Yesterday, Prince William visited the British Red Cross headquarters in London and got a personal briefing on the British Red Cross’s work in Israel and Palestine. In retrospect, it would have been incredibly easy for Kensington Palace to just announce the visit ahead of time with few details. You know, like they normally would have done. Instead, William released two statements about how HE feels about the ongoing conflict in Gaza and how he’s very nearly bored with the whole thing so there better be peace in the Middle East very soon, before the global statesman loses interest entirely.
The statement he issued just before going to the Red Cross was the unnecessary one, and it was the one which sounded like it wasn’t vetted by the government, nor was it something an apolitical, unelected heir should issue. The BBC claimed: “It’s understood the government had been briefed about the prince’s statement and his visits, via the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.” I 100% believe that Kensington Palace is the one telling reporters that William’s statement was “briefed” to Downing Street, which is not the way any of this is supposed to work – it should be Downing Street telling William what to say and vetting his remarks and statements on sensitive international matters. The BBC also reported that William remarked, “Too many have been killed” when he met with Red Cross officials. There was also this:
Prince William is carrying out visits this month intended to recognise the human suffering and distress from the Israel-Gaza war. He is said to have felt strongly about what has happened in the Middle East and is “deeply moved as a father”.
“Sometimes it is only when faced with the sheer scale of human suffering that the importance of permanent peace is brought home,” says the prince.
The prince’s statement was welcomed by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, whose spokeswoman said: “We want to see an end to the fighting in Gaza as soon as possible, so it is consistent with the government position.”
On another visit to a synagogue later this month Prince William will speak to young people from a range of backgrounds, in a meeting which will draw particular attention to concerns about antisemitism. The building of bridges between faiths, and tackling religious intolerance, has been a particular cause of the prince’s father, King Charles III.
What is Sunak going to do, publicly put the heir on blast? Of course not. Instead, Downing Street will bitch out William’s Tory handlers and William’s new private secretary is going to have a very bad first week on the job. As for “deeply moved as a father” – shades of “as a father of daughters” when a man screws up. Meanwhile, Israel’s government spokesperson went on the record about William’s statement, all while “government sources” let it be known that they were not happy.
Eylon Levy, an Israeli government spokesman, issued a statement in direct response to Prince William’s call for an end to the fighting. Mr Levy said: “Israelis of course want to see an end to the fighting as soon as possible, and that will be possible once the 134 hostages are released, and once the Hamas terror army threatening to repeat the Oct 7 atrocities is dismantled.
“We appreciate the Prince of Wales’ call for Hamas to free the hostages. We also recall with gratitude his statement from Oct 11 condemning Hamas’ terror attacks and reaffirming Israel’s right of self-defence against them.”
Israeli officials were caught off guard by the Prince’s words, and it is understood that they consider his statement to be naive. They are dismayed, but it is thought they decided not to go further in criticising him publicly because they did not want to enter into a row with the future King.
“Naive” is certainly one word for it, especially given William’s refusal to read, study and analyze sensitive international and domestic issues. Very interesting that “Israeli officials” let it be known that they were displeased. They weren’t the only ones. Nigel Farage tweeted: “I’m not sure that our future King should be doing this. He should stick to the Baftas.” Tory MP Andrew Percy sniped: “The underlying principle of our constitutional monarchy is that members of the Royal family do not engage in contentious political issues of the day on which there are divergent and strongly held beliefs in this country. Members of the Royal family would do well to remember that.” I agree? It’s almost like the Tory puppet is upsetting his Tory puppetmasters.
‘This is a departure from what we expected. We thought he was a serious person trying to learn the trade!’
Royal Biographer Tom Bower slams Prince William for ‘getting involved’ in the situation in the Middle East.
