{"id":391985,"date":"2025-09-02T13:25:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T13:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/391985\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T13:25:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T13:25:11","slug":"king-charles-move-highlights-prince-williams-departure-from-royal-custom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/391985\/","title":{"rendered":"King Charles&#8217; move highlights Prince William&#8217;s departure from royal custom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/621581_3811025_updates.jpg\" alt=\"King Charles move highlights Prince Williams disregard for royal customs\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" class=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>King Charles move highlights Prince William&#8217;s disregard for royal customs<\/p>\n<p>King Charles&#8217;s recent appearance in traditional Highland dress at Balmoral Castle has intensified scrutiny over Prince William&#8217;s consistent avoidance of Scottish kilts despite holding multiple Scottish titles.<\/p>\n<p>Buckingham Palace on August 18 released photographs showing the monarch in a kilt upon arriving at the royal family&#8217;s Scottish estate for his annual summer retreat.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The king also wore Highland dress when attending &#8220;The Honours of Scotland Concert&#8221; with Queen Camilla, as shown in social media posts by the royal family on September 1.<\/p>\n<p>The contrast with his heir has drawn increasing attention.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Prince William, who holds several Scottish titles, has maintained his reluctance to don traditional Highland dress throughout his royal duties.<\/p>\n<p>During his current stay at Balmoral with wife Kate Middleton and their three children, William was photographed on August 26 attending church services wearing a conventional suit , his typical choice for Scottish engagements.<\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/621581_2676569_updates.jpg\" alt=\"Prince William photographed with his wife Kate Middleton near Balmoral Castle : File photo\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" class=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Prince William photographed with his wife Kate Middleton near Balmoral Castle : File photo\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Royal observers note the cultural significance of William&#8217;s choices, given his position as heir apparent and future Commonwealth head.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Critics argue his avoidance of Highland dress dismisses Scottish heritage, while supporters of traditional Scottish culture have praised King Charles for embracing local customs.<\/p>\n<p>The differing approaches between father and son regarding Scottish traditions continue generating discussion across media platforms and among royal watchers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"King Charles move highlights Prince William&#8217;s disregard for royal customs King Charles&#8217;s recent appearance in traditional Highland dress&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":391986,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[7709,7714,7713,533,2832,532,2831,7710,519,7711,7712],"class_list":{"0":"post-391985","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-of-wales","13":"tag-prince-william","14":"tag-princess-of-wales","15":"tag-royal-families","16":"tag-royal-family","17":"tag-uk-royal-family","18":"tag-william"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115134931128312719","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391985","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=391985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391985\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}