The Unfair Hate Towards Prince William
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1. William wasnāt the one who refused to allow Meghan to seek help for her mental health struggles. We know this becauseā¦
1.) Harry said himself he didnāt tell his family what was going on because he was āashamed.ā And William isnāt a mind reader.
2.) The Queen and Prince Charles are the decision makers of the family and outrank William on everything. William is only in charge of Kensington Palace, which does not have its own set of doctors so Harry didnāt need to get Williamās approval for Meghan to get treatment. Harry needed The Queenās and Charlesā approvals because they are the ones who are in charge.
3.) In January of 2019, Kateās brother James revealed that he struggled with depression with thoughts of suicide and shared that his family (including Kate) accompanied him in therapy. It doesnāt make sense that William and Kate wouldāve refused to help Meghan get similar help after they encouraged James to publicly share his story.
4.) Harry told Oprah that he āfelt really let downā by his father because Charles went through something similar (with Dianaās mental health struggles). Harry never insinuated that William let him down like he did about Charles.
5.) In South Africa, Harry said that he knows William āwill always be there for himā just as āhe will always be there for Williamā. He said this after Archie was born and Meghan said she sought help while she was pregnant. This suggests that William was not the one who refused to help get her treatment because Harry wouldnāt have said this if William had been the one who refused to help him.
2. Thereās no evidence suggesting that William was the one who commented about Archieās skin tone.
1.) The comment was made before Archie was either conceived or born (we donāt know since Harry and Meghanās versions of the conversation are different). Harry made it a point in both the SA interview and the Oprah interview to say that he loves William. On the other hand, he talked about Charles saying he feels āreally let downā by his father.
2.) To Oprah, Harry made the comment, āā¦and Archie is his grandson.ā Which, reading between the lines, meant that Harry doesnāt feel Charles is making enough of an effort to know Archie. This implies that Harryās issues and sensitivities regarding his son not being treated fairly come from Charles, not from William.
3.) Meghan implied that race was a reason why Archie didnāt get a title. William is not the monarch or the Prince of Wales meaning he is not the one making decisions regarding who gets royal titles. This conversation wouldāve been with The Queen and Prince Charles, not with William.
4.) William was criticized for his comment that the Royal family is ānot a racist family,ā because as a white man he doesnāt get to decide what is racist or not, which is true. However, William had every right to be upset about the way these accusations were made for something as serious as racism. Harry and Meghan created a case of āwho done itā in which everyone in the family was questioned and accused without any evidence. Meaning innocent people were unfairly accused and then labeled as racists. For someone in Charles and Williamās positions this refusal to name the one member of the family was very damaging and cruel because now theyāre unfairly being accused of something extremely serious without any evidence and are not able to publicly defend themselves.
3. William giving permission to Jason Knauf to provide a witness statement.
1.) We donāt know for sure if this is actually true. This is just what royal reporters are assuming. Itās highly likely Jason at least had a conversation with William and told him about it out of respect but since Jason is leaving his position in the royal household he ultimately doesnāt need Williamās approval.
2.) Jason was Meghanās Communications Secretary whoās job was to communicate with the press on her behalf. Meghanās lie that the palace perpetuated falsehoods and refused to protect her against the press is the same as accusing Jason of not doing his job properly. This gives Jason the motivation for giving a witness statement so that he can provide evidence defending his reputation from her lies.
3.) Jason never intended to get involved. Before the Oprah interview, Jason had been approached to provide a witness statement and he declined. It was only after Meghan claimed the palace didnāt defend her that Jason finally agreed to provide a witness statement. Itās likely that Meghanās lies made him want to correct the narrative, especially after she discredited the victims who have accused her of bullying them, which we know Jason witnessed since he was the one who reported his concerns.
4.) All William did was give his employee permission to be honest in court. And Harry and Meghan are so against misinformation that they really shouldnāt have an issue with someone correcting a false narrative in court. Just because itās against them shouldnāt make a difference in the importance of tackling misinformation.
5.) Meghan lied to the high court and Jason proved it. Why are you more upset that Jason told the truth (and provided evidence) than you are about Meghan outright lying to both the High Court and Oprah Winfrey?
