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TheCraicDealer · 28/02/2024 00:55

Unless it really is 100% tip top secret, I wonder if the Kents’ attendance will mean they will have to ultimately leak why he wasn’t there- if they turned up even though their daughter had just suffered the very sudden loss of her husband, then you bet Wills better have a good excuse why he didn’t go. Otherwise it just looks a bit shit on him doesn’t it?

Ramalangadingdong · 28/02/2024 00:56

wordler · 27/02/2024 23:35

You know how the Mail like to create articles using the Mumsnet zeitgeist - I wonder if they’ll be brave enough to write a story about Mumsnet posters speculating about William having diarrhea!

Clever posters submit your headline suggestions here…

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Or - as one poster so eloquently put it - having the shits.

altmember · 28/02/2024 01:10

AutumnCrow · 27/02/2024 13:12

Andrew was loving William's absence. He had jolly well worked out, within a right royal nanosecond, that he was now the highest-up-the-line-of-succession left attending, and strutted his stuff at the head of the pack like a puffed up bloated walrus on legs.

I suspect the reason Willie pulled out might have been something to do with Andrew - perhaps he'd just realised/been told: "It'll be you up front today with Uncle Andy". Which left Wills thinking "Fucked if I'm going to be seen alongside that filthy paedo."

momager1 · 28/02/2024 01:13

He is a husband. He is a father . FIRST. all you that say his duties blah blah blah.. well if YOUR partner did not put you and your children first.. we would all be saying LTB. No one knows what is going on but it is important enough for him to leave a very important event. His FIRST duty is to his wife and children.

momager1 · 28/02/2024 01:19

so very sorry could not edit.. ALL OF YOU THAT SAY..not all of you as I know it is not everyone

coxesorangepippin · 28/02/2024 02:09

Of course it's because of the death of Lady Windsor's husband

RIP

tobee · 28/02/2024 02:28

coxesorangepippin · 28/02/2024 02:09

Of course it's because of the death of Lady Windsor's husband

RIP

Bringtheweatherwithyou · 28/02/2024 02:28

coxesorangepippin · 28/02/2024 02:09

Of course it's because of the death of Lady Windsor's husband

RIP

Don’t be silly.

His own parents in law attended.

banananas1999 · 28/02/2024 03:03

User7825525 · 27/02/2024 12:17

Most likely one or more of the kids are sick at home and Kate isn't well enough yet to run after them.

Lol, they have nannies,cgefa,cleaners,pas, gardeners etc

banananas1999 · 28/02/2024 03:03

Lol, they have nannies,cgefa,cleaners,pas, gardeners etc

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Chefs*

banananas1999 · 28/02/2024 03:06

they could all retire permanently and it wouldnt make any difference to most british peoples lives

DifficultBloodyWoman · 28/02/2024 03:36

Any one want to place a bet?

The mostly likely answer is the most mundane.

He had to go the children’s school because one of them had had an accident. Not life threatening but upsetting enough that a child wants a parent, not a nanny.

KP isn’t releasing the full story because a) it concerns one of the children, b) it might involve another child at the school, c) it would harm the school’s reputation.

DifficultBloodyWoman · 28/02/2024 03:38

ItsAllAboutTheDosh · 27/02/2024 23:47

This thread is disgusting. What is the obsession with poo? It is like a thread full of 7 year old boys.

I was thinking 13 year olds but, yes, MumsNet demographics have changed. A lot more men and a lot more children.

Mummyoflittledragon · 28/02/2024 04:13

Abitboring · 27/02/2024 23:28

@OvaHere let's not forget the dysfunctional upbringing. Harry has lost his marbles because of it and there is NO way W would have come out unscathed. If anything Golden Children seem less likely to recognise what it's done to them. Harry has depression, was on coke etc. he likely understands childhood trauma and it's implications. Perhaps more than W who never came second and got more special treatment. Everyone would have pandered to him in a way they wouldn't have to Harry.

Harry was very much indulged and loved by his mum, who told him the boys were the same at all times. This is part of the issue because he’s realising he’s not and reality is kicking in. Charles is not an emotionally strong man and loves his boys very much. I think to a greater extent he went along with how Diana brought up the boys even if HMQ did not and was training William for his future role. So no, not golden child / scapegoat however much Harry portrays it as such. This is upset and realisation that his position is diminishing.

EchoChamber · 28/02/2024 05:05

Amugwithoutahandle · 27/02/2024 22:14

I’m afraid this is spot on. Why should three blameless children be exposed to the gawping and speculation of the uk and beyond for their entire lives? It’s madness! And exploitative!

I’m firmly in the Republican camp but don’t wish any of them ill as individual people. I wish them
good physical and mental health in fact.