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- Britain’s Prince William, The Prince of Wales, listens to Pascal Hundt, Senior Crisis Manager, International Committee of the Red Cross, dialling in from Gaza, during a visit of the British Red Cross at its headquarters in London, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. The Prince of Wales undertakes engagements which recognise the human suffering caused by the ongoing war in the Middle East and the subsequent conflict in Gaza, as well as the rise of antisemitism around the world. The Red Cross are providing humanitarian aid in the region via the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement, including Magen David Adom in Israel and the Palestine Red Crescent Society.,Image: 848683223, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: *** NO UK USE FOR 48 HRS ***, Model Release: no, Credit line: Kin Cheung / Avalon
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- Britain’s Prince William, The Prince of Wales, listens to Pascal Hundt, Senior Crisis Manager, International Committee of the Red Cross, dialling in from Gaza, during a visits of the British Red Cross at its headquarters in London, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. The Prince of Wales undertakes engagements which recognise the human suffering caused by the ongoing war in the Middle East and the subsequent conflict in Gaza, as well as the rise of antisemitism around the world. The Red Cross are providing humanitarian aid in the region via the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement, including Magen David Adom in Israel and the Palestine Red Crescent Society.,Image: 848683229, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: *** NO UK USE FOR 48 HRS ***, Model Release: no, Credit line: Kin Cheung / Avalon
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- Britain’s Prince William, The Prince of Wales, gestures as he visits the British Red Cross at its headquarters in London, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. The Prince of Wales undertakes engagements which recognise the human suffering caused by the ongoing war in the Middle East and the subsequent conflict in Gaza, as well as the rise of antisemitism around the world. The Red Cross are providing humanitarian aid in the region via the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement, including Magen David Adom in Israel and the Palestine Red Crescent Society.,Image: 848683335, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: *** NO UK USE FOR 48 HRS ***, Model Release: no, Credit line: Kin Cheung / Avalon
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- Britain’s Prince William, The Prince of Wales, waves as he leaves after a visit to the British Red Cross at its headquarters in London, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. The Prince of Wales undertakes engagements which recognise the human suffering caused by the ongoing war in the Middle East and the subsequent conflict in Gaza, as well as the rise of antisemitism around the world. The Red Cross are providing humanitarian aid in the region via the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement, including Magen David Adom in Israel and the Palestine Red Crescent Society.,Image: 848683412, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: *** NO UK USE FOR 48 HRS ***, Model Release: no, Credit line: Kin Cheung / Avalon
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- Britain’s Prince William, The Prince of Wales, leaves after a visit to the British Red Cross at its headquarters in London, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. The Prince of Wales undertakes engagements which recognise the human suffering caused by the ongoing war in the Middle East and the subsequent conflict in Gaza, as well as the rise of antisemitism around the world. The Red Cross are providing humanitarian aid in the region via the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement, including Magen David Adom in Israel and the Palestine Red Crescent Society.,Image: 848683419, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: *** NO UK USE FOR 48 HRS ***, Model Release: no, Credit line: Kin Cheung / Avalon
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- The Prince of Wales during a visit to the British Red Cross at its headquarters in central London, to hear about the humanitarian efforts taking place to support those affected by the conflict in Gaza Featuring: William, Prince of Wales Where: London, United Kingdom When: 20 Feb 2024 Credit: Kin Cheung/PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- The Prince of Wales during a visit to the British Red Cross at its headquarters in central London, to hear about the humanitarian efforts taking place to support those affected by the conflict in Gaza Featuring: William, Prince of Wales Where: London, United Kingdom When: 20 Feb 2024 Credit: Kin Cheung/PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
Well it’s certainly got everyone to stop talking about his Baftas embarrassment….hmmm
Instead, he is getting raked over the coals for blundering into the Middle East mess where his two cents were neither wanted nor welcome. Better he sticks to cutting ribbons, he’s no good for anything else.
Yup. And Israel’s response shows exactly why he should have said nothing.
Honestly, I think he’d be able to screw up a ribbon cutting too.
Bingo!! There is no bottom to how far they’ll stoop to protect the heir.
Where is Kate?
This is an unforced error.
As we have been told endlessly, the Royals do not get involved in these things.
Even if the Royals needed to say anything, it shouldn’t be him, and even if he releases it, it should have been a joint statement with the king.
I just love the fact that the only time William EVER trends on Twitter is when he says or does something stupid, racist, offensive, etc. Even people who usually don’t pay the slightest bit of attention to the royals enjoy dragging his ass, and it happens on a regular basis.
William is so unlikeable that the only attention he gets on SM is negative attention. It’s delightful to watch and couldn’t happen to a nicer guy 🥰
confirming once more that the royals have no use whatsoever. abolish the monarchy. england, you are paying waaaaaaay too much for this lousy tabloid fodder.
I mean, I don’t disagree with his bland word salad. Yes let’s get humanitarian aid to the people who need it, and free the hostages, and end war. Sure, great. Let’s f-king go!
Now what are you gonna do about it, Prince Peg?
William is a dilettante who will never be what England needs him to be.
Forget England, William can’t even be what his own wife needs him to be.
William deciding no one can tell him not to do politics is the mess that family deserves.
It serves Charles right.
This man is literally a buffoon. What do you expect from an idiot? The only thing he has to add to this deadly war is hubris.
The funny part is the Israeli govt won’t criticize him but they will call him naive, which is still just criticizing him. They’re calling him a naive child on the world stage.
The great statesman is called naive. No wonder it’s still so bright outside, his incandesent rage is luming all the way to Scandinavia.
They are infantilized him.
If Billy Idle wants to posture on the politics then he should take the good and the bad.
@Jais, I know, it’s like, he’s not even consequential enough for Israel to bother with right now, lmao. He’s just some idiot prince running his mouth, too trivial to waste any time on.
Is he still trying to make that ITV fly on the wall style documentary about himself? He must be desperate for content.
So Prince William is “trying to learn the trade”? So why not university classes in international relations or training under someone who is a diplomat? He has had his whole life to prepare and learn.
William’s refusal to do anything at all to properly prepare himself for his future role is really something, and should be concerning to the British government. If you compare him to the heirs to other European monarchs, he really stands out with his lack of relevant education.
Yeah, not a good look for Eaton and St Andrews.
The children of privilege getting no benefit from their rarefied educations is a tale as old as time, but why wasn’t he required to study political science or something relevant to his position? History of Art and then given a platform to comment on serious global issues? Britain should be mortified.
@Betty
It’s even worse! He chose Geography as his major! I think Kate studied History of Art. (shrug)
Oh I thought they studied the same thing? Well, at least he oughta be able to find Israel on a map.
@Bettyrose & @Chrissy: William started in Art History, but it became too much for him & he switched to Geography, where he apparently learned nothing.
Oh wow, I didn’t know that Kate studied Art History, but it totally fits. Not to disparage the entire field, because obviously there are many who have a genuine interest in the subject and take their studies seriously, but when I was in college, it seemed like every girl I met who was only there because her wealthy parents insisted (à la Aunt Becky’s daughter), or who thought of college as little more than a giant marriage market (how depressing is it that there are still girls who think that way in 2024?), was an Art History major. So of course that’s what Kate studied. 🤣🤣
William did not even finish that 10 week course about running the duch y that his father sent him to. He’s just plain lazy
And it was a bespoke course created just for him (no doubt it was the intellectual level of a colouring book). He didn’t even have the proper credentials to get into Cambridge and when the other students found out they were furious.
He bombed out of his bespoke farming course; doubtful a similar diplomacy course would do him much good, as he just wouldn’t go or do the work.
Oops, I see y’all addressed this. I will say, Cambridge does a lot of short courses outside of the main degree system; not sure what the requirements are other than, can you pay?
Has anyone noticed that his statement or whatever he wants to call it was printed on stationery with his sole monogram? No mention of Kensington Palace and no mention of “The Princess of Wales and I are deeply concerned yadda yadda yadda”. No mention of Kate at all.
So is Willy preparing to announce that he’s flying solo? Makes you go “Hmmm….”
He’s again playing the cool single dad and is doing combovers .
And more interestingly the previous statement in October was under the KP insignia and not the William insignia and it included both of them.
Of course derangers are claiming it’s because Kate is on sick leave, but does Kate not have thoughts while she is bedridden?
I think I read the statement you are talking about. Feeling dumb b/c I don’t see anything wrong with it. What is the gaffe?
Yes, I noticed that it didn’t say “we” or “Catherine and I” at any point — it was just him. It really stuck out to me because aren’t their statements about things like this always made jointly?
(Although I guess in this particular case, Kate’s probably glad she was excluded from this mess.)
The only positive aspect of Wiliam’s horrible gaffe is that the British Media has shifted their attention from Meghan to William. Let him feel the heat for a change. Prince William has a lot polishing to do. He can’t go on not educating himself about international political issues.
