Scobie claims King gloated over William and Kate’s Caribbean tour
- Prince William and Princess Kate have been accused of colonial insensitivity
- King Charles is alleged to have taken pleasure from the PR mishap
- Omid Scobie mentioned the pleasure got here after the King supplied to assist them
The guide Endgame claims King Charles derived a sure pleasure from Prince William’s ill-fated tour to the Caribbean in March final 12 months.
The Duke and Duchess of Wales have been accused of colonial ‘insensitivity’ and writer Omid Scobie’s states his father had a ‘schadenfreude’ – pleasure derived by somebody from one other particular person’s misfortune – from the PR catastrophe.
This allegedly got here after William refused Charles’ presents of assist in organising the journey.
Kate and Prince William rode standing in an open-top Land Rover throughout the Commissioning Parade in Jamaica.
This was deemed controversial by some commentators and critics, who claimed it echoed Britain’s colonial previous.
The Duke and Duchess of Wales (pictured) rode standing in an open-top Land Rover throughout the Commissioning Parade in Jamaica
The journey was deemed controversial by some commentators and critics, who claimed it echoed Britain’s colonial previous
Prince William and Princess Kate have been accused of colonial ‘insensitivity’ and writer Omid Scobie states his father had a ‘schadenfreude’ – pleasure derived by somebody from one other particular person’s misfortune
Omