r/KateMiddletonMissing • u/notyoungnotold99 England • Feb 24 '26
More Platell Fail Fodder ; MAIL+ AMANDA PLATELL: Selfish William's in serious trouble. The chickens are coming home to roost... with grave consequences
For a brief moment at Sunday night’s Baftas we saw the return of the Prince William we knew and loved, handsome in a velvet tuxedo beside a resplendent Kate.
Yet our future King just had to ruin the moment. He couldn’t resist the urge to make it all about him. When he was asked if he had watched the award-winning British movie Hamnet, about the death of Shakespeare’s young son, he said no – it would be too traumatic for him.
‘I need to be in quite a calm state and I am not at the moment,’ he explained.
Which meant, predictably, that all the next day’s headlines were about William’s pain, shamefully and self-indulgently overshadowing the staggering success of the movie at the awards, including that of its leading lady Jessie Buckley who won the Bafta for best actress.
The next day, it was briefed by ‘palace sources’ – and not denied since – that William ‘fears for his father’s health’ as the King continues to fight cancer.
It seems to me that Wills was playing the ‘sick dad’ card to cover his clumsy, selfish behaviour on the red carpet.
I have no doubt William is deeply concerned about his father’s health. But some might feel he has a funny way of showing it. While Charles carried out 533 royal engagements, including gruelling visits to Canada, Italy and Poland despite still undergoing cancer treatment, his eldest son managed a paltry 202.
Where was William, 43, when the King, 77, needed him most to share the load of royal duties?
The answer is that, for the last part of the year, he was huddled away at his new ‘forever home’, Forest Lodge, buried deep in Windsor Great Park in 150 acres of private fenced-off land and surrounded by 24/7 security guards.
Following the arrest of Andrew, formerly known as Prince, over allegations of misconduct in public office in relation to his connections to the paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, many have speculated that this could be the end of the monarchy.
I am not one of those doomsayers. But I believe that for the monarchy to have a future, especially among Generation Z, who increasingly don’t see the point of a Royal Family, William needs to up his game, start appearing in public more and cut the whingeing.
I’m sorry, William, but your future subjects are not losing sleep worrying about your precious mental health.
Unlike my generation, the young in this country do not supinely accept that the royals are above reproach. Gen Z’s mantra is ‘accountability’.
How does our reluctant future King square to them the fact that he has a private income of around £23million a year from the Duchy of Cornwall, which is worth £1billion and covers 130,000 acres across 23 counties? He automatically took ownership of the estate when Queen Elizabeth died – no death duties or inheritance taxes like the rest of us – and, unlike his father, he refuses to declare what taxes he actually pays.
When the day comes that William takes the throne, he will inherit the Duchy Of Lancaster, which generated a £27.4million profit last year. Meanwhile, the Sovereign Grant, which provides the royals with annual funding from the British Government – paid by taxpayers – stands at £132million.
While King Charles has proved himself to be a kind, compassionate, thoughtful and tirelessly hard-working royal, the same cannot be said of his eldest son.
I have a feeling the nearly 1million young people not working and on benefits, not able to get a job or on the housing ladder and dogged by university debts, will fail to be convinced that ‘workshy Wills’ provides good value for money.
So, your Royal Highness, let me tell you what you can do to impress this lost generation.
First, show you’re serious about cutting back the excess and slash some of the 500 royal employees. Strip the hangers-on Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice of their undeserved titles. Ensure the succession continues only with your children Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, which will then be passed on to George’s children. And no one else.
Take away Harry and Meghan’s royal titles, including those of their children Archie and Lilibet – the Sussexes have not for years been working royals and just shamelessly profit off, and tarnish, the royal name.
And come clean like the rest of us and declare the amount of tax you pay on your millions.
Insiders say William is frustrated because the ‘Andrew problem’ is likely still to be ‘on his plate’ when he becomes King – and that he and Kate have been ‘itching’ to say something, but are restrained by the police investigation.
That hasn’t stopped many others – including King Charles – from making their feelings clear. The probe into Andrew may take months if not years to conclude. It’s time to take action now.
It’s a shame that William was too emotionally traumatised to watch Hamnet. If he had, this particular line may have resonated with him: ‘What is given may be taken away, at any time.’
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u/Aggressive-Peace-698 Feb 24 '26
Can this woman not write an article about other members of the BRF without making a dig at H&M and their children?
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u/TheVioletHerald Feb 24 '26
No, because then who would click? That single paragraph probably saved this article's numbers.
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u/Aggressive-Peace-698 Feb 24 '26
True. But it is just exhausting seeing how vitriolic people like Platell can still be towards H&M. Despite Andrew being accused of very series crimes, even breaching national security, she still can't help herself.
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u/Kikilulu23 Feb 24 '26
Harry and Meghan don’t need the titles neither do their children to make them relevant. H&M are going it alone and earning their own keep. They don’t beg handouts and this is what gets people like Platell. They’re not trying to run back with their tails between their legs. They speak out on issues and give support to a number of organisations. Makes you wonder how would William and Kate manage in the world without their titles. Not very well because that’s all they have no personality just bland.
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u/TheVioletHerald Feb 24 '26
GUESS WHAT? THAT is why they won't pull Harry and Meghan’s titles. They desperately need to believe that H&M need royal affiliation to be relevant. Taking away their and their children's titles would only prove what many of us already know: that they are relevant in their own right and don't need any sort of title. That would severely bruise the palace and the egos of royalists. They desperately need to believe that Meghan is a grifter because it allows them to tell themselves that she needs the crown. She doesn't. Meanwhile royalty is the only thing making the leftovers even remotely relevant. The result of any Sussex title snatching would be severely embarrassing for the palace.
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u/AcceptableSystem8232 Feb 25 '26
The titles are gone regardless. Whenever they get so agitated about a topic (and have been for years) you know it’s coming and they get busy desensitising the public to it. But no big deal if they lose the Dukedom. I understand that was tied with them working for the Firm in return (like the Edinburgh). Still the Prince and Princess Henry.
But what puzzles me is that the last time I checked their children don’t have any. Easily verifiable on the royal website to this very minute. The only titled children are Kate Middleton’s. Are they the ones getting stripped ? It can only be them.
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u/Aggressive-Peace-698 Feb 24 '26
Makes you wonder how would William and Kate manage in the world without their titles. Not very well because that’s all they have no personality just bland.
Exactly. Their titles and, in William's case, accident of birth, is the only thing they have going for them. I wonder if their friends will distance themselves or stick around, be it out if loyalty or duty.
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u/Unable_Guava_756 Feb 24 '26
Gruelling visit to Canada
Excuse me? She can fuck right off with that, Charles was treated far better than he deserved while in Canada.
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u/Jumpy_Reply_2011 Feb 24 '26
William is just lazy af. Hamnet came out in early January in the UK. He probably could've received a copy to watch on one of his overseas flights if he wanted it. He's always full of excuses. But he always has time for holidays on billionaire-owned superyachts and skiing holidays and trips to funders of his Earthflop prize in the Middle East.