small things that

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are important, Catherine remarked, before encouraging young people to get

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outdoors as much as they can. The Times took a

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look at what might change under King William. They discussed

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his accessibility writing. In recent weeks, he has recorded a

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ninetieth birthday video for Mary Barry, a National Treasure for

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the BBC's One Show, and a star turned for Clarkson's

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Farm the Scene Jeremy Clarkson, who once admitted sharing a

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crafty fag with his stepmother, Queen Camilla. William will also

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follow in his father's footsteps when he appears in an

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episode of Country File, but he is just as likely

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to pop up on social media. In a recent collab,

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he took part in that science experiment with the TikTok

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influencer big Manny to extract DNA from strawberries, but it

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was a three minute video released by his wife that

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went global as she announced the end of her cancer

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treatment and her intention to do what she could to

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stay cancer free. Jason Knov explains, how do you communicate

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to the generation that you serve, and it has to

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be different. It's not change for change's sake, but a

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question of how you're going to cut through in a

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world where people are consuming things much more in terms

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of images than anything else. We learn from The Times

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William is known to fire off dozens of weekend what's

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apps to staff and was described to me by a

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senior figure on one of his projects as a stringent boss.

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He won't be pushed into anything he doesn't want to do.

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In his laser focused about what he wants to achieve,

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which sounds great. But if you subbed in the word

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Megan for William, suddenly the perception might change. The Times

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also looks at Kate, telling us Kate has always seen

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her role as a supporting one. She has understood who

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has been inspired by the late Duke of Edinburgh, who

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made an individual contribution while being very clear that his

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role was to support the monarch. For Kate, that means

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acting as a gatekeeper to ensure that William can do

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his work while also finding time to be a hands

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on father, and that everyone understands that this is the deal.

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It's the long game. She has said to be allergic

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to any pr gimmicks, and there have been several that

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had been suggested to her over the years. She's hugely

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influential behind the scenes in hiring and decision making, and

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they approach it as a team, like the late Queen

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and Prince Philip and the King and the Queen. They're

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a good double act. A source tells The Times, he'll

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be asking if the children are still young when I

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take on the big job, how do I maintain that privacy.

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I'm pretty sure that they won't move into Buckingham Palace.

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You can't imagine him saying, great, let's move back to

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central London. In the New York Post, royal biographer Hugo

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Vicker noted, William did extremely well at Notre Dame, leading

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the British con tingent, and in Rome he joined Trump

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and mccron and Zelenski. So he's right up there with

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the big boys, as it were. It's always the problem

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the air never knows when they are going to become king.

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But obviously, as William's father is unwell, it focuses on that,

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but William is as prepared as he will be when

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the time comes. He will almost become a different person,

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as Charles has acquired a kind of new gravitars as

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king more balance. It just a moment. Friends of William

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told The Daily Beast that they suspect Meghan may be

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testing the waters, referencing a recent Instagram post that featured

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a letter addressed to her using the HRH styling by

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Ukraine's vice president. She had deniability because the note came

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from someone else, said one source. But printing up compliments'

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slips using her HRH is an entirely different scale of provocation.

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One friend of Prince William offered a blunt assessment, Charles

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has completely lost control. It's a parent that Harry and

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Meghan every intention of making his final years of misery,

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just as he feared they would. Megan. Using her HRH

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exposes how weak and enfeebled he is. She knows he

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won't do anything. There is no way King William will

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stand for this. The titles will be simply removed. When

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he is king, away will be found. Former government minister

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Norman Baker, a noted critic of royal privilege, argued the

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monarch could act unilaterally if he chose. The law is

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not clear, but I have little doubt that as the

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bestowing of an HRH is in the gift of the monarch,

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the monarch could remove the HRH title. It would basically

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be the equivalent to an executive order in the US.

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It was a mistake to not simply take it away.

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At the time. People didn't want to up the ante

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and cause problems, so it was smudged over, as so

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many things in the UK are. But as we can

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see now, it would have been useful to have had

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that clarity. An expert told The Daily Beast that while

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the use of the title in a social media post

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may seem minor, it reopens a more significant issue. There

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were plenty of people at the time who said it

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was a mistake to make not using the title a

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mere gentleman's agreement, rather than just removing it. The sources

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said this post may not matter in and of itself,

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but it raises a bigger question. What are they going

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to do if she simply starts using her HRCH again.

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She probably can't be stopped. As things stand right now.

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The bottom line is she is officially an HR reach.

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It was never removed and they have it. If you

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