I'd like to think Prince William isn't a cheating ratbag. Nothing to do with him being royal or whatever, simply because he's the father of three beautiful children and the best gift he can give to them is respecting their Mother.
He could have split up with the Duchess of Cambridge and show her the maximum of respect as the children's mother; As heartbroken as she'd be, at least she'd have chance to grieve, to assess their incompatibilities in preparation for a new partner in future and pick herself up with some of her self esteem left.
If it's true, keeping up appearances and trying to move on fixing the marriage and also trying to work out who her real friends are will do real, deep psychological damage. And that's avoidable.
That's *if* it's true, if both PW and Rose Chumley (not typing that mess out lol) are both suing, there's a fair chance that it isn't.
Re: Diana and Charles, theres no winners there. He felt trapped and mismatched, likely damaged by his education/childhood & unable to meet her emotional needs and did wrong by her. Its crap but it's human.
She knew she wasn't the love of his life, had little emotional resilience in the first place due to her childhood, and looked for love and affection wherever she could find it.
That's wrong too, but again, it's very human.
The pain we as a species inflict on our partners baffles me. I just think, royal or getting up for your normal job in the morning..do what you need to do but don't destroy someone with weakness and societal expectation.