He’s just so much less interesting and sparkly than Meghan. The media interest isn’t even benign, but gosh if I had to choose who I’d want to write about, I’d choose her too.
A true statesman wouldn’t be “trying to bring attention” to the issue. A statesman would be inviting leaders of both sides to the palace for face-to-face negotiations to broker a cease-fire. This isn’t like homelessness or environmental issues. If anything, William is just trying to bring attention to himself.
It’s hardly like the Gaza situation is lacking attention. Just more proof that William doesn’t understand and isn’t needed.
I mean, it’s one thing to risk stepping out of your apolitical stance if you really achieve something by it but William’s statement was nothing more than look-at-me platitudinous nonsense.
Shock of shocks bower is criticizing william.
MP Percy is correct in his assessment and in his reading of constitutional convention. So much for William emulating his great-grandfather and his grandmother, it seems he’s chosen his father’s example instead. So misguided.
3,2,1…cue “Look what Harry said/did/thought” diversion.
He reminds me of Jared Kushner: born in privilege, spoiled, entitled and utterly convinced that he is more worthy and brilliant than everybody else. Blind to his own mediocrity and absolute lack of sensitivity and intelligence. Both of them convinced they alone can easily solve the crisis in the Middle East.
It’s definitely a Kushner type move and I think that both of them saw “Trying to Solve Middle East Peace” as a ploy for their personal gain. TOB wants so desperately to be seen as a Statesman, but he thinks it’s all just cranking out flowery statements and looking serious for the cameras.
Yes, he thinks the furrowed brow makes him look so seriously statesman-like. Wrong!
The Kushners are terrifying. Netanyahu is their BFF and orange is family.
OMG I didn’t realise the Netanyahu connection. Between that and the Clockwork Orange that’s a whole other level of horrific.
Will is also starting his own slumlord grift with the “affordable Duchy housing” he just announced, another very Kushner-esque move.
No one has more privilege than those born into a family anointed by God. I have no love for Kushner, but at least he has some connection to the subject since his grandparents were Holocaust survivors.
I don’t know what everyone expected when he started making Jared Kushner-like noises about bringing peace to the Middle East. That’s when some adult in the room should have warned him to keep his pie hole shut. But then his own father sometimes strayed into politics when he was PoW. The Windsors no longer understand the assignment. And the new private secretary, who must have been fine with William trying to play “global statesman”, is already a disaster.
I wonder if William gave the new private secretary just a stern talking to regarding this latest f-up, or did he dive right in with the ol’ finger in the face screaming tirade as if they were brothers?
I have to give the private secretary kudos for knowing not to release any audio of Burger King actually discussing the conflict.
I don’t think William recognizes it as a f*ck up; I think he thinks he did just fine.
I think we can all agree that the new private secretary’s employment won’t last — who could put up with that temperamental man-baby day after day?
I’d bet his resignation letter has already been drafted. He shouldn’t have let this out of the gate, much less provided the Churchillian tone. What a farce in a tragic time.
Jaded, I assumed since was a Veteran that he might be Wont’s handler. If that’s the case, he failed. Or, it could be that the statement would have been worse than it was. Who knows?
Why not volunteer consistently at the same place? Can be 3-4 hours every two weeks in the same place.
That will show a lot more sincerity (even if it isn’t there) than vague statements without any action.
I know because lazy etc, but it is so simple.
Peg being the arrogant fool he always is with this . He never learns he just rushes head first into things he knows absolutely nothing about and all in the name of trying to be better than Harry. The monster they created is on the loose and it’s way to late to rein him in.
Why is this man even still trying to ‘learn the trade’ at 41 years of age? He’s one cardiac arrest away from the throne, for goodness sake. I honestly don’t understand why he’s wading in on this issue. Absolutely nobody needs his input, especially the hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians being driven away from their homeland in devastating circumstances. This man hasn’t got a clue, he just sees it as a game. I hope he feels the upmost heat about this. He has been playing very silly games for far too long.
Good question, The Duchess! Amalia isn’t officially working yet, since she’s studying, but she’s already in training. So is Frederik’s heir, Christian. And we’ve seen Leonor of Spain…he’s essentially being upstaged by teenagers at this point. If he still needs training to do his job at 41 years of age, someone needs to either train the guy or write him out as incompetent. His stupid gaffe at the BAFTAs , now this, and no news of his wife. Good grief!