6.) And how is William giving an aide permission to tell the truth in court (which happens to expose Meghanās lies) a bigger betrayal than Meghan and Harry doing a sit down interview in which they spread misinformation and even outright lied numerous times about Harryās entire family?
4. Scobie accused William and the palace of āleaking storiesā about Meghan to the press. He said, āThere's been rumours for quite some time that a lot of the most damaging and negative stories have come from other royal households or from other royal aides. From my own research and reporting that's exactly true.ā
1.) What Scobie failed to see in his āresearchā is that the most damaging stories about Meghan that circulated in the press did not come from palace leaks.
Bullying accusationsāValentine Low confirmed that the sources were the victims themselves and William was not involved. Furthermore, the bullying accusations certainly do not make the palace or royal family look good since it means they ignored reports of bullying in the workplace. These reports have been circulating since 2018 and resurfaced after the previews for the Oprah interview came out showing Meghan putting all the blame for her troubles on the palace. (If you were bullied and then you saw your bully go on national television and accuse you of mistreating them, youād be furious. So it makes sense why the accusations resurfaced just before the full interview aired).
Bridesmaid Dress FittingāCamilla Tominey was the one who first broke the story and she still stands by her original story that Meghan made Kate cry even after Meghan gave her version. Camilla confirmed that her sources were witnesses to the situation and that she has never been briefed by the Palace.
Tiara dramaāthis involved Buckingham Palace, not Kensington Palace. So the leaks would have come from either Meghanās own staff or the Queenās staff, but not from William.
Kate telling off Meghan for being rude to her staff āThe palace issued a statement denying this by stating āThis never happened.ā
Kate and Meghan feudāthe palace publicly denied there was a feud. Kate also invited Meghan to Wimbledon with her in both 2018 and 2019. Meghan said, ānothing was what it looked like,ā however Kate extending these public invitations to Meghan was a positive attempt to show the world that there was no feud between the two and that the rumors were not true.
Over the top baby showerāthis played out in the public and the US media. According to Emily Andrews, Omid Scobie was the first reporter to break the news.
Wimbledonāthis played out in public and involved members of the public who then spoke directly to the press.
Wardrobe costsāthis information is public and can be found on fashion blogs.
Refusing to name Archieās godparentsāwhile I agree that H&M had every right to keep Archieās godparents private, the criticism was a response from the public and didnāt come from leaks.
Private jet usageāthis criticism was a result of Harry preaching about sustainable travel while enjoying private jets for himself. Blaming William for Harryās bad press is just deflecting from Harryās hypocrisy.
Markle family dramaāthe royal family was concerned about Thomas speaking to the press and wanted Harry and Meghan to fly to Thomasā home to sort things out in person, but they refused and Meghan accused the royals of āberatingā her husband. The royals tried to prevent what is happening from happening.
Harry offering Meghan to do voiceover work to Disney CEOāthis was captured on video by the press at a public event. It also upset Marines after Harry chose to attend the movie premiere instead of a memorial for fallen Marines taking place that same night.
Disrespecting The Queenāmost people can understand why Harry and Meghan hate the press and wanted out of the royal fish bowl. What people donāt support is the way they went about it. We know Harry blindsided the Queen when he announced his departure because Harry also announced the new part time role he created for himself which the Queen later rejected which shows that he made the announcement without her consent. Harry said he didnāt disrespect the Queen but he did and his own behavior confirmed it, not palace leaks. Family and loyalty are valued by the public and Harryās public disrespect to his grandmother is what got him criticism.
Excessive belly cupping articlesāthese were images of Meghan in the public and were not from leaks.
*Iām not saying I agree with all of these criticisms, Iām just pointing out that they were the biggest criticisms of Meghan and Harry that were not from palace leaks.
2.) Harry and Meghan are very involved in press affairs, although they try to make it seem like theyāre not.
Harry and Meghan hired Sunshine Sachs, a notorious PR firm known for being ruthless (and even unethical) when protecting their clients (like how they publicly discredited the victims of their client Harvey Weinstein).
