William just pulled out of event due to personal reasons

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

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?

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

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."

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.

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

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

RIP

Don’t be silly.

His own parents in law attended.

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

Chefs*

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

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.

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

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.

I agree.

They clearly said it was nothing to do with Kate.

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.

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

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.....

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Well said!