If you only listen to the pro-Prince William royal commentators, you might believe that William is the authoritarian dictator of the left-behind Windsors, barking commands and pronouncements constantly. You might believe that William is Mr. Hardline, a big-boy monarchist who believes he alone understands how to banish rogue relatives for the good of the institution. Well, obviously, the royalist fan-fic doesn’t match the reality. Instead of actually showing leadership within the family, William mostly hides out at one of his many country homes and briefs against his father, who is actually making the tough calls. Instead of sticking to his principles, however unpopular, William often backs down immediately and shoots himself in the d–k. Take, for example, William’s alleged hatred of his uncle, Prince Andrew. For years now, William has ranted about Andrew and what needs to happen to his uncle: banish, destroy, cut him off, put him on an ice floe! Except that William has also, in that time, chauffeured Andrew to church, and chatted with Andrew at a funeral, and on and on. Now it turns out that William called Andrew right after King Charles took away Andrew’s titles.
Prince William reportedly offered condolences to his uncle, the former Prince Andrew, after Andrew’s royal titles were stripped.
In a new biography of the late Queen Elizabeth, Elizabeth II: In Private. In Public. The Inside Story, author Robert Hardman reported that William called Andrew on the night that he lost his titles to “offer condolences.”
The book claims that the former Duke of York, 66, was “very touched” that Prince William, 43, was “one of the few people” who reached out to him.
Kensington Palace had no comment when reached by PEOPLE, and PEOPLE has reached out to Andrew for comment.
King Charles stripped his brother’s royal titles in October 2025 as Andrew faced renewed scrutiny around his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The increased criticism came amid the publication of Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir and newly unveiled documents that shed light on the pair’s relationship.
This happened about six months ago, and I remember all of the events perfectly – William and Kate were on vacation, hiding out in Norfolk. William’s staff kept ranting to the press that King Charles was weak and dithering on Andrew. Then, everything shifted – Andrew agreed to be unroyaled and Charles released a statement. All of a sudden, we heard that William stood by his father’s decision and William was actually worried about Andrew’s mental health. Now it turns out that William actually called up his uncle around that time too. Yeah, I simply don’t want to hear any more bullsh-t about how William is such a tough guy and he’ll banish everyone when he’s king. I also don’t want to hear anything about how these people actually care about the victims.
The Duke of York has attended church in Balmoral with senior royals in an apparent show of unity which insiders say marks an end to any talk of a “family divided”
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Such a posh twat. What a w*nker.
Willy is a snake…..
What did Billy do/know, when did he know it, and what does Andrew have on Billy.
That’s the question media should be asking, instead of stalking American women on business trips to Australia.
🎯 Can’t wait to see how William gets his mouthpieces (Sykes, Shuter) to play this. Will they keep barking that Willy is the “ruthless” future king the country needs, knowing this Hardman quote will always show up in the comments?
William also gave Andrew a seat on his private plane to Balmoral when QEII was dying. Leaving Harry scrambling for his own flight 1/2 hour away. And 🎯to Willy always being on vacation when Charles made the decisions about Royal Lodge and titles, also when Andrew was arrested, then Willy popping up and saying he made Charles do it.
Right? Will this detail about William make it to the substack😂😂?
The problem facing William’s mouthpieces is that they really have nothing else besides “he’s ruthless and will take vengeance on his relatives better than Charles did, y’all! Oh, and he won’t wear pink capes!” They don’t have any amazing promises about financial transparency, and they can’t point to how takes electric cars instead of helicopters. They can’t say he works as hard as his father, lol.
What’s left to fluff Willy with? Nothing that I can see. Whatever will the substacks write about?
So he’s a liar and a coward, in addition to being a petulant, angry bully, who is terminally lazy and intellectually incurious. Wow, what a prize!
They still to this day haven’t said anything direct about the victims, just that they are understood to have agreed with Charles’s statement.
” Understood to have agreed” I mean says it all doesn’t it?
I’ve said this before, but what is he going to do when he can’t hide behind his father anymore and stick his finger in the air to see which way the wind is blowing before sticking his neck out there? When he’s King he’s not going to be able to agree with other statements, or hide behind others to make a decision. All that Wolf talk about what he would do, and what he will be doing, he’s going to have to do. And he’s not going to get a do-over.
