{"id":482282,"date":"2025-10-08T06:44:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T06:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/482282\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T06:44:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T06:44:10","slug":"why-prince-williams-comments-arent-a-criticism-of-king-charles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/482282\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Prince William&#8217;s Comments Aren&#8217;t a &#8220;Criticism&#8221; of King Charles"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul data-node-id=\"0\" class=\"css-kw9lqy emevuu60\">\n<li data-node-id=\"0.0\">A royal historian claims Prince William&#8217;s recent comments &#8220;shouldn&#8217;t be seen&#8221; as critical of King Charles.<\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"0.1\">William spoke to Eugene Levy on AppleTV+ and said he plans to change the monarchy when he&#8217;s king.<\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"0.2\">King Charles is allegedly not speaking to his son, and is very upset over the interview.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"2\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Prince William and King Charles are reportedly not on speaking terms thanks to William&#8217;s recent AppleTV+ interview with Eugene Levy, and it&#8217;s a whooooole thing. <\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"3\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">However! Royal historian and expert Robert Lacey tells <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/prince-william-new-openness-signals-turning-point-monarchy-not-criticism-king-charles-exclusive-11825394\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/people.com\/prince-william-new-openness-signals-turning-point-monarchy-not-criticism-king-charles-exclusive-11825394&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1759961341800000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2X2gr5qglS842BHkZIjuR5\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/people.com\/prince-william-new-openness-signals-turning-point-monarchy-not-criticism-king-charles-exclusive-11825394\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"People\" data-node-id=\"3.1\" class=\"body-link css-103hk4r emevuu60\" rel=\"noopener\">People<\/a> that William&#8217;s recent musings (he spoke at length about modernizing the monarchy) &#8220;shouldn\u2019t be seen as criticism of King Charles.&#8221; He also added that the Prince of Wales is &#8220;very close to his father and has been his most important supporter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"4\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">William and Charles certainly spend a lot of time together, but rumor has it that they&#8217;re going through a rough patch thanks to 1) a difference of opinion on how to deal with disgraced royal Prince Andrew, 2) King Charles&#8217; decision to rekindle his relationship with Prince Harry, and 3) this recent interview.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"7\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Rob Shuter&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/robshuter.substack.com\/p\/exclusive-diddys-family-civil-war\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/robshuter.substack.com\/p\/exclusive-diddys-family-civil-war&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1759961341800000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3yslrkHgw2boj0taZcHX-Z\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/robshuter.substack.com\/p\/exclusive-diddys-family-civil-war\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"ShuterScoop\" data-node-id=\"7.1\" class=\"body-link css-103hk4r emevuu60\" rel=\"noopener\">ShuterScoop<\/a> recently spoke to royal insiders who said Charles and William aren&#8217;t communicating at all right now, and one source noted the King sees William&#8217;s comments &#8220;as betrayal, not honesty. It\u2019s not just family tension\u2014it\u2019s about the Crown itself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"8\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">So&#8230;what did William say? <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/prince-william-talks-about-prince-george-becoming-king-first-time-11823299\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/people.com\/prince-william-talks-about-prince-george-becoming-king-first-time-11823299&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1759961341800000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0iudbHUdWNuXGnyWAn5Qgc\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/people.com\/prince-william-talks-about-prince-george-becoming-king-first-time-11823299\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Direct quote\" data-node-id=\"8.1\" class=\"body-link css-103hk4r emevuu60\" rel=\"noopener\">Direct quote<\/a>: &#8220;I think it\u2019s safe to say that change is on my agenda. Change for good. And I embrace that and I enjoy that change\u2014I don\u2019t fear it. That\u2019s the bit that excites me, is the idea of being able to bring some change. Not overly radical change, but changes that I think that need to happen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Related Story<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A royal historian claims Prince William&#8217;s recent comments &#8220;shouldn&#8217;t be seen&#8221; as critical of King Charles. 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