Kate is one of the best of them as far as I am concerned. But why in 2024, it’s deemed acceptable to raise young George in a golden cage and give him very few choices about his career or future is beyond me!

In any other context this would be thought of as “cult-like” behaviour. Like being raised by the Amish or something where your life choices are limited and you come under extreme pressure to conform.

Let’s hope KM is changing her mind about it all!

Up the revolution! 😀

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I agree.

EchoChamber · 28/02/2024 05:10

TwoWithCurls · 27/02/2024 23:48

Kate's had some sort of significant abdominal surgery, requiring her to stay in hospital for two weeks. That's practically unheard of. Perhaps she had part of her bowel removed, and a colostomy bag installed? Anyway, something's happened, and she's been rushed back to hospital, would be my guess.

They clearly said it was nothing to do with Kate.

EchoChamber · 28/02/2024 05:15

OvaHere · 27/02/2024 23:21

Joking aside this is plausible. People do function for so long under stress until one day they just can't do it any more. Yes they have a lot of wealth and privilege but it's also been one thing after another for a few years now. A few deaths and serious illnesses can really take their toll.

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Exactly. When he spoke about his father’s illness recently he sounded quite emotional if you really listen to his tone . I’m guessing struggling with both his wife and father being ill simultaneously is tough. Especially with Harry playing for attention constantly in the background.

HassledMumof3 · 28/02/2024 05:16

I'd hate to have my life micro-analysed like the Royals.

tamade · 28/02/2024 05:52

He suddenly realised that he had forgotten to delete his search history/chat history/log out of his secret email account on his iPad and he dashed home in an attempt to sort it before Kate, who likes to use it on the toilet, got up.

It's the only thing that fits, God knows what he was so desperate to hide.....

Neurodiversitydoctor · 28/02/2024 06:10

tobee · 28/02/2024 02:28

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I agree with this. They are his generation and the deceased went out with Pippa, press coverage states "he remained friends with the sisters". My guess is Gabrella Windsor needed some support.

eise · 28/02/2024 06:16

EchoChamber · 28/02/2024 05:10

They clearly said it was nothing to do with Kate.

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Because of all the speculation around her illness and their relationship. Otherwise they wouldn't need to release that statement.

Whatever it is it had to be very serious for him to miss something so important.

PerhapsaSillyQuestion · 28/02/2024 06:24

I don't know why posters think it's anything to do with Andrew at all, William had spent lots of time with him during family stuff and is close to his cousins. He is not going to disrespect their dad, at least in private esp as he's never admitted his guilt

ColleenDonaghy · 28/02/2024 06:28

EchoChamber · 28/02/2024 05:10

They clearly said it was nothing to do with Kate.

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Actually they didn't, that I saw anyway. They specifically said it was nothing to do with Thomas Kingston's death, but just said that Kate "continues to do well". It's possible that her recovery is going in the right direction but that yesterday was just a bad day and she needed him.

Although tbf he wouldn't have been away long at the memorial and she would be shrewd enough to realise the speculation he'd cause by not attending, so I'm not sure that would be it.

Tiddlywinks63 · 28/02/2024 06:38

dontcountonit · 27/02/2024 23:43

There were days in my dad's cancer journey when I couldn't do anything but cry. I'm talking giant sobs that leave your body in physical pain and dehydration from crying so much.

FFS. Leave the man alone. There are many reasons why he wouldn't feel up to being sighted in public, and they're all valid.

A member of the Royal Family he may be, but he's also a person. People are allowed to have off days and to not want to be picked apart for them.

Well said @dontcountonit .
The obsession on hear that is William having bowel problems is utterly puerile and unpleasant.
If it’s a personal matter why on earth do you all think it’s appropriate to be so unpleasant about him? I bet you’d feel very differently if it was you going through so much turmoil in your life. Being royalty doesn’t mean you’re immune to emotions and feelings ffs.
If he suddenly felt he just couldn’t go through with the service today then I very much doubt it was a decision he took lightly.
The speculation on here smacks of a gleeful delight in his situation. It’s sick and depressing that there’s so little empathy for others on this thread.

EchoChamber · 28/02/2024 06:39

Tiddlywinks63 · 28/02/2024 06:38

Well said @dontcountonit .
The obsession on hear that is William having bowel problems is utterly puerile and unpleasant.
If it’s a personal matter why on earth do you all think it’s appropriate to be so unpleasant about him? I bet you’d feel very differently if it was you going through so much turmoil in your life. Being royalty doesn’t mean you’re immune to emotions and feelings ffs.
If he suddenly felt he just couldn’t go through with the service today then I very much doubt it was a decision he took lightly.
The speculation on here smacks of a gleeful delight in his situation. It’s sick and depressing that there’s so little empathy for others on this thread.

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Well said!