Mr Bowels seems quite miffed. Willy, you in danger, gurl.
So enjoy it that will is being slammed by bower. I hope bower continues his tirade
LOL It’s amazing how quickly monarchists will threaten the monarchy.
Well, he refuses to do bread and butter events, which leaves him with whatever mess this was. One could see from space how bad this was going to go and yet William still somehow thought this was a good idea. And his handlers let it happen. Could no one on his team have talked him out of his statements? A mess.
Charles can’t control him.
Shades of the Ivanka “Look, Daddy, I’m politicking!” meme.
I think William sees the bread and butter local events as beneath him because it requires mingling with the peasants, so to speak. He thinks he should be entrusted with serious global matters as befitting his status and self-deluded imagined brilliance. It must drive him nuts to see Harry getting so much international respect and recognition, but William fails to grasp is that Harry put in DECADES of hard work to get to this point. William has no understanding or appreciation for hard work, he seems to think Harry doesn’t deserve any of it simply by being born the spare. This isn’t a surprise given that William was raised to believe he is special and brilliant solely based on birth order. His world view doesn’t allow for the idea that something can be earned.
Agree, he definitely thinks it’s beneath him. Making his schedule based on his whims must be a nightmare.
Also, Harry isn’t trying to solve complex political and historical issues by issuing a vague statement paraphrasing Churchill. Harry and Meghan try to help those affected by those complex issues – helping refugees, for example. It’s a fine line but I think if William’s statement had been more humanitarian focused it would not have gotten the mixed reactions its getting.
It was so grandiose and skirted around actually saying anything.
I have no doubt that William waded into this solely in an attempt to outdo (in his warped little mind) Harry.
William could not handle seeing how much great (international!) press Harry was getting all week, so his way of trying to steal the attention back was by commenting on what he believes is the most “important” current world issue. If the IG event hadn’t been this week and we hadn’t seen or heard from Harry or Meghan in weeks, do we think William still would have felt the need to speak up about this right now? I’ll go with “no.” His timing *always* gives his motives away.
He’s beyond pathetic.
It’s very sad every time the future head of state opens his mouth it turns to an embarrassment.
It’s sad how low the bar is to be head of state. Born into it and didn’t die young.
The saddest part is that he probably genuinely thought his contributions would move the dial, and that people would listen to and respect him.
My sentiments exactly. I think this was a rare act of sincerity that backfired due to his complete lack of understanding about everything.
I actually find that part quite amusing…😉😅
He probably thinks he hit it out of the park with that statement!
For some reason, the part that most offends me is this:
“It is only when faced with the sheer scale of human suffering that the importance of permanent peace is brought home”
Besides being flowery, it seems to be a rather detached view of human suffering, almost like “Well, if the numbers of people being killed over there (far away) reach shocking levels, then something will be done (but not by me).” So, just a few murders won’t cut it? “Only” hundreds of children starving?
Maybe I’m just nitpicking because I dislike the messenger? But to speak so cavalierly about your fellow humans’ suffering as if it is some fundraising goal that you have to reach in order to act is appalling to me.
I felt the same Jay, you expressed it much better then I would have been able to explain my reaction.
@Jay – That struck me, too. You said it well.
Right @Jay. Honestly though, to me this continues to be all about Willy feeling the obsessive need to try and one-up his younger brother. 🙄 Harry is esteemed on the world stage for being a caring humanitarian who has created substantive charities and programs that benefit specific groups of people with special needs. Meanwhile, Willy stumbles and flails all-over himself trying to sound like he cares about substantive concerns, when his real aim is receiving attention and brownie points for pretending to care.
Harry is hailed in worldwide news coverage for his recent pre-2025 Invictus-related appearances. Thus, lazy, entitled (“Africa is mine!”), petulant Willy must get coverage for his ‘Peacemaker’ faux ambitions and utterances, which as usual turn out to be ill-advised gaffes that garner the wrong kind of attention. 😒
Yeah! It say’s a lot about his mindset. Maybe it’s “just” bad wording, but this is an heir to the throne, not average Bill at the pub. Speaking up about a conflict which has lasted much longer than he has lived. A conflict high ranking and experienced diplomats, politicians and academics have tried to solve this for decades. Any statement from him should’ve been crystal clear and vettet by the government. The norwegian king, for instance, didn’t make any statements after the attac in october because the norwegian government didn’t want him to.