Meghanās BFF was accused of trying to influence a story about Meghan in the press.
Omid Scobie was the reporter who first broke the news about the baby shower according to Emily Andrews.
Meghanās five friends were the ones who first mentioned Meghanās private letter to the public.
Harry was the one who talked to American journalist Gayle King about private phone calls with his dad and brother.
Meghanās side were the ones who were busted by the judge for leaking court information to Omid Scobie.
Harry and Meghan were the ones who went on international television to slander their own family while knowing their family could never share their side of the story.
Meghan authorized her lawyers to speak on her behalf in the controversial BBC documentary about William and Harry. The palace was not even allowed to see the documentary prior to it airing but Meghan was allowed to have her lawyer speak in it.
Itās obvious that Meghan and her friends gave info for the Finding Freedom book. Very personal stories were shared that could only have come from Meghan herself (like her private date with Harry when she peed in the woods). She has no problem suing the press over false stories and the fact that she didnāt sue the authors of this biography (which literally told private stories from her point of view and her inner thoughts) speaks volumes.
5. Harry insinuated that William and Kate were ājealousā of him and Meghan. People then use this as Williamās āmotivationā for attacking Harry and Meghan through the press.
1.) Harry and Meghan had just gotten married and were on their first overseas tour during which they announced they were pregnant. Itās no surprise that they attracted a huge amount of attention given how much people love marriage and babies. They were at the peak of their popularity. However, this popularity was not greater than William and Kateās in any significant way. William and Kateās visits generated thousands of well wishers when traveling overseas and William and Kate have always been very popular in the UK. The Cambridge kids have also always been more popular than Harry and Meghan.
2.) Harry said everything changed for the worse after the Pacific tour and insinuated that jealousy came from the palace after seeing how successful Harry and Meghanās pacific tour was. However, Harry conveniently overlooked that William and Kate had just as successful tours when they toured in the Pacific in both 2012 and 2014. As well as Canada in 2011 and 2016. And Poland and Germany in 2017 and Ireland in 2020.
3.) Looking at the timeline, the events match up perfectly to support the reason that things actually changed for the worse because of the bullying accusations rather than jealousy. Jason Knauf emailed Williamās private secretary informing him of the bullying concerns in October of 2018ā¦which means William first became aware of the accusations the same month as the Pacific tour.
4.) One of the reasonings that people use to prove that William and Kate were jealous is how theyāve āupped their gameā since Meghan joined the family. However, William and Kateās increased workload has more to do with the timeline than it does with Harry and Meghan. William worked as a full time search and rescue pilot up until July of 2017 and it wasnāt until early 2018 that William really embraced life as a full time royal. This coincided with Meghanās entrance into the royal family.
5.) Harry and Meghan do have a greater interest in the press and public but not because they are so much better than William and Kate. Itās because William and Kate are āboringā and donāt cause drama. William and Kate didnāt disobey The Queen, sue the press or do multiple sit down interviews like Harry and Meghan have. Drama always generates more attention. But attention does not always equal popularity or respect.
6.) William has never been jealous of Harryās popularity and has always protected him in the press. The idea that William would intentionally cause his younger brother pain is ridiculous when you look at Williamās past behavior towards Harry.
