I double-checked this because I was like, no, this can’t be correct: Prince William only worked one day this week. On Wednesday, he had an event in London. He visited a greenhouse and barely got any attention. He also skipped his father’s big documentary premiere at Windsor Castle. But Work-Shy Willy still thought he earned a boys’ night out at a football match. He traveled to Villa Park in Birmingham to watch his beloved Aston Villa beat FC Salzburg (an Austrian team). William did not bring his son Prince George, and it looked like William was just seated with Aston Villa’s executives.
Prince William erupted in celebration as Aston Villa came from behind in the Europa League to beat Austrian side Red Bull Salzburg. Following a poor first half, which saw the Prince of Wales side go 1-0 down, Villa then conceded a second, less than five minutes after the restart.
The Villains mounted a tremendous comeback, starting with a piece of interplay that saw England international Morgan Rogers slot home into the bottom-left corner. Twelve minutes later, William’s side levelled matters as skipper Tyrone Mings converted from close range, making amends for an earlier error that led to Salzburg’s initial goal.
Villa’s comeback was complete as youngster Jamaldeen Jimoh-Aloba smashed the winning goal home to mean the Birmingham-based side finished in the top two of the league phase in the Europa League.
The Prince of Wales was seen getting into the action, punching the air as his side scored. William was sitting next to the owner and director of football for the club in a high vantage point. Prince George was a notable absence from the game, having previously attended fixtures with his dad.
The result means Aston Villa finished second in the league phase after their 3-2 victory. William’s side missed out on the top spot on goal difference to French side, Lyon. The Villains lost only one game throughout the league phase, winning seven of eight. The Prince of Wales’s side is having a season to remember, currently sitting third in the Premier League, only four points off top spot.
Again, I don’t think many would begrudge William some enthusiasm for his favorite team, but it’s all about balance and optics. William’s refusal to do more than one work event a week is connected to his ability to drop everything to attend a football match in Birmingham. It’s particularly dumb this week because he also skipped his father’s premiere. Speaking of, there’s a rumor going around that William is mad about King Charles’s documentary because the filmmakers added footage of Charles and Prince Harry fishing when Harry was just a boy. Is that “the reason” why William is in such a snit about Charles this week?
One more story about William: during his one work event this week, a Ubele Initiative staffer named Christina Oredeko told William that she lives in Windsor too and she would love to visit his new palatial estate, Forest Lodge. William responded by mocking her, saying: “Are you inviting your family to stay? Should we talk diaries and work out timings? It’s not the maddest question I’ve ever been asked!” He thought the idea of inviting a peasant to his home was hysterical. Yikes.
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Pegs fun will always come before duty!! As for mocking the lady well what does on expect from an entitled man child with absolutely no grace or charm. He is a lot like our orange despot dictator.
Wow. He really is a ridiculous fool along with being a lazy entitled man/baby. Not going to his dad’s documentary premiere was a lay up and he and his lazy wife couldn’t do that, after having a nothing burger of a week. He basically laughs in a tax payers face over something fairly innocent comment.
He is a walking disaster.
Hmmm … could it be that he’s unhappy because Harry DID see Charles last week? We don’t know where Harry stayed or what he got up to other than court and seeing Baroness Lawrence at the House of Lords. This could explain quite a lot 🤔
Things must be really tense between him and Charles if he can’t just slap on a suit and go to his Dad’s premiere
I’m sure William took the royal helicopter to the game.
It’s a slightly over 2 hour drive by car so you know it.
What a horrible little (mentally) man. She shouldn’t have invited herself, but his whole job description is handling moments like this (blame it on security?)
and being gracious to the peasants.
Most people would consider a night out with the boys “recreation” – not “work”. Are we supposed to be in awe of this man for taking part in a recreational activity. Talk to me when he’s found a cure for cancer
What “boys”? Not a friend in sight.
Ordinarily I’d think “well maybe you just had to be there” as jokes can look a bit flat in print. But we have seen enough of him being awkward and cringe to know everyone was smiling through gritted teeth.
I said this before, but their lives have to be so boring being as terminally lazy as they are. Even when I don’t feel like going to work, going to work, having errands to run, having interests and spending time with my family is what fills up my life. Even discounting the nannies, their kids don’t need them that much, what do they do all day?
And maybe that comment didn’t sound as harsh in person, and maybe hers didn’t sound as presumptuous, but I’ve said before that Williams biggest problem is that he’s very socially awkward. He doesn’t seem to have any real media training, and whenever he tries to be ” one of the blokes” he always comes off sounding even more privileged and patronizing than if he would have just leaned into being the privileged Prince of Wales.