No, I had the same overall feeling when I read that.
Reminiscent of when he chided Africans for having children because “wildlife.” He doesn’t know who he is, only what he wants: (unearned) respect.
The Israeli officials don’t want to publicly criticize William because it would offend Charles – they don’t care if it would offend William. That puts him in his place.
It’s strange that William can’t seem to concentrate on any one thing. Earthshot alone could be a lifetime preoccupation. Is it just laziness?
Earth shot isn’t real either. A real earthshot would have him following up on the projects he’s funding, publicizing them, raising money for them, and continuing to fund them. He created an awards show that barely features the projects, with a laughable amount of funding to see them through. It’s a “I need a project” project. They spend more money on holding the event in various cities than on the projects themselves. I’d love to have a journalist ask William about one of the projects he’s funded off the cuff, and watch him struggle to answer it. Ir even (because I’m a vicious bitch), make up a fake project name, claim it was funded by Earthshot, and ask him about it publically. “(So your royal highness, can you tell us more about the African Water Works project? Building swimming pools….for flamingos?)
Earthshot might not be effective, but it’s real – but that’s not my point. There are 3 year’s worth of winners and finalists. They’ve all done earnest work on their projects to solve certain environmental issues. William could choose to follow one, a few, any, all, to gauge their success, to help them move forward, to coordinate with the overall mission.
He could spend a lifetime working on this alone and maybe achieve something. Instead he hops onto something else, homelessness, mental health, Africa, now Gaza – hop, hop, hop, back and forth, back and forth, with no focus or attention. Is it just laziness or is there something else on top of that – maybe alcohol, maybe ADHD?
Oh Eurydice, please stop — I knew Earthshot was fake when they had Beckham fly in to Boston from Dubai on a private jet, when none of the honorees where allowed to attend. Do I need to say that the award is just William pretending to have created a project that’s on the level of Harry’s Invictus Games? It’s a dead horse at this point.
@Proud Mary – Well, that’s why Earthshot was taken away from William and made into a separate non-profit. William’s ego, clout chasing and financial mismanagement don’t negate the fact that the finalists and winners have done actual work and were chosen by a committee of people who care about the issues. After Earthshot became separate, we saw changes with the event in Singapore – there was participation by the finalists and weeklong workshops, etc.
Again, my point isn’t the viability of Earthshot – I’m wondering why he can’t stay focused on any one thing. Although, I suppose he’s been pretty well focused on hating Harry, so maybe that’s his life’s goal.
@Eurydice: “… he’s been pretty well focused on hating Harry, so maybe that’s his life’s goal.”
🎯 Quite obviously it’s this, as well as woefully and uselessly trying to one-up his younger brother in an endless one-sided way.
He got dragged, again, on SM for this – NO ONE was impressed, esp when the photo’s came out of his visit to the red cross. It was all very very performative.
Keep on helping to bring down the monarchy William!!!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
On Twitter this morning someone posted a comparison between his statement yesterday compared to the Oct 7 statement. Yesterday’s was done only under William’s solo cipher, whereas the one on October was expressed by both Wm and Kate.
Apparently he hadn’t used his solo cipher since before he was married.
Very very strange.
Maybe he’s hoping for a Nobel peace prize and doesn’t want to share it Kate?
It would not surprise me if they were already divorced and that drama is around making it public.
VERY strange.
Intrigue abounds.
Seriously, there needs to a program for royal heirs. I mean, I think monarchies should be abolished, but as long as the exist, being “monarch” or “heir “ is a job for which they are paid, so there need to be some requirements, like there are for doctors or teachers. One of the requirements should be coursework or an internship in International Relations. Others have done it: CP Victoria did an internship at the Swedish Embassy in DC and completed a diplomatic training course, Felipe has a Masters in Foreign Service, Fred has a Masters in Political Science and worked at the Danish Embassy in France. All did military service. They all have concrete, well-documented interests and projects. Wills barely made it through an undergraduate course in Geography and flits from “big use” to “big issue”, making proclamations while doing absolutely nothing of substance.
