In January, Prince William canceled an event with the Army Air Corps at the last minute. The cancellation was supposedly about “inclement weather,” although people said that the weather at the time was just a bit drizzly and “English.” As it turned out, William originally wanted to do some big stunt arrival at the Army Air base where he “co-piloted” a helicopter, and since he couldn’t do that, he just canceled the whole event.
Five months later, William finally got around to rescheduling an appearance with the Army Air Corps. He was in Wattisham, Suffolk on Wednesday, looking like bedraggled ass. This is Prince Harry’s old unit – Harry served in combat with the Army Air Corps in Afghanistan. King Charles did a big ceremony with William last year, giving Willy the “Colonel-in-Chief” position. The ceremony was specially timed around Prince Harry’s visit to London for the Invictus anniversary service. This was William’s first public outing in a week. School runs or school holidays or something. While he was in Suffolk, he did jazz-hands for the cameras and he also made an oblique reference to family melodrama.
Prince William may have subtly acknowledged his strained relationship with his brother, Prince Harry, during a recent royal outing. On June 4, the Prince of Wales opened up about how family can be a “mixed bag” while visiting the Army Air Corps in Wattisham, Suffolk. Prince William, 42, toured the regiments for the first time as Colonel-in-Chief of the Army Air Corps, a high-profile role previously believed to have been earmarked for Prince Harry before he stepped back from his royal role in 2020.
During a conversation with soldiers on a water break from combat training, William brought up the topic of family in a moment that some royal watchers saw as pointed.
According to the Daily Mail, the heir to the throne asked: “‘Is the pace of life good at the moment [?]”
After one man replied that it was “a mixed bag,” William said, “Families okay? See you enough? Some of them might not want to see you that much. It’s a mixed bag sometimes.”
I find “Some of them might not want to see you that much” more telling than “it’s a mixed bag.” It could be about Harry, but it could be about other people in William’s family. Anyway, when William canceled this appearance in January, some commenters suggested that he would reschedule it specifically to “compete” with the Duchess of Sussex’s Netflix show or As Ever launch, in March or April. That didn’t happen – instead, he rescheduled it for his niece’s birthday. You know, the niece he’s never met.
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- The Prince of Wales, Colonel-in-Chief, the Army Air Corps (AAC), hands out bacon and sausage rolls to military families during his visit to Wattisham Flying Station, Suffolk Featuring: William, Prince of Wales Where: Wattisham, United Kingdom When: 04 Jun 2025 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- The Prince of Wales, Colonel-in-Chief, the Army Air Corps (AAC), in a helicopter during a visit to Wattisham Flying Station, Suffolk Featuring: William, Prince of Wales Where: Wattisham, United Kingdom When: 04 Jun 2025 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- The Prince of Wales, Colonel-in-Chief, the Army Air Corps (AAC), talks to Archie Foster, aged 6 and his sister Ida Foster, aged 8 during a visit to Wattisham Flying Station, Suffolk Featuring: William, Prince of Wales Where: Wattisham, United Kingdom When: 04 Jun 2025 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- The Prince of Wales, Colonel-in-Chief, the Army Air Corps (AAC), during a visit to Wattisham Flying Station, Suffolk Featuring: William, Prince of Wales Where: Wattisham, United Kingdom When: 04 Jun 2025 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- The Prince of Wales, Colonel-in-Chief, the Army Air Corps (AAC), during a visit to Wattisham Flying Station, Suffolk Featuring: William, Prince of Wales Where: Wattisham, United Kingdom When: 04 Jun 2025 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- The Prince of Wales, Colonel-in-Chief, the Army Air Corps (AAC), during a visit to Wattisham Flying Station, Suffolk Featuring: William, Prince of Wales Where: Wattisham, United Kingdom When: 04 Jun 2025 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- The Prince of Wales, Colonel-in-Chief, the Army Air Corps (AAC), (left) gets a briefing of overseas operations during a visit to Wattisham Flying Station, Suffolk Featuring: William, Prince of Wales Where: Wattisham, United Kingdom When: 04 Jun 2025 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
Until I see video, I can’t rightly judge if these are jazz hands or spirit fingers
He looks ridiculous.
He does. And cringey. So cringey. An adult man posing in combat uniform he didn’t earn. How is he not embarrassed?
I think William always looks awkward or uncomfortable in pictures or videos I see him in. 🥴
I wonder how much more awkward and uncomfortable he will look when he becomes King and his public appearances increase. 🤔 🤷🏽♀️
His public appearances WON’T increase when he becomes king. That was the Cambridge Way and now the Wales Strategy.
On one level, I think the man is depressed. But then again, he hasn’t removed himself from the LOS so he clearly likes the chopper perks, holidays and multiple homes on taxpayer expense. So no sympathy from me.
Keep on being petty Willy. Your hate for your mother’s grandchildren is showing in every single line on your face.
Re: mixed bag, I think it’s his father and his kids that don’t want to see him. Harry’s not flying all the way to see his physically abusive brother.
Yes, I think it’s specifically aimed at himself with regards to military life. He did, sort of, part time, etc., pretend to be a pilot/co-pilot & I’m willing to bet Kate preferred him away rather than home.
Baby dance knocked Chucky and Cain off the front page, every time they plan to upstage the Sussexes they fail.
Baby dance HM is spectacular so it stole the show from the headlines, but it turns out Meghan can outshine the coronation when he buys potatoes🤣
They became a nonstory as soon as Meghan posted the first two Princess Lilibet photos, the video just buried them. Love that for them.
“Mixed bag”. May refer to Harry but it could be dear old dad or it could be his oh so happy wife that doesn’t want to see him. None of it sounds good for him when your own family doesn’t want to see you.
Yeah, the context made it sound like maybe their families/spouses didn’t want to see them and W has experience with that (family not wanting to see him). He was probably trying for a put down but revealed more about himself. Agree, none of this was good.
Notes for the personal valet: Why don’t these wealthy English guys whiten their teeth? They don’t have to go bright white but they can do better than this. Also moisturizer is a friend.
Because their “titles” are suppose to overcome their physical shortcomings and other grooming issues 😂
“instead, he rescheduled it for his niece’s birthday. You know, the niece he’s never met.”
And Lili’s birthday and the ‘mama dance’ still showed him up without trying.
Will the lazy, joyless loser.
Lol, my brain stopped at “bedraggled ass.”
He is such an unattractive douche .
“Now, does this laptop get the football games? Don’t want to miss a minute of the real Gunners!”
I’ve noticed this before but William often asks closed-questions which doesn’t exactly facilitate discussion. ‘Is the pace of life good at the moment [?]” Could be answered with a simple yes or no. At least someone gives the mixed-bag answer which is a little more to work with. And then as usual he makes it into a joke about some of the family might not want to see you as much. Um does he even know if that’s applicable to the person. Or was it just about him? Weird.
Same! I see this constantly! I don’t even really get how Will’s aside about how some family member’s might not even want to know what you’re doing….is at all appropriate for the event, or even accurate for those people, weeks and months on for them!!! $?!,
What a douche. He’s actually suggesting the guy’s own family doesn’t want to see him, just so he can shoehorn in some of his own family drama. “Sometimes they don’t want to see you that much.” Keep on being a spiteful jerk who makes everything about yourself, Bulliam, you reveal yourself every time.
Most of the Royal Family were doing engagements yesterday. I wonder why?
They make it so obvious, how anyone could respect these people is beyond me.
He did not inherit his mother’s charisma that’s for sure
It’s such a weird comment. “pace of life good at the moment?” and then he jumps to how these men’s families may not want to see them that much. like…..even with potential references to harry or charles aside…..its a weird comment.
he just looks so ridiculous playing dress up.
What an unfortunate looking man.
He can’t compare to Harry in any way.
I love this for him.
Harry was always dutiful, hard-working and emotional. He was the one who fulfilled royal duties for himself, his brother, but also often replaced the Queen or his father at foreign meetings. He was universally respected in the world. But what he wanted, and what he did not have since his mother’s death, was family, family love and care.
He was a child when his father informed him of the accident and death of his mother and left him alone for 12 hours, his brother at Eton told him not to come near him, he could not do too much charity work because he would outshine his lazy brother, and what he was allowed to do was used to promote William, and later Kate. He was treated demonstratively, like a servant, he lived in a “henhouse” and dressed in outlets and on sale. At the same time, William had 20 rooms and 4 million pounds from his father.
RF always knew that William was not as good as Harry, to hide it, they controlled and watched over Harry so that he could not develop, and he did it anyway. He knew all this, which is why, as a teenager with the Prince of Lesotho, he founded Santebale in his own name, not in the royal foundation. It was similar with IG. William tried to take over both of these organizations. He was foaming at the mouth. He even hired lawyers. Register IG outside the royal foundation, only for Harry the queen and her lawyer helped him during William’s absence. RF they always used him and suppressed him.
Meeting a woman who is his mirror image, and at the same time they complement each other, was a miracle that gave him not only a loving family, but also a kindred spirit, and a best friend. That’s why he is thriving. Together they are thriving and developing.
Who wouldn’t want such love.
Oh, I was moved… 🥰♥️
Mixed bag is Not a tactful ref to his Stepmom, is it!
Will Peg continue to play dress up when he becomes king one day? Or will he stick with the blue blazer? Since he plans on working from home, he can wear his royal PJ bottoms with his airplane slippers while having Zoom meetings, and no one will know.
I wish just one of them had spoken up and said “nope, I can manage to get along with my family. I’ve never knocked any of them down.”
Or, no, my kids love when I come home, they climb all over me!
Can no one in their circle not see what giant r**ist a**holes they look like when they do this? What did archie and Lilly ever do to deserve these regular stunts. The coronation on Archie’s birthday marks charles as a sh*t grandpa for life. It’s like william is competition with charles for biggest a hole.
“What did archie and Lilly ever do to deserve these regular stunts.”
Were born!
I’d love to hear comments from the actual Air Corps members after this pillock leaves.
He is soooo horribly awkward talking to people. Much global, so statesman.
His teeth are yellow! Yuck. He’ll always be bald, but at least can he get whiter teeth? So cringe to look at. He represents the monarchy!
He looks so desperately unhealthy and uncomfortable in his own skin. From birth he was destined to be KoE. How can he be so ill prepared at nearly 43 that he can’t do basic solo events without looking idiotic?