Prince Charles always had ‘tension’ with his sons over money, he ‘holds all the power’

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About fourteen months ago, Prince Harry met with his father, brother and grandmother at Sandringham for the “summit” which would figure out Harry and Meghan’s future roles in the Firm. The Sussexes offered a half-in/half-out approach which would see them live outside of the UK for part of the year, earn a living and pursue commercial ventures, all while fulfilling their royal work and keeping one foot in the UK. That was flatly rejected very early in the Sandringham Summit. The Queen apparently told Harry that he was either in or out and Harry chose out. During that same summit, I’ve always believed that William pursued his own ultimatum with his father and grandmother: back me and let’s push out Harry. There was so much talk of Charles being so saddened to see Harry go, but honestly, William had largely orchestrated the entire f–king mess, and William was the one forcing his father and grandmother to “choose.” I bring this up because there are a couple of shady stories about Charles now and I just… wonder what William’s up to.

Prince Charles “took the lead” over the Royal Family’s response to Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s bombshell interview, an expert says. The Firm were said to be locked in crisis talks after the couple made a string of sensational claims in the tell-all chat with Oprah Winfrey. Meghan, 39, accused an unnamed royal of raising “concerns” about Archie’s “skin colour” before he was born. The Queen then released a statement almost two days after the chat saying the claims would be taken “very seriously”.

But royal expert Robert Jobson says Charles may have led discussions on how best to respond to the allegations. Writing for Hello! magazine, he said: “I think the Prince of Wales has also taken the lead on how the Palace has responded. The Queen is 94 and the Duke of Edinburgh is incapacitated, so he will be trying to placate and learn lessons from this so something can be worked out to everyone’s satisfaction. The royal family like to do things as a team, and if the team is being trashed they like to react as a unit and a family.”

[From The Sun]

It’s possible Charles has taken the lead on this and that’s why everything went sideways from the jump. I think it’s far more likely that Charles believes he’s taking the lead on this but the Queen and her courtiers have another agenda, and then the amateur hour clown show over at Kensington Palace keeps creating problems too. Speaking of, People Magazine has a story about how Charles’ relationships with his sons have always been more strained than other father-son relationships. Ya think?

Prince Charles doesn’t have a “straightforward father-son relationship” with Prince William and Prince Harry. Prince Harry revealed in his interview with Oprah Winfrey earlier this month that his father had stopped taking his calls at one point amid his and Meghan Markle’s royal exit. While Charles and Harry spoke over the phone last weekend, sources say the relationship between Prince Charles and his sons has been complex for years.

“There has always been this complicated relationship with their dad,” a palace source tells PEOPLE in this week’s cover story. In addition to Prince Charles and Princess Diana’s painful divorce and consequent marriage to Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, who he had an affair with during his relationship with Diana, Prince Charles controls the money.

“It’s not a straightforward father-son relationship,” the palace source adds. “He is their father and their boss, and they are beholden to him to fund their offices and lives.”

A close insider says, “Tension between Charles and the boys has always surrounded money, because Charles is the one who holds all the power.”

Through his lucrative Duchy of Cornwall estate, which generates an income of nearly $30 million a year, Charles funds his own official office along with William and Kate Middleton’s. He previously funded Harry and Meghan Markle’s office as well.

[From People]

“Charles is the one who holds all the power…” Who said that?? I doubt even Charles would say that! Charles has more power than people realize and Charles wields the power of the purse over his two sons more than we realize, but make no mistake… William has a lot of power over his father and grandmother. William is the wild card, the rage monster, the holy terror who terrifies his grandmother and father. While Charles finances William and Kate’s keen adventures right now, when the Queen passes, William will take over the Duchy of Cornwall and then he’ll have so much money and power too. William gets whatever he wants from his father right now anyway. Charles literally cut off his youngest son to make William happy. Ugh.

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  1. Over it says:

    If you look at that picture with chuck, baldimort, Karen keen and Camilla, Kate looks like she is walking on terrified eggshells around rage monster william. Camilla looks like she can’t get further away from William. I really think he is abusive to everyone not only with words but I won’t be surprised if he sometimes gets physical, throwing and hitting.

    • Snuffles says:

      Probably, I also think Harry wouldn’t hesitate to stand up to William and knock him upside the head if he ever got in his face growing up. That’s why William got all sneaky and backstabbing with him.

