This whole comment is built on an enormous amount of assumption. There’s a big difference between what William has actually said or done, what the media are reporting, and what people are imagining is happening behind the scenes.
William hasn’t said he’s “fuming” about Harry, he hasn’t said he’s “obsessing” about Harry, and there’s no evidence here that he was pushing for Harry’s banishment or prematurely thinking about becoming King. The media obsessively talking about Harry and William doesn’t mean William himself is obsessed with Harry. You can’t take the coverage and then use that coverage as proof of William’s supposed emotional state.
William has spoken publicly about what he would change when he becomes King, including talking about a more modernised monarchy and questioning some traditions. But that is not evidence that he was impatient for Charles to leave the throne. Charles himself had ideas about modernising the monarchy long before he became King. Having a vision for your future role is entirely different from wanting your predecessor gone.
The same applies to Charles. Charles continuing as King, continuing his treatment and choosing to have a relationship with Harry doesn’t mean he was “slapping the Waleses down” or deliberately putting William in his place. That is a storyline being constructed after the fact. Likewise, the suggestion that Charles is using Harry to keep William “on the back foot” is speculation unless there is actual evidence for it.
Even the idea that William was positioning himself to take the throne is being presented as fact when the evidence given is largely that there were articles portraying the Waleses as future King and Queen and discussing what a future monarchy might look like. William talking about what he would change one day is hardly evidence that he wanted Charles out of the way.
And this is the biggest problem with the whole argument: William’s supposed emotions and motives are being inferred from media coverage about him. If William hasn’t actually said or done these things, perhaps we should stop treating media narratives about him as if they are statements from William himself.
To be honest, you didn’t know who the late Queen Elizabeth was or what she stood for even after she’d been in the public eye for more than 80 years — and I’d argue you knew even less about her than you do about William. You don’t really know what kind of monarch someone will be until they’re actually in the role.
