{"id":289964,"date":"2025-07-25T07:12:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T07:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/289964\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T07:12:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T07:12:20","slug":"princess-annes-subtle-shade-at-prince-william","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/289964\/","title":{"rendered":"Princess Anne\u2019s Subtle Shade at Prince William"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s no surprise to anyone following the royal fam in recent years: Since the departure of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, but also the passing of Queen Elizabeth II<\/a>, the balcony lineup has felt extra slim<\/a>. Perhaps that\u2019s what led to some recent\u2014and frustrated-sounding\u2014comments from an anonymous source close to Princess Anne and published in The Sunday Times<\/a> over the weekend about her nephew Prince William.<\/p>\n

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Apparently, Anne is irked that William isn\u2019t stepping up a bit more when it comes to a certain royal tradition: Investiture ceremonies. The piece\u2014which provides an over-arching profile of Anne ahead of her 75th birthday on August 15\u2014touches on the topic of her relationship with the future king. It reads: \u201cPrince William is known to admire his aunt\u2019s devotion to duty and Anne is fond of her nephew and will support him as King in the future if she is still working when he accedes to the throne.\u201d<\/p>\n

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But then there\u2019s a bit of shade: \u201cSeveral sources close to the princess note that she would like to see him do more of the \u2018bread-and-butter\u2019 royal engagements.\u201d Now, the part about the investitures, specifically: \u201cOnly the King, Anne and William do investitures, many of which take place at Windsor Castle, near William\u2019s Windsor home, Adelaide Cottage. A source close to Anne says: \u2018She\u2019s still doing most of the investitures [at Windsor] even though William lives there. It annoys her.\u201d<\/p>\n

For reference, an investiture ceremony is when a working member of the royal family bestows a royal insignia on those recognized for outstanding contributions as part of an honors list, which is released two times a year. According to Gert\u2019s Royals<\/a>, Princess Anne has already hosted 10 investiture ceremonies in 2025 (including one carried out just this week), King Charles has hosted six and Prince William has hosted five. (There are typically about 30 investitures hosted each year.)<\/p>\n

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Of course, Princess Anne is known as the hardest-working member of the royal family<\/a>. (The piece also touts the fact that she intends to mirror her dad, Prince Philip, and continue her royal work until age 90, if she can manage it.) Prince William is also coming off an extra challenging year following Kate Middleton\u2019s cancer diagnosis, in addition to his dad, King Charles, which no doubt added an extra emotional load to his plate. Still, over the years, pressure continues to mount in terms of William and nods to his reputation<\/a> as being a bit work-shy are consistently brought up. (He has been working hard to counter this by stepping up as a statesman at more high-profile events<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Will we see William at more investitures in the wake of this indirect criticism? Or is it a case of anonymous sourcing in the royal sphere gone wrong? Time will tell.<\/p>\n

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