  2. Snuffles says:

    I hope the Queen has redrawn her will and cut out Charles and William COMPLETELY. Just leave all of her money to the great grandchildren and charity.

  3. Couch potato says:

    “The royal family like to do things as a team, and if the team is beeing thrashed they like to react as a unit and as a family”. Someone actually managed to write this with a straight face? Where was “the team” and “unit” when Meghan was being constantly trashed by the media? Why didn’t they react as a unit and family then? Are they trying to say that Harry and Meghan never was part of the family and “the team”? Or was it just Meghan who wasn’t part of it?

    • Cecilia says:

      The latter. And since harry married her he is being thrown out too. They simply never considered meghan as one of their own. Remember how harry said that his family told him meghan should keep working as an actress because they didn’t have enough money to take care of her? They wanted her gone as soon as they knew harry was dating her. Hence the, “its not serious” from various royal reporters.

    • Amy Bee says:

      Meghan was never considered part of team. She was a temporary interloper who the family planned to get rid of as soon as possible. They just didn’t think that Harry would have left with her

    • Over it says:

      Black people are considered human by racist. So all they saw Meghan as was Harry concubine, they thought Harry would tire of her so no need to treat her as family or human. Well they f—k themselves because Harry choose the woman he loves over all their salty racist asses 100 times over and over and over again

    • Myra says:

      This was the telling part for me during their weekend PR exercise. They are painting William as this sort of guard dog for the family but then it makes his silence during the brutal media harassment of Meghan even more deafening. They cannot have this both ways. They cannot say that William did not orchestrate the smear campaign against Meghan and say that he fiercely defends the family. He managed to speak out against racism towards footballers but not against racism towards a newborn child.

      • Couch potato says:

        That’s true Myra! The more they paint him as a vital part of the running of the Firm, the more he paint himself into a corner. Sadly te readers of the tabloids are to dum to see it. To bad no real reporters take on some real investigating journalism on this.

      • Carmen-JamRock says:

        Perhaps someone here can correct me but will-jong-un has YET to utter his nephew, Archie’s name in public. Or Meghan’s. Not thru any of his RR mouthpieces via their sycophantic drivel or while on any walkabout/royal engagement.

        The SINGLE time he referenced Archie was back in My 2019 when someone threw a question at him on a ‘royal engagement’ asking him something about “his nephew” and he said: “I already have a nephew” (meaning pippa’s spawn.)

      • equality says:

        @Carmen Have any of them uttered Archie’s name? Even the Queen in her Christmas speech only said they welcomed their 8th greatgrandchild. In the years when Charlotte and Louis were born they were only named as new members. George was the only one who got called by name and was worth a few minutes worth of video in her speech. It’s very warped. Do you explain to the other children that they are less important because they aren’t direct heirs?

      • BothSidesNow says:

        @ equality, that is a very interesting way to look at how the heir are treated even within the family. These people need serious therapy and intervention!

    • ennie says:

      People en Español is also reposting this trash in my language. despicable.

  4. Cecilia says:

    When it comes to anger issues I actually think charles and william are the same. Anyway, charles’ money is not harry’s problem anymore. The sussexes have officially income of their own. That they can spend however they like.

    • clomo says:

      Their’s is a true fairy tale romance, they both saved each other in different ways, Harry and Meghan. Before I knew how bad it was behind the scenes for them, they brought so much to the family and the family threw it away for William’s ego. All this makes me wonder about the future of George and Louis and hope they have a better time of it considering how their parents seem to lack foresight and insight.

  5. Angelica Schuyler says:

    This article proves that the crux of the Firm’s problem now is that they can’t control Harry anymore through the purse strings. This is the BRF’s worst nightmare relating to the Sussexes. They have zero control, and no idea what to do now. When they forced the Sussexes out, they assumed they would fail and come crawling back for financial reasons. They didn’t realize that they were really ready to work to secure their own future. They were sure they would either come back groveling, or end up as lazy lay-abouts like Edward and Wallis. Joke’s on you royal family….Now they have no control and the Sussexes are free to write their own narrative. And as the saying goes, be careful what you wish for, you just might get it!

  6. Lauren says:

    They created that rage monster and instead of sending Bill to therapy they chose and still choose to lay down and take the abuse. That’s 100% on them.