Maybe that’s why he looks so fragile recently, it’s starting to sink in that the spotlight that he demands and craves is actually going to be on him soon.
I think he’ll continue hiding out for as long as possible. That’s why all the advance work about how he thinks ceremonies are silly, that he’s not religious, that he prefers “impactful” work rather than ribbon-cutting events. That’s why the fortress at Forest Lodge.
Scooter had Andrew walking next to his family on Church walks. Keen is beaming at Andrew in that car picture. Scooter is a big phony
He probably thinks he is a master manipulator: “Don’t worry old bean, we just have to say this for the papers, you know how it is!”
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The writer should really have noted how William’s public statements versus his private actions were very reminiscent of Sarah/Fergie’s words to Jeffrey Epstein, since it’s the same storyline and same family. And Andrew had more than just vague “ties” to the convicted sex offender, we all saw multiple photos of him crouched over young girls lying prone on the floor. He also participated in Epstein’s activities.
William and Kate had a statement released agreeing with Charles stripping Andrew of titles, but he makes a sympathy call? You can’t tell me he had no knowledge of the Andrew/Epstein mess.
Similarly, it was never once reported previously that Andrew was unwelcoming to Kate or thought she was too much a commoner. Total fiction invented by William’s supporters in the last few months to give some meat to his/their dislike and rage.
Of course Peggy’s sympathies are for his uncle because imo Peggy is involved much deeper than just having his vanity projects funded by the male clients in Epsteins emails.
The fact that William and Kate both willingly let their minor daughter make an appearance with Andrew is proof of their character and parenting skills. Neither could give a hoot about trafficking victims or even potentially putting their own child at risk. Disgusting.
As I understand it, the Windsors like them young but not family so I think Charlotte will be OK
I don’t know about the “not family” angle. Have you seen Andrew fondle one of his daughters during the walkabout after the queen died?* I’m not saying he used his daughters the way he did other young women but any old port in a storm. Or maybe he was just feeling sad about his mummy’s death, we all know that people grieve in different ways.
* To be more fair to him, he skimmed his hand over her body, including her backside. There, I’ve just shown more restraint that the BM ever did. The point remains the same however, it was the kind of “bad touch” we warn children about.
Charlotte is still not yet in Pedo’s preferred age range. She wasn’t in any “danger” .
That is a dangerous assumption.. not one I would be willing to risk any of my children’s safety over. There are still a lot of unreleased files.
I tend to think he quite enjoyed making that call… I’d say more gloat than sympathy.
My thought as well.
Yes it’s obvious that Peg speaks out of both sides of his mouth.
So Willy Nilly is a bald two faced liar. How many negative disgusting attributes does this idiot have? And does he have at least one positive attribute? Also, what does Raggedy Andy have on him to garner such unsolicited sympathy? Is this a warning shot to Willy to lay off Andy’s daughters? Next on As The Royal World Turns…
Shidbdksinfhfjdkek! Come on now. This is funny. Blowing up William’s spot like this.
It’s totally hilarious. Willy’s fluffers have nothing left to fluff him with. And you know they would have avoided “he’s perpetually incandescent and will wreak vengeance on his relatives” if they had anything else remotely fluffable. I can’t wait to watch them try out other lines, this should be good.
Sympathy for the sex deviant but only anger and vengeance for his brother and his family? William’s handlers should be aware of how this makes him look.
Sooo William – Mr. Incandescent with Rage who refuses to talk to his brother, who has committed no crime – can call up the former Prince Andrew and “offer condolences” in such a way that Andrew was “touched?” AYFKM??
Please Sykes et al, tell us again how tough William is. How he’s willing to make the hard choices his father won’t.
Maybe Pedrew or Pedrew’s sources shouldn’t used the word “touched” to describe his feelings.
Hilarious, though, that they threw William under the bus here and undermined his he-man narrative.
Will looks like shit even with a receding hairline. The only time he ever looked good was when he had an abundance of hair that covered his forehead if he wanted it to. And that was for about 5 minutes. I’m sure he enjoyed it while it lasted. I’m glad his mother snatched back his looks when he definitively turned into an asshole.