William and Harryās former private secretary, Miguel Head shared a story about how William stood up mid press conference and put a stop to it after William saw how much Harry was struggling after returning home from his deployment in Afghanistan in 2008. Someone who doesnāt care for their younger brother wouldnāt have done this. āIt was the first time I realized, that I saw with my own eyes, the closeness of the relationship between the two brothers. Think about the mixed emotions Prince William would have had, because he wasnāt allowedā¦he never got to go. So he would have known how Prince Harry felt, and he was very protective of him. So Prince Harry comes off his aircraft, and heās exhausted. He hasnāt washed for a day and a half. Heās still wearing what he was wearing in the desert in Afghanistan. He still has sand all over him. And so heās really tired; he slept overnight on the plane. And heās also just deeply upset. The interviewer and the producer start asking the pre-agreed questionsā¦We get about two questions into this list of questions, and Prince William suddenly stands up. Heās at the back of the room ā he stood kind of behind me. He stands up and does a cutting motion with his hand across his throat, saying, this is over. It was simply a brother realizing that at that point nothing was more important than his welfare, and none of the other agreements mattered at that point. And it says something about the closeness of the two brothers and their authenticity, as well. They will not fake who they are simply to play a game or to go along with other peopleās expectations. And they are perfectly courteous and loyal and they will abide by agreements up to a point. But there will come a point where they say, āWell, actually our humanity is more important.ā And so I look at Prince William. I look at the broadcasters. And I think, I have a split-second choice here. Do I go with this very carefully calibrated agreement with the broadcasters and just say to Prince William, āNo, Iām sorry; this has got to continue?ā Or, do I go with Prince William, who is going to be the king one day? This is the first time Iāve ever met him, and at that point I had no idea, by the way, that Iād ever work for him. And then I looked at Prince Harry and thought, youāre exhausted. This is not the time or the place for you to be here doing an interview. And so I did something Iāve never done any other time in my career. I stood up and said, āThank you very much, gentlemen. This is over.ā Prince Harry looked at me. I remember the relief in his face. And he left the room. And I got screamed at ā I mean, literally screamed at, particularly by the BBC producer.ā
In 2009, Harry was training for his helicopter wings at the same RAF base William was training to be a search and rescue pilot. During a joint interview a reporter made a comment that diminished Harryās skills to which William immediately jumped in defending Harry and emphasizing how well he was doing. A jealous person wouldnāt have done that.
During their visit to Africa in 2010, William visited Harryās Sentebale charity and during an interview he talked about how proud he was of Harry and how he was a āstarā and how loved he was. This doesnāt sound like someone whoās jealous.
In 2017, Harry revealed in a podcast interview with The Telegraph that three years prior (around 2014) William was the one who encouraged him to talk more about their mum and go to therapy. Harry even said, āMy brother, bless him, he was a huge support to me.ā
Reporters admitted to giving William and Kate bad press around 2016 because they were upset about William and Kate not giving them enough access or good enough photographs. Harry, on the other hand, was getting great press at the time and there was no jealousy coming from William. William always included Harry in everything and they were known as the royal trio. William couldāve left Harry out of Heads Together since Kate was the one who came up with the idea, but he didnāt. William and Kate couldāve made Harry walk solo during events but they didnāt. They have never been jealous of Harry. William has always been proud and happy to see Harry succeed (like he was with Sentebale and Invictus Games and when he was caught grinning saying, āthereās your girl,ā to Harry when they first saw Meghan walking down the aisle).
6. William has his own life and family to focus on and doesnāt obsess over everything Harry and Meghan do.
FamilyāRaising three young children is a lot of work. Meghan joined the family right after the birth of Louis. William and Kate were rightfully more focused on their children than they were about anything and anyone else. During the pregnancy, both William and Kate on separate occasions joked to crowds about how William was freaking out about having three kids. We also know he was supporting Kate with her brotherās mental health struggles.
Full time royal dutiesāvisits with his patronages and his work with wildlife conservation and advocating for mental health.
Earthshot PrizeāWilliam founded this project towards the end of 2018 and it has been the core of his royal work since then. Based on the court circular entries and the huge scale of the recent Awards ceremony we know William has put a lot of time into this.
Duchy of CornwallāWilliam has actively been getting more involved in the Duchy as Charles takes on more duties for the Queen. William has taken additional coursework to learn about agricultural leadership and he regularly attends duchy meetings.
Royal toursābefore the pandemic, William was taking very highly sensitive royal tours in the Middle East at the request of the British government. These tours take months of planning and preparations because of the highly sensitive diplomatic relations in the region and one wrong move could had huge implications on the UK.
7. William has always been against āpress games.ā
1.) Hasnat Khan (Dianaās lover) revealed that William hated Diana doing the Panorama interview and even was the one who ultimately got Diana to cut ties with Bashir.
2.) Simone Simmons (Dianaās close friend) also revealed how upset William was with Diana after she gave the Panorama interview because he was so embarrassed that the family drama was made public and the bullying he endured because of it.