  7. Amy Bee says:

    I believe Charles took the lead in this. However William had a lot of influence on what happened to Harry and Meghan. The denial of half in half out and the stripping of patronages was Charles, the banning of use of sussex royal and their instagram was William.

  8. Scout says:

    Elizabeth is worth 500M. Once Harry gets his portion from her will…he won’t have to worry about anything anyone says. I do think Charles is the one in control bec he will be the next sovereign who has to deal with the fallout. Now does Charles allow a petulant William to take unwise steps bec he wants a better relationship? Probably. He has always been a bad father. So the RF has no cohesive, responsible response or plan to work through the issues brought up by Harry and Meghan. I see no improvement on the horizon.

    • Mila says:

      Yeah but tbh if you divide it by ALL her cousins and grand children and great grandchildren, that will be less that £8m each, Which to some in the family will be a lot but to Harry and Meghan won’t because of their lives living costs expenses and security ( around £1-2m per year for the rest of their lives). I mean we have;

      The Ducal Kent’s + kids + grandkids
      The York’s; Beatrice + kids, Eugenie + kids, Andrew
      The wessex’s; Louise, the boy (honestly don’t know his name), Sophie – Edward
      The Princely Kent’s + their kids + grandkids
      The Queens lesser known cousins like Princess Alexandra, Prince Richard, + their kids and grandkids
      Anne + Kids + great grand kids
      Margaret’s kids + grand kids like the Chatto’s
      + favoured staff like Angela and her old advisor

      And it’s likely if the Queen does it like the Queen Mother, THEY will get more based on how far they are away from the throne and heir line (to a certain point relationship wise) which means the Sussex’s will only get the second least amount of money to the Cambridges.
      And acc even worse, I bet Charles has cut Harry out of his will like the piece of sh*t he is. So her money probably won’t do as much as you think it will.

    • Becks1 says:

      I think she has to already have set up the trusts for the grandkids, great-grands etc so they all probably know what’s been established. I think the QM set hers up in the early 90s. It has to do with avoiding taxes on it, I think? the Norman Baker book went into it in some depth but I cant remember the details now, but I think anything passed monarch to monarch is tax free (so Charles WILL get the vast majority of her personal wealth) and then I think if the trusts are set up a certain amount of time before someone dies they are not taxed.

    • Still_Sarah says:

      @Scout : Harry doesn’t have to worry now and he hasn’t had to worry for a long time. He is estimated to be worth around $30 million dollars with his first inheritance starting at age 25 IIRC. I don’t think he made many fans when he sat there with Oprah as a 36 year old multimillionaire complaining that his father cut him off.

      • Elizabeth says:

        It didn’t seem to me to be about the money per se, and Harry was careful to specify that his inheritance from his mother did allow him financial freedom and the ability to pay for security for his family. It was more about the damage in his relationship personally with his father that his father wouldn’t continue to take his calls or continue to protect him with royal security or continue financing his office.

      • equality says:

        He might have been hoping for help until he could get the funds if they were in investments, especially since Charles was claiming he would help. If the QM set hers up as a trust it may just provide an income anyway.

  9. Eleonora says:

    Diana saw far into the future when she left Harry a lot of her money.
    Smart.

    • Maxime duCamp says:

      @eleonora, everyone keeps saying this so I’m not picking on you but as far as I can tell from my research, Diana’s inheritance was split evenly between Harry and William. Yes, the inheritance from Diana, helped Harry and Meghan enormously when they were cut off by Charles, which is wonderful, but the reporting/commenting make it sound as if she left Harry more money to make up for the fact that he was “the spare” and therefore likely to be screwed over by the family/

      • TheOriginalMia says:

        You’re right, Maxine duCamp. The inheritance was split down the middle. The QM provided trusts for the children of the non-heirs, like Eugenie & Beatrice. Everyone assumes the same will occur with QE when she passes.

      • MissMarierose says:

        Plus, if that car crash hadn’t happened, she would only be 59 years old right now, and living off that money. I doubt she thought she would die so young.

      • Rita says:

        Diana got her father Earl Spencer to leave her portion of inheritance to Harry because William would inherit the Duchess of Cornwall

      • The Hench says:

        @Rita – I know it’s a typo but you just made me snort out loud with the idea that William might inherit the Duchess of Cornwall. Lol.

