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

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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!

And “Williamites” has historical precedent.

@RainbowBagels so will they speak up now?

For that matter as someone stated earlier, neither do I care about how many strawberries are in a pot of his wife's jam.

But, but she said the fruit content was 80% and it’s 79.5% so she is clearly Beelzebub & that’s far worse than anything William or Andrew has done.

I would hope they will have to. All his RPO's are being questioned apparently. I cant see how the trade envoy documents can remain sealed either. Hopefully the Met will re examine the information they have been given.

Harry wants exactly the opposite of this. Thats why he left. He thinks even the minimal scrutiny that the RF is subject to is too much, because it often didnt apply to him. He wants all of them to be able to do what the fuck they like with no consequence which to be fair, from their cover up of Andrew, they all want. He was stupid enough to complain about it. His children will lose their titles because of AMW.

you didn't answer the question though. Why did Harry not report? Is he also culpable?

#harryknew ?

Same applies

To be fair to @RainbowBagels, your question was towards a different poster who holds different opinions, she has answered fairly clearly from her point of view.

It's not though is it? The whole theme of this thread is that William knew and kept quiet. Is it not therefore valid to ask if Harry knew as well and maybe even knew a fair bit more? Why would one sibling be held up for examination but not the other ?

Will we separate Beatrice and Eugenie in this way? I've seen threads on here how they are both equally to blame.

Which one is it? All siblings to blame or does it vary ?

Sorry wrong person tagged.

Oh come on. This is one of the most fucked up families in Britain. They are born into an extremely weird family dynamic who compete against each others 'houses', are sent to boarding schools, have very little agency over their lives ( a key contributory to poor mental health) and very little purpose and on top of that have to spend their lives chatting to people who do have agency and purpose and meaning in their lives. Must rub salt in the wounds every day. And they have very little privacy and everything they do is pored over by strangers - see this thread for exhibit A.

Of course they are all fucked up and of course the irony of anyone in the Royal family talking about good mental health is not lost on anyone but we are all too polite to mention it to them directly. Because we are British. 😐

I would imagine he wouldnt 'report' anything because he doesn't want to bring down the Monarchy. He is as much a Royal as the rest of them. Its not an either or. He wants a Royal Family subject to more deference and less scrutiny. This is the opposite.

Yes but it was said on here he KNEW about this and this is one of the reasons he left .

Ive answered anyway. In any case, whether Harry knew or not is irrelevant. He is not heir to the Throne. William is. He is bringing his children up to be 'working Royals. Harry is not a working Royal. His children wont be either. They are not relevant to the institution of the Monarchy.

William was brought in to be interviewed with other celebrities to promote supporting men with MH problems and men’s suicide prevention. Talk of AMW would have hijacked the entire feature which wouldn’t really have served the purpose. It would have completely derailed the point of the programme.

I know you didn’t ask me but I will answer you , I understand what you are saying but from my point of view ( which I’m aware will make me unpopular with both sides!)
for the subject of Andrew and Epstein, I think neither William , Catherine or Harry and Meghan are guilty or responsible for his behaviour, he was their uncle, lived in a different house, maybe their was gossip maybe there wasn’t! We don’t know but none of them were in the position to do anything about it , the Buck must always stop with those at the top of the tree.

Harry is still in line to the Throne, as is Andrew, although I assume something will be done now to remove him!

If anything catastrophic happened to William's family then Harry would be next in line.

If someone started asking me questions about things an uncle I didn't have a close relationship with did when I was literally a child, and away at boarding school no less, I think I'd find it hard to respond in any productive way?

I think if something catastrophic happened to Williams family there would be a Republic. I suspect we are seeing the slow death of the Monarchy anyway. Realistically he is irrelevant.

Do you agree that the Sussexes fall into this category too? They are rich and make mental health issues their business. Does it make every philanthropist in all ages irrelevant and hollow? Was Charles Booth hollow because he was rich? Are Andrew Carnegie's libraries hollow?

I agree that other people are not responsible for other family members actions.

It can't 'revert' to the state as it never belonged to the state in the first place!

If we became a republic, it is likely that either an agreement would be reached or otherwise the Crown Estate and maybe the duchies would be confiscated from the monarch but it is not a foregone conclusion in legal terms. There is no precedent so I imagine there would be either a civil war or years of negotiation!

Was that said by anyone with any actual knowledge? Seems pretty unlikely to me.

I don't know that person's source - was a poster on here.