3.) In the 2017 BBC documentary āDiana, 7 Daysā, William said, "I can understand, having sometimes been in those situations, you feel incredibly desperate and it is very unfair that things are being said that are untrue. The easiest thing to do is just to say or go to the media yourself. Open that door. But once you've opened it you can never close it again."
4.) William was deeply affected by Dianaās media games she played with the press and heās seen the repercussions and consequences of playing those games. He saw it destroy Dianaās life and he knew even at age 13 that you canāt beat the press at their own game. There has to be a boundary with the press because if you let them cross it (such as by leaking stories) you can never get that line back. Leaking negative stories about his brother in order to get positive press coverage for himself would be opening that door.
5.) William suffered the most during the āWar of the Walesesā when Charles and Diana leaked information on each other to get better press. William wouldnāt put his children (or nephew) in the position to suffer the same way he did by leaking negative stories about their uncle and aunt.
6.) It has always been said that William is very paranoid about who he lets into his inner circle for fear of confidants leaking info to the press. He apparently has even tested for moles by giving false information to see if it ends up in the press and is known to have cut off friendships if he suspects them speaking to the press. He reportedly did it to Tom Bradby after news about a project he was working on came out that only Tom was aware of. It later was revealed that the information came from the phone hacking and that Tom did not betray Williamās trust. And William then chose Tom to be the interviewer for his engagement interview in 2010.
7.) The monarch needs to have a good relationship with the press. Itās for this reason that William has reached out to editors in regards to his royal work. Heās not getting along with the press because he wants to. Itās because he has to as the future king. It has nothing to do with Harry and Meghan and certainly does not mean heās leaking stories about them to the press.
Williamās cooperation with the press protects his wife and children from being hounded by the paparazzi like Diana was. The palace has a deal with the press that in exchange for exclusive access on royal events and projects, the press will not publish paparazzi phots which significantly reduces the demand and monetary value of the photos. If William were to turn back on the deal like Harry did then Williamās children will suffer the most from it because they would no longer have that protection. Harry has rejected the deal in order to keep his family face and William has accepted the deal in order to keep his family safe. It doesnāt mean William supports the pressās behavior or is leaking stories about his brother to get getter press for himself.
8. Most of the hate towards William is based on assumptions and speculations that have no real evidence of being true. William is not an awful, racist bully like some people want him to be. If you follow him and his work youād see that he is actually the opposite.
1.) The very first patronage he chose was the homeless charity Centrepoint which helps homeless young people of all backgrounds. William promised a young homeless woman who aspired to be a journalist that she could interview him, which she did in 2016. William also did a photoshoot in 2010 with a formerly homeless photographer and invited another formerly homeless photographer to Kensington Palace to take his photos in 2016.
2.) William was a search and rescue pilot for the RAF and later worked full time for the East Anglian Air Ambulance during which he donated his entire salary to charity. While he was out literally saving lives, the press accused him of being ālazyā because he wasnāt carrying out as many royal engagements. When he was asked in an interview about he feels about the criticism he received of him not working enough, instead of defending himself by bragging that he was out saving lives, William simply said, āItās part of the job.ā
3.) In 2015, Prince William was part of a campaign against the illegal wildlife trade in China and even was able to get a meeting with the Chinese president who later banned the trade.
4.) In 2018, William called out tech companies for not taking action against the misinformation and cyber bullying taking place on their platforms.
5.) With his Earthshot Prize he is using his platform to connect bright and hardworking scientists with investors and global leaders. William brought the nominees from all over the world to the COP26 in Glasgow to network and meet investors and he even arranged for one of them (a 15 year old girl from India) to give a speech to world leaders. The nominees got these incredible opportunities because William used his platform to make sure they got the recognitions and support they deserve.
Is William perfect? Of course not. Heās human. Heās made dumb comments and has been ignorant at times but heās not a bad person. Heās doing his best to help others, protect his wife/children, support his grandmother and shoulder the huge responsibility and burden of the monarchy that he was raised to protect. Heās in a position (that he didnāt choose to be in) with a lot of pressure that none of us will ever understand.
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