    • Mila says:

      I think she always knew that Charles wasn’t a father, and if they ever wanted to be independent he would cut them off.

    • Snuffles says:

      It was the Queen Mother that left Harry more money than William because she knew William would eventually inherit more money as the heir.

      • L4frimaire says:

        Did that actually happen? I thought she outrightly favored William because he was the heir, and also racked up a lot of debts with her spendthrift ways. Harry said it was inheritance from Diana that got them started abroad. Royal finances are so murky, deliberately, so who knows.

      • Really? I thought most of QM $, personal property, and private estates were left to Charles or Queen. I don’t find anything about Charles boys getting anything.

  10. Becks1 says:

    I think Charles tried to take the lead, but I think the Queen did override him for the statement, and I think William is both so ragey about the interview and so worried that Harry will spill even more tea that he’s running around like a chicken with his head cut off – his PR machine is out of control and its so obvious at this point that its pathetic.

    I do think the relationship between the father and sons is complicated for many reasons, so I cant understand all the drama over Harry saying, you know what, let’s just be father and son, you dont have to support my family for the rest of our lives, give us some time to find our feet first (which of course Charles didnt do.) Harry in many ways made the relationship simpler, because Charles is no longer his boss and no longer funds him. But of course the royals dont look at it like that.

    • Angelica Schuyler says:

      I totally agree with you. I think they’re totally clueless as to how to relate simply as family. Charles is afraid, and William even more so because now he can’t control his brother even once he becomes king…. They don’t have a clue how to relate simply as family members without all the monetary and power struggles interfering.

    • Nic919 says:

      William and his lackey Jason Knauf have been going rogue on any message, starting with the fake bullying allegations that Knauf decided to tell the media prior to the interview. And now the Billy has a black friend articles really diminish the original “handling things privately” that BP initially put out.

    • Amy Too says:

      I think a huge part of this family’s issues is that they have nearly 40 year olds being completely financially dependent on their father. This family is so weirdly enmeshed in a codependent and unhealthy manner. The fact that they live to be 100 years old and refuse to retire is a huge problem. Historically the prince of Wales is meant to be a 30 year old good time boy having fun and and just starting to marry and maybe have children. The Duke of Cambridge is meant to be an infant or young child so it would make total sense for him to be funded by his father the prince of wales. But the current prince of Wales is over 70 and has been waiting his entire life for the top job so he can wield some power and make some decisions. His kids are the only people he has control over so of course he’s going to go overboard with that—it’s the only power he can wield and he’s been told his entire life that he was born to control and be in charge. He uses the money that he controls to control or manipulate his kids in other ways and that leads to resentment and toxicity. William tries to hit back with whatever he can control: access to his kids, how often he’s going to work and what he’s going to do or not, his PR and relationship with the press which he weaponizes, and then whoever is in his household or office like his wife and his brother and sister in law.

      When you attempt to control and manage your adult (and in Charles’ case senior citizen) children, you create a family dynamic where everyone is both dependent on others and resents them, and where everyone hordes and abuses any power that they actually do have. The Queen should have either retired 25 years ago, or they should revisit how funding works in that family and who is allowed to make their own money. Why couldn’t the Cambridge and Sussex Dukedoms come with land and money? Something that could fund their lifestyles: land to use for farming or raising animals, buildings to rent out, etc.

      • The Hench says:

        ITA. Power is always a temptation. I have a wealthy Great Aunt who is in her 90s and she constantly flexes discussion of who might get what in her will to try and manipulate people to pay her attention. It’s on a tiny scale compared to this sh*tshow but yeah – what you said!

      • Gigi says:

        wait does that mean that the Sussexes will become the Cambridges once Chuck is King? Does Archie inherit Sussex?

      • Becks1 says:

        Agree completely and its a good way to look at them. it IS completely codependent and not healthy. A 40 year old man shouldnt have an allowance from his father like this. It sets up the relationship to be unhealthy and toxic and we see that played out regularly over there.

        @Gigi – no -I’m not sure if Cambridge will stay with William and he becomes the Duke of Cornwall and Cambridge, if cambridge will go to George or revert to the crown, but when the Queen dies William, as the heir to the throne, becomes the Duke of Cornwall and Kate will be the Duchess of Cornwall. That duchy was set up specifically to fund the heir to the throne. But like Amy said, it wasnt meant to fund the heir and then his children and grandchildren bc the monarch was pushing 100. That sets up the unhealthy power dynamic that we see so clearly in the royal family.