I think it’s weird how they choose to live in a small world
Without actually hearing the conversation its hard to judge. I cant imagine she was being serious about visiting his house. But maybe she meant it as a bit of a dig about how much land they grabbed as part of the move, I dont know. but his response seems….mean. Like he’s trying to be funny but he’s really annoyed that she had the audacity to think she could ever see his house.
Meanwhile even Balmoral is open for tours now.
I agree. It’s like when he mocked that lady’s cooking in front of her kid, or when he laughed at the delivery driver getting frisked. Things that he think sound like ” banter”, that the plebs do, always just makes him sound like a huge asshole. He really needs to stop. Trying to be casual does not work from him, he needs to just be overly formal.
Yeah, that “joke” makes the other brother sound like a total prick. It sounds to me like the staffer was trying her best to make conversation about living in Windsor. I don’t think she was necessarily inviting herself over – until the Wales commandeered Forest Lodge, there was apparently public access to a lot of the grounds surrounding it, so you probably would have had a view of it if you were walking the paths. So it’s not crazy if her to think she might have been able to visit or see the grounds.
But even if she were angling for an invitation, instead of mocking/belittling her, he could have just said a noncommittal “Yes, we’re so lucky to live there” or joked that it’s not ready for visitors yet because they are still redecorating, or shifting the subject to Windsor and what she likes about it. He’s just got no social skills.
Yeah, my first thought was just woooooow, what a d*ck. A visit doesn’t mean staying overnight or anything, jeez.
The fact that he thought she was asking for or felt she was entitled to an extended overnight stay with her whole family is such a self own.
William does this. He feels he’s entitled to free stays on massive yachts owned by people he’s never met or spoken to. With his whole family. For reasons.
So he expects other people making light hearted conversation are just as shitty as he is.
I mean I think he was trying to be jokey about it but his inner d*ck just can’t help but emerge even when he’s trying to make light-hearted conversation. But yeah, that was a leap. Ain’t no one wanting to stay with him for an extended amount time, lol.
Such hard work, time for that vacation!
It really is about the optics here. Sure, go to a football game here and there, no one is saying that royals can’t have team loyalties or can’t enjoy themselves. But how many of these games has he been to over the last year, year and a half? How many helicopter rides has he taken to attend Aston Villa matches? And how much has he worked?
All he wants to do is go to pubs and watch football/soccer – what a global statesman. I’m almost embarrassed that he can’t realize how ridiculous he is.
This is ….so ick. He treats his future subjects (what a word) like the uncool kids at school that wanted to hang with him. Except I doubt there were many people who wanted to hang with William. He is temperamentally totally unsuited to his role. Harry would be *so* much better. He actually likes people, but more importantly, he relates to them from a position of concern about their experiences, which means he’s not always hyper reactive and defensive, like, “don’t touch me, peasants!!!” That’s the vibe I get with TOB. He really holds “his” people in contempt. That …is not going to go away. Whereas Charles and Harry have both respectively been raked over the coals — largely on account of their choice of partners — and come through without the snarling cringe.
Harry also was treated as “inferior” to Scooter by some in his birth family. Charles did not defend Harry against Scooter’s tirades during that so called “summit” meeting in 2020. Charles did nothing to control Scooter. And some raise the Wails to sainthood for doing little. Even Keen managing to add a “braid” and driving a car.
i just keep thinking that William’s temper and behavior must be much worse than anything we imagine. charles has a temper. Charles insists on his own way. Charles has entitlement issues and all of that. And yet he routinely seems to back down when faced with William’s wrath, or when william confronts him about something. the entire Firm seems based around avoiding William’s anger. The Windsors dont seem like easygoing people so the fact that they all seem on eggshells around him is…….telling.
Yikes, that People article doesn’t make William sound like a light-hearted joker, just an a-hole. We’re they mocking where the staffer lives in Windsor?
I have to say, I love the verbs they use to describe William’s enthusiasm – he “erupted in celebration” and “punched the air.”
So this useless jerk took time away from his busy schedule of supporting Britain’s pubs to rage-cheer his team on. Who are we to judge?
It’s hilarious if true that he’s incensed by Harry appearing in Charles’ documentary. He shouldn’t worry, as I can’t imagine many people will watch it.
hey now, that’s not fair. He might have gone to a pub before or after. He’s very hardworking, our william.
Hasn’t he grown a bit more fuzz on the top of his head? Maybe the Duchy of Cornwall product line will soon include a hair growth product.
Wilbur did one engagement this week and skived his dad’s premiere even though it promotes one of his key causes?! He is hopelessly lazy and really taking the mickey costing a fortune and not even pretending to earn his keep. He does think he’s untouchable and answerable to no one. He IS getting away with doing next to nothing because BM aren’t reporting with any outrage on FK not bothering to do the work. Why does he need a crisis manager if the tame press applauds and covers up for him whatever he does or doesn’t do?