The difference in training and education between the other european royal families and the BRF is stark. The BRF really come across as the boorish uneducated cousins
^^ Exactly @Lauren. 💯 A noticeable difference between the Windsors and other modern European monarchies. Most likely, in part, the result of a stark history of Windsor over-entitlement and snobbery as nose-in-the-air heirs to an Empire which no longer exists. 🙄
Yes, interning at an embassy should be a minimum requirement. And lots of immersion in that language prior. (Welsh first though!)
THIS
He should have just stayed home… 🫣🤭 it’s been a rough few days.
You know he tried.
His statement just seemed so unnecessary. he could have made these visits without centering himself and making it all about his “global statesman” status, which has ended up backfiring on him.
Like I keep reading his statement and I’m not sure what he’s saying. Who is responsible for bringing about the permanent peace? Who is this statement directed towards?
It’s a wishy washy statement open to interpretation so that the tabloids can spin it whichever way suits their narrative.
They are calling this an ‘intervention’.
Charles, the BM and the courtiers created Franken-Heir. Because of his jealousy and pettiness William has pulled the electrodes out of his neck, hopped off the gurney, and is now rampaging across the countryside. He’s going to create an incident where all three of those aforementioned parties won’t be able to save him.
You could’ve at least made the statement vaguely resemble something Will might actually say, new secretary dude.
I’m not sure if Will is actually delusional enough to think that his words alone can bring about world peace, or if this was part of his new secretary’s plan to make Will a gLoBaL sTaTeSmAn, or if they were just desperate to distract the world from the braying buffoon Will reveals himself to be every time he steps in public.
Either way, it just shows that this new secretary is yet another yes-man who clearly is not up to the job. There are a zillion other ways Will could have released a statement related to those events he did and have an actual impact instead of shirking the political limitations of his role to wade into a geopolitical hotbed of his country’s biggest allies for what largely amounts to ‘no actual ideas or substance, just vibes.’
They can hire as many private secretaries as they want, they can write as many dramatic, overwrought monologues as they like, but they can’t hide the obvious Grand-Canyon-wide-gaping-chasm that is the difference between the global statesman they pretend Will is on paper and the ignorant, pompous moron he can’t help but show himself to be any time he actually is seen or heard from directly. And, given that reality, KP needed someone with a modicum of sense and some ability to control the heir, and instead here we are. I predict a rather short tenure for this secretary.
@SUNDAY, very well put
@Sunday: A clear word, well spoken.
What you said is 100% correct.
Right @Sunday. This is all about raging (“Africa is mine!”) Willy demanding that his handlers find something he can do to compete with his more accomplished younger brother on the world stage. It ain’t working, and quite clearly there’s no Tory, no courtier, and no private secretary worth their salt who can ever help this lazy twat with his errant, selfishly-motivated ambitions. 🤦♀️ 🫤
William’s PR is just chaotic. His desire to become a global statesman and to compete with Harry is what’s driving this nonsense.
^^ Exactly @Amy Bee. Bottom line, that’s it.
Weren’t there like three crazy people saying that Harry visiting Charles was a risk to national security ? If so how is this diplomatic idiot allowed to give statements about important subjects like this one and not be label as a national risk ?
Peg should have listened to Mark Twain and kept his mouth shut because now everyone knows he’s a fool.
He also made a fool out of the monarchy and the British government.
This is exactly what I expect from William 🙄🙄he’s like a sleeping volcano waiting to erupt 😏😏.
That’s all right, the Heir(B&B) is white, rich, and can be secreted bought, he won’t face any consequences from The Riches or the Tory government. Unlike the first black female president of an Ivy League school in Massachusetts, or the female president of another Ivy League school further south in the USA. /S (Still angry for Dr. Gay.)
The new hire of #ALotOfFunWill is a Britain, yes? He was a former diplomat and has worked under the UK government, yes? So what happened? Will should’ve stayed hidden.
We need a Shakespeare in our times – As these words, contemporary to a “T” – P. William – quote about life from Macbeth: “Life’s but a walking shadow; a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more: it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”
The strutting peacock has done it again, proclaimed himself as an expert, a statesman of our times, man for all seasons, and ends up looking like a five year old playing at being a grown up. Will they stop writing speeches for him to deliver, because HE DOES NOT UNDERSTAND what he’s talking about or what words of more than one syllable can mean.