        Harry is the Duke of Sussex and he’ll stay that for the rest of his life and yes, Archie will then inherit it, but my guess is he will never go by that title.

  11. aquarius64 says:

    If the Windsors think this is bad wait until Gigi Maxwell goes on trial this July.

  12. Bess says:

    I think William, Charles and the rest of them should just shut up and let things settle down. Constantly running to the media is doing the BRF more harm than good right now.

  13. Stef says:

    This constant speculation of the family dynamic and what’s really driving it is both interesting and a little sad. Seems to be a lot of damage control and deflection going on.

    On a more superficial note, can anyone explain why Chuck always looks so red and unhealthy? I’ve not seen another person with his weird, beet red complexion. Is it alcohol? or does he like playing in mummy’s make up box and applying an excessive amount of blush to appear human? Anyone have insights into this phenomenon?

    • Arpeggi says:

      It simply rosacea, it’s a common condition and there’s little he, or anyone who has it, can do about. And presuming that people with rosacea are alcoholics (it can give you a “brandy-nose” too) is a huge stigma associated with that condition

    • molee says:

      No need for your snark. I get if you disdain and dislike Charles, but many, many perfectly lovely people suffer with rosacea and don’t deserve comments about drinking too much, over applying blush, comparisons to beets, apples or other red produce or assumptions about bodily health. It is a benign genetic dermatological condition with no cure and only “cosmetic treatments” that are as expensive and painful as they are ineffective. I look forward to a day when skin tone is irrelevant to a person’s beauty, character, health or worth.

      • Stef says:

        Hey Moller, did you stumble on to the wrong blog? LOL

        Get off the cross, we need the wood.

        I simply asked the question of “why” and proposed what his constant red face could be the result of. Had no idea is was rosacea, now I know. The feedback here on rosacea is helpful and I appreciate it. Asking if his beet-red face is alcohol was not an assumption, but a mere question.

        It’s well documented that Camilla enjoys the booze, so it’s not far-fetched to think Chuck may too. Many others enjoy a good drink also, myself included. I’m not passing judgement, was simply curious, hence to question.

        While there is appreciation for the need to move away from the superficiality of judging people on their looks, Chuck is a terrible person inside and out; I’ll make fun of him accordingly. Happy to character assassinate instead…

  14. Princess Peach says:

    I think William made the skin color comments and is gearing up to leak that it was Charles. Dress fitting cry 2.0

    • Allyn says:

      Working off the assumption that it was William who made the comment, which I personally feel is the most likely source, if it were leaked that the source of the skin color comment was Charles, would Harry then let it be known through Gayle that, no, it was not Charles? (“My father has never been anything but supportive of his grandson and made no such comment.”) William might think trying to throw his father under the bus would get the heat off him, but it would so easily backfire on him. Harry has no reason to let William’s nonsense stand.

      • Becks1 says:

        This is exactly why we havent had a leak from either one that it was the other one. Harry would correct the record immediately IMO, at least to clarify who it wasnt. He would not let William throw Charles under the bus if William is indeed the one who said it.

      • CC2 says:

        @becks1,i think he would actually. If Harry starts denying who said it, he would be going back on his word because he would be telling us who it is through process of elimination. Tempting, but I think he would bite his tongue and say that he makes it clear that he doesn’t intend on confirming the identity of that individual. Elizabeth and Philip are out of the equation because he knows the optics of lumping them in at their big age and he has no grudges against the 2.

  15. MerryGirl says:

    Both Charles and William ganged up to strip Harry of everything… money, security, patronages, use of HRH & Royal, Instagram account, everything. They will never know peace as Harry & Meghan will find their way to financial success but karma is coming to Charles & William after the Queen passes.

  16. ML says:

    @Stef it’s Rosacea. This skin condition often begins with a tendency to flush or blush easily. If the condition progresses, one may notice that the redness on the face lasts longer — or never fades.

    • Stef says:

      Thanks ML. I wondered that too so I appreciate the insight.

