How come William chose to ignore the massive elephant in the room and no one challenged him on it?

[Roadtripwithpretzels]

Prince William spoke about the very important subject of mh yesterday on Radio One and while it’s a subject that should be highlighted, does no one else think that his credibility on this issue has now been damaged by the AMW case?

He may not have been personally responsible for the alleged cover up, and he may well loathe Uncle Andrew, but he is still a central player in the institution that helped to pay off and cover up the voices of AMW’s alleged victims? Virginia Giuffre took her own life fhs! He can’t just ignore it!

To me this interview came across as incredibly unintelligent and insensitive in current circumstances. And proof that William himself just doesn’t “get it”.

Why on earth did he not say that in the light of current circumstances and out of respect for victims; the interview couldn’t go ahead?

Or why did his new ex crisis manager PR person not advise this?

And why was he allowed to sit there by the BBC and not address this?

And what about the mh of the Palace staff who have suffered because of AMW’s boorish and inappropriate behaviour for years? The nanny who allegedly left because of AMW being inappropriate and the policeman whose arm was hurt by AMW’s speeding at Windsor? The maids who were screamed at? What about the mental health of the police protection offices who quite recently were, according to Lownie, reminded about their NDAs and the safety of their pensions if they spoke out?

I don’t think it’s good enough any longer for a senior member of the RF to sit there and say yet again in a rather generic way “we all need to talk about our mental health” while ignoring what their own institution has covered up for years and is still allegedly trying to suppress?

And the BBC should hold some accountability about this too!

Have now read to the end of the thread - @RobinStrike gave the details of the panel discussion before me

Spot on . Where was that poster's concern about women's mental health when she was dissing someone's cancer?

That is not how it works, and if you are not sure of the process, perhaps look into it before deciding whether to comment.
is it Charles or William that you feel should be asking for Judas head on a plate by the way.

@Roadtripwithpretzels, op are you Amanda patell?

I have definitely gone off the monarchy but i do feel sorrry for William. I think he is probably a decent bloke trying to do his duty. I think we should cut him some slack. He cant help the position he finds himself in. All he could do if it became too much is abdicate and try to lead a normal life but who would take his place. He's been through so much.

Unfortunately for William he can’t abdicate on behalf of his children so if he abdicated then George becomes the heir until 18 when he can make the decision for himself.

I don’t think he’d do that to his kids.

Decent possibly when compared to Andrew, but that’s not difficult. But he’s lazy and isn’t transparent about his taxes, so he isn’t a great person and I don’t think it bodes well for the future.

Yeah. I was thinking about the kids too. But I worry for william's health. He is trapped. I have actually thought before now that it might be a good idea to end the monarchy because it's actually a kind of mental torture for those involved. A kind of abuse that we are all complicit in. The pressure on them is too much.

If it’s that bad, William could have chosen not to have children. I believe they live their lavish lifestyle in return for not doing a lot. You can’t expect to get £20million plus a year and feel no pressure. They’ve done a great number on people to get people feeling sorry for what they could put a stop to.

In what way is he lazy ? Maybe he's trying not to have too much pressure. What examples are there of laziness. ...genuine question. And as for the finances....i guess he was brought up in an environment where lots of accountants simply had the practice of making the royals money. He probably thinka it's the norm and has maybe never truly questioned it.

Yes, that is a fair point.

The number of engagements he was doing, even before Kate was ill was lower than other senior royals. There is a narrative set in the media that he’s this hands on dad and people say he’s prioritising being a father which I believe is to excuse his lack of work and make people look upon him favourable when really he’s just a lazy arse. Another narrative of all the work him and Kate do ‘behind the scenes’ is very convenient. I don’t think he’s a terrible person, but I don’t think he’s great like others like to make out.

Charles declared the amount he paid in tax on the duchie so William was set that example, that was normal, but he decided he wasn’t going to declare. He’s secretive, not transparent and people aren’t going to like that going forward. We want to know more, not less and William needs to realise that.

I think he is probably shy and prefers privacy, not because he is up to something but just because he's an introvert. He probably isnt very good 'king material' actually. I think kate props him up. I feel a bit sorry for both of them. He should probably abdicate.

That’s another narrative people have been brainwashed by. I don’t believe it at all. He’s a very confident individual who has no fucks to give imo.

I think if that were true he would have chosen much easier charities to associate himself with.

The theatre, architecrure, music....all much easier than the environment, homelessness and mental heslth.

Then the PR spin has worked on you. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Not really sure what you mean by that poster. You'd have to clarify.

I think he’s been very cunning by choosing causes which are unsolvable. You can’t really measure how much he’s actually doing when the environment, homelessness and mental health are so complex with so many factors which impact them. He has a lot of excuses available to him when no real progress is made.

So we’re in Shroedinger's Royal territory? Charles was apparently very opposed to Andrew becoming a Trade Envoy, and thought he was entirely unsuitable for the job. He also knew that a significant chunk of money had been paid to buy Virginia Giuffre’s silence. But he also didn’t know anything about his brother’s misdemeanors. William is a hard working royal preparing, in the not too distant future to be king and presumably meeting with officials and reading reports and being briefed. But he knew nothing about what his uncle was up to. Because that’s what families are like.

The interview was recorded a while ago. Even some of the chatty breakfast show celeb interviews aren't live on R1. Even if it was live it wouldn't have been appropriate for AMW to be discussed as it wasn't the subject on hand.

William probably also thinks his uncle is horrible and has very little to do with him.

The way they lie lol

William was fully in on the Andrew rehabilitation

I agree up to a point. That point being we are not all complicit in the abuse, only monarchists are. It's very obvious what an unhealthy environment it is for the people concerned.

There are many reasons to end the monarchy, and this is one of them. Just let them be incredibly rich people doing their own thing away from the limelight, like other aristocrats.

He would never do that to George!