He’s a moron, a performing ego on legs, who can’t remember from one day to the next what he’s done or said or drunk.
In his efforts to try and out statesman his brother, he ran the risk of causing a big international incident. Harry can always walk the line of political and private, he’s had to to make invictus such a success. William needs to slink of back home and watch a few films,. And just STFU
I feel that William has been brave enough to say what he did, How many of you on here have made any statement about 25 thousand people being slaughtered by Israel most of whom are civilians and include Mothers and children and older people. All you have talked about is William in the most derogatory way.
This is a celebrity gossip site, so I don’t understand why you expect posters here to ‘make statements’ about Gaza. I can assure you, just about everyone here has done so in the appropriate settings and on relevant social media platforms.
And no one disagrees with William that the conflict needs to end. That’s not a brave statement, that’s a common sense one. Posters on here are simply aghast at the complete incompetence of William in making his statementS.
I am just grateful that his statement just referred to him as being a father without adding “who does the school run” to prove how exceptional he is!
OMG, that Sainted School Run was *implied!* Read between the lines, sister, lmfao.
I’ll give William credit for one thing: He’s finally given me something to laugh about regarding this nightmare.
William doesn’t have power, he only thinks he does, so the second definition is William. Here is a copy and paste:
Dictionary Definitions from Oxford Languages ·
meg·a·lo·ma·ni·ac
/ˌmeɡ(ə)lōˈmānēˌak/
noun
noun: megalomaniac; plural noun: megalomaniacs
a person who is obsessed with their own power.
a person who suffers delusions of their own power or importance.
I think the write up on this is off base. William would not have made the comment without approval from the U.K. government. This is part of the government’s effort to distance itself (at least on the surface) from the current action of the Israeli government but unlike France too coward to say it with their full chest.
Athena, so you believe the Tori government would be fine with an international incident caused by what Wont said? I find that hard to believe. Alternatively, are you saying that the Tori government has no problem with creating an international incident? The result is the same. I don’t know about the UK government, so perhaps you’re right and this is the result they wanted.
KP and the new secretary are walking this back as fast as they can. Prepare for some ridiculous H&M story tomorrow 🙄
I find it shameful that there are 108 comments here so far and none of them agree with (or even really acknowledge) the gist of his statement, regardless of how irrelevant and useless he is. Surely, on this topic, there are more pressing issues than his shortcomings? How privileged and callous we are.
Those are large sins to paint on people who merely dislike William’s pretense and dumbassery. I would bet no one commenting enjoys the fact that people have suffered in the Middle East for thousands of years. And you know zero about how hard people work, or what they actual feel about Life, outside of this box.
Because as egomaniac william is releasing this statement, he’s also briefing about how much he hates his brother and his sister in law. In fact he’ll never forgive them or invite them to his father’s funeral. Wow such humanity, love and kindness from William…..
More people would believe William if they actually saw this lived out in his life and his press briefings about Harry, Meghan and their kids.
What is the gist of his statement? He said he wants the fighting to end. Who doesn’t? The question is how. He used a bunch of Churchillian bombastic phrasing to essentially hold up a peace sign and say peace in the Middle East y’all.
Of course this a-hole would blunder into this unforced error–he’s so busy not doing his OWN work within his own PURVIEW, that he’s decided to wade into international politics (NOT his purview in the least) to make ignorant, potentially disastrous remarks that ONLY the Prime Minister of England should make or a similarly ELECTED political official. It seems Bulliam’s idea of being a global statesman is taking over the Prime Minister’s role with neither permission nor common sense. They’re going to have to muzzle this idiot or he will cause grave repercussions to England AND embarrass the hell out of his own country. But Willy probably doesn’t know that in the 21st century, the king no longer rules England (he’s probably only historically up to date about King Henry the Eighth, Elizabeth 1’s father who DID have the power Willy is now seeking. Just UNBELIEVABLE.
Never did I think I’d wish Chuck a long and healthy kingship! Yikes!
Sometimes I feel sorry for that country how they’re being laughed at in the world stage. Or worse, showing their irrelevance in the world stage.
Had this same feeling as an American when Trump was president(which crossing fingers we won’t get to repeat).