{"id":103356,"date":"2025-05-15T11:14:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T11:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/103356\/"},"modified":"2025-05-15T11:14:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T11:14:13","slug":"prince-george-is-being-subtly-prepared-by-william-and-kate-for-public-life-in-the-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/103356\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince George is being subtly prepared by William and Kate for public life in the spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"

The author added that the Prince and Princess would be careful \u2018not to overwhelm\u2019 George, who is only 11 years old, but stressed that \u2018it\u2019s very important, given that the late Queen is no longer here, to have that continuity going forward\u2019. It’s something that’s clearly been playing on the minds of the royal couple lately, as their children grow up quickly \u2013 with Princess Charlotte<\/a>, who recently turned 10, proving a particular concern. The Wales family are reportedly striving to navigate the complexities of Charlotte’s unique position, where she must always play second fiddle to her older brother. With Prince Harry<\/a>‘s latest comments proving just how sidelined a \u2018spare\u2019 can feel, they are keen to ensure their daughter’s future does not follow the same trajectory as her uncle’s.<\/p>\n

The family are also aware of the difficult role held by Princess Charlotte who, like Prince Harry, is in the vulnerable position of being the \u2018spare\u2019<\/p>\n

Karwai Tang<\/p>\n

\u2018The late Queen Elizabeth was always very conscious of that extraordinary and challenging role of the No. 2,\u2019 royal biographer Robert Hardman, author of The Making of a King, told People<\/a> magazine<\/a>. \u2018That\u2019s why she had a particular soft spot for Margaret, for Andrew and Harry. She understood being second place in a strictly hierarchical family and institution has its challenges,\u2019 he continued. \u2018Everyone is conscious of that.\u2019<\/p>\n

Being the \u2018spare\u2019 is a vulnerable position, fraught with potential pitfalls \u2013 that Prince Harry has expressed all too clearly. In Spare (the Prince’s memoir, which the Prince even candidly named after his unofficial role) Harry reflected on the pain and identity struggles tied to his position in the family. \u2018I was the shadow, the support, the Plan B,\u2019 he wrote. \u2018I was brought into the world in case something happened to Willy.\u2019 He shared that this tension led to a pointed rivalry with his brother, as well as moments where he felt undervalued. \u2018My family had declared me a nullity. The Spare. I didn\u2019t complain about it, but I didn\u2019t need to dwell on it either. Far better, in my mind, not to think about certain facts,\u2019 he wrote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The author added that the Prince and Princess would be careful \u2018not to overwhelm\u2019 George, who is only…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":103357,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[7709,7714,7713,533,1761,2832,532,2831,7710,519,448,7711,7712],"class_list":{"0":"post-103356","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-british-royal-family","9":"tag-catherine","10":"tag-catherine-middleton","11":"tag-kate-middleton","12":"tag-prince-george","13":"tag-prince-of-wales","14":"tag-prince-william","15":"tag-princess-of-wales","16":"tag-royal-families","17":"tag-royal-family","18":"tag-royals","19":"tag-uk-royal-family","20":"tag-william"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114511561635852467","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}