      All this talk of an innocent child’s skin colour yet no one seems to be talking about Red Chuck and how strange his shade of beet face is…

      • Lionel says:

        Rosacea is sometimes called the “Teutonic Curse” because it’s most common in people of German or other Northern European descent. Which is ironic given the BRF’s historic determination to hide their German roots!

        It’s a bummer of a cosmetic condition because it’s tough to conceal, especially for a man. Women can wear heavy makeup and still fit social norms; older men tend to have a harder time doing that in daily life and still looking natural. Charles is unusual in that he could retain a good makeup artist if he wanted to, but vanity in terms of appearance doesn’t seem to be a big priority for that generation of Windsors. (One mildly redeeming factor, maybe?)

    • Stef says:

      Lionel, thanks for the insight, that makes so much sense to me now. I’ve always wondered why he didn’t conceal it with makeup, or some other treatment a wealthy man would have access to.

      I guess that my main point in posting was the question “why”, not to make fun of a dermatological affliction that affects many people. I honestly just didn’t know what it was with him because every picture of Chuck lately shows him with bright red cheeks, yet no one else in the family seems to have the same condition. I can see how a woman could cover it up easier with makeup and just make it look like blush.

      I’d still like to believe that Charles plays in his mummy’s or Camilla’s make up drawers for fun though, hehe….

      • twoz says:

        Stef, would have to track down the reference, but I read that it started appearing around the time of his enagement to Diana, and he sent Stephen Barry out to ‘the corner store’ (Harrods) for foundation to cover it up.
        I thought it might have been in ‘Diana in Private’ or ‘Diana: Her True Story” but no. Memory’s a funny thing – I can remember a passage word for word that I read back at the time of the Diana blow-up, but not where I read it. Meanwhile, I wouldn’t know where to find my car keys if I didn’t put them in the same place all the time…

  17. Merricat says:

    Financial freedom is huge, and I’m glad Harry went out and got his. He also got a big dose of self-respect, which he absolutely deserves. Windsor money can’t buy charisma, poor sausages.

  18. what's inside says:

    The buck stops with Charles.

  19. justsaying says:

    “William is the wild card, the rage monster, the holy terror who terrifies his grandmother and father.”

    I don’t think Charles is afraid of William. Charles has a well documented temper problem of his own (he once choked one of his employees) – if William is a rage monster, he learned it from his father.

  20. Liz version 700 says:

    I hate to be pedantic…well clearly I don’t… but umm Charles doesn’t hold all of the power anymore. They backed Harry into a corner and he took the power back. He has his own money, his own house that no one can kick him out of or bug, his own family who is loyal. Charles has no power over Harry now and that must scare the unholy hell out of everyone in that Royal mess of a family.

  21. ennie says:

    Harry looks quite like his dad in a better way in the top picture .

  22. Jay says:

    I’ve always taken the view that the “Half in, half out approach” was rejected for the Sussexes simply because the family never really thought Harry and Meghan would leave. They thought the prospect of starting a new life and business without privileges would be too hard, and really, there have been so few examples of royal family members thriving outside the firm, I can’t really blame them. I wonder if, knowing the fallout, the royals ever regret not taking this deal and keeping some control of the purse strings?

    • Becks1 says:

      I 100% think the royals regret not taking the deal. They did not expect Harry to walk away and be successful, and here we are a year later, and they are doing quite well from everything we can see. One of the big themes that comes out in the tabloids about them is how the palace is out of the loop, the palace wasnt given warning etc – but if they were half-in/half-out, the palace would be in that loop and would have warning – and its a common enough theme that I really think from a control angle, if nothing else, the royals regret this whole thing. They lost control of their greatest assets and now they are exposed to the world.

      • Angelica Schuyler says:

        Add to this the factor that the Sussexes have direct access to the American media, and their perspective can no longer be buried by the RR and the “Invisible Contract”. This is a lose-lose situation for the BRF. I love the fact that Harry and Meghan have receipts and have a way to drop them if necessary, one that the BRF can’t control. The RR are very salty about the fact that they have no control over the American media.

  23. Catherine says:

    The power is in the title, being the Prince of Wales carries an incredible amount of privilege, wealth, the ULTIMATE status and access to….just about anyone and anything. The title is Power. Other than King, I cannot think of a position of such elevated status. That’s why the press….just let’s him slide.

  24. Kyliegirl says:

    The money is the crux of the issue. It is sprinkled throughout articles and documentaries how the royals other than the Queen and Prince Charles rely on the generosity of the Queen for their livelihood. I think it was the Duke of Kent who said in the Queen at 90 that his mother would also tell him and his siblings to pay attention to the important ones. The control they have over you. Harry and Meghan couldn’t do what they wanted because they would be punished monetarily. I think this is also what prompted them to leave. Imagine after earning your own living to move into a family where you were expected to perform, but had no control of your funds. Let’s face it, the royals are not a talented bunch so most could not go out and make their own way in the world and maintain their quality of life. Yes, Harry and Meghan have the interest because of the royals, but if situations were reversed and all things were the same except for H&M were the heirs and W&K were the spares, William and Kate would have needed the one year review and come back. They don’t have the work ethic, natural curiosity, and know-how to make people invest in them. Harry and Meghan wanted to do what they are doing now, but they couldn’t and I think weren’t allowed because of overshadowing Charles and William.

  25. Patricia Minehart says:

    That second picture of William and Charles is upsetting. If you told me that Charles were the abused child in the relationship, I would buy it.

  26. Emily_C says:

    I’m so tired of Charles getting a pass. Next thing you know, people will start blaming William for everything that happened with Diana. Charles is a skeezy, manipulative, cold-hearted snake (apologies to snakes.) William’s rage and stupidity is very convenient for him, and just who raised William to be that way, hm? But Charles is 1000% in control.

    How have people forgotten that just a few days ago, Charles told a Nigerian-British woman to say hello to all the “ethnics” in Nigeria? How have they forgotten how he treated Diana, or that he was disappointed that Harry was a ginger? Why does this ugly man who does not even know how to smile seem to be made of teflon?

    • Stef says:

      Yes! Thanks for saying this. Chuck sucks as a person and future king. The evidence speaks for itself and we all know it. So sick of seeing him get a pass because he’s next in line to the throne.

      Also, Petty Betty is too old to be Queen. She needs to retire. I’m just concerned, as a member of the common wealth, that replacing her with Chuck is akin to a different shade of the same BS…

  27. blunt talker says:

    I stated recently that I believe it was William who made that comment-He tried to tell Harry to slow down and don’t marry her it is too quick-He went to Diana’a brother to get him to talk Harry out of marrying Meghan-One reporter has already stated that the most leaking has come from Kensington Place-He has been fighting against Harry’s marriage from the beginning-The brothers relationship reset will take a long time.

    • GINEVRA says:

      I am reading the book, Battle of Brothers, William &Harry. Albeit I have read just a few chapters so far, William is not “painted” in a good light; Here are some salient points about him.

      He was a bully since he was 3 or 4; in the nursery school he was known as Billy Basher for beating up his playmates if he didn’t get his way; he pushed his way to the head of the line and bragged and threatened the other boys that his father will beat up theirs.

      Fast forward to him at age 17. Harry adored and looked up to William who threw wild parties where plenty of alcohol, weed and other drugs were allowed. Big brother William (Cain) allowed his little brother Harry (Abel) to drink, smoke weed etc. when he was only 14 years; William also did drugs and drank heavily;

      When Harry wore that Nazi uniform to a costume party, William was there when he bought it, as well, he also attended the party.

      William was not clean-cut or innocent as people were led to believe, however, he was protected by the Firm, The Queen and daddy Charles because his image has to be pristine since he will be the king, eventually, On the other hand, every misdeed of Harry’s was exposed and published by the Press; he was also nicknamed “Dirty Harry”. William let Harry take the blame for his misdeeds by keeping quiet.

      From what I am reading, he never liked Meghan and I believe that he is the ONE who had concerns about what Archie’s skin colour would be. Because Harry and Meghan’s confinement (when she was preggers with Archie) was not shared with anyone, even from William, he was so pissed off his comments were (page 10: BATTLE OF BROTHERS):

      ‘”His friends told the media that William did NOT think too highly of Harry and Meghan ‘prima donna’ manoeuvres to conceal the birth of their son”.

      The Queen, Prince Philip, Charles, Camilla all went to see the baby as soon as he was born but it took William (Cain) and WAITY Do-Little Doormat Katie over 8 days before they visited Archie.

  28. Coji says:

    Can I be a shallow bitch for a sec? Do they not have rosacea treatment in England?