William just pulled out of event due to personal reasons

[Kenthighst]

https://news.sky.com/story/prince-of-wales-pulls-out-of-memorial-service-due-to-personal-matter-13081984

This thread's getting to you

Yet Thomas Kingston's parents in law were able to attend........?

Discussed at length earlier in the thread

It's unlikely that William could not have waited an hour or so before going to see his second-cousin-once-removed. Or that he was more important to her at this time than her parents ((who were there). And also unlikely that he would have cancelled only an hour in advance when the death took place on Sunday and there was all day yesterday to make new arrangements

Yes I know, I'm am just in stitches at some of the comments, and can't help throwing out a few of my own.

Now I'm sorry if anyone is ill or anything, but I haven't laughed as much in a while, and that's a good thing.

I spent most of my Teams calls today looking out the window and not seen PW drive back this way but may have missed it and he could go other routes!

Yes, that might stop him from enunciating clearly!

Glad I called it right early on 😁

What on earth is the process of elimination that so many people keep arriving at 'it must be the shits then'?

This is not just elimination. It's royal elimination 🤓

So the current contenders are:

Matrimonial
Legal / Constitutional
Familial (Child)
Familial (Flounce)
Familial (Comforting)
Dental
Bottom Volcano Action

I'm not quite sure where Occam's Razor is taking me on this one.

If he did get the shits this morning, 45 mins before the start of a big memorial service, it would be extraordinarily bad luck. Hmmmm.

Funny how other statespeople generally manage to avoid these kinds of things.

It's a good thing he's all hands to the tilt the rest of the time. Keep up all the good work William! 🙄

Must have been the prawns.

I'm not quite sure where Occam's Razor is taking me on this one.

Don't! That razor could get quite close to his Crown Jewels.

Workshy? Military career, piloting search and rescue helicopters, dozens of charities, 172 royal appointments in 2023.

Thing is, with the shits, you can't go spreading it about. Within the week, once it had spread throughout the congregation, the Sun would have a list of 'who's has the shits and who's next?
Imagine the shame. Spreader of the shits throughout the royal families of Europe. They'd be falling like ninepins.

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You've missed quite a few which were covered earlier, this list would combine well with that one. I can't remember everything, but it definitely included gerbils, an Asda delivery and broken appliances.

I'm torn.

On the one hand, it can't be the shits because @Wishitsnows saw him driving away from home - surely he'd be hotfooting it to his own nearby toilet.

On the other hand, it must be the shits because I too have succumbed to them today, and I live near Windsor <conclusive>

If we had a President, there would not be a million or so family members hanging on and similar millions of castles, manor houses, hunting lodges, estates, and Duchies to administer either.

Millions?

The thing is, 172 royal appointments isn't that much, really, especially when some of them are phone calls or just fancy lunch parties.

If you think about all the work things you do over the course of a year, it's probably hundreds of times this.

William might work really hard, but those numbers don't prove it. He must have lots of other duchy of Cornwall business to fill his time, though.

OK process of elimination.
Has to have been last minute and urgent.

So kids, but they might officially have one nanny they must have a backup plan that doesn't involve granny.
So unlikely to be a kid issue unless it was serious/ involving hospital care, hospital care would be announced.

So it has to be something to do with him personally, the shits, mental breakdown or he fell over his own banana feet

I don’t think I he was ill. Shits or anything else. Because it would have been far preferable for the press release to say he was ill (Covid/virus whatever) than ‘personal reasons’ which invites such speculation.. he also would not be driving away from his home in a car with the shits.

Something made him pull out at the very last minute. I do wonder if the stress of an ill father/ill wife is getting to him. He must have known all the eyes of the country would have been on him during this reading. Maybe he didn’t feel up to it - so mental health reasons.

That is three appointments a week - bearing in mind some of these appointments are phonecalls, BAFTA attendances, tennis matches.............and the same as Prince Richard whoever he is............

.I'd love a full breakdown including the times involved.

Meanwhile Anne has 457?

Do yourself a favour and stop swallowing the royal PR shite.

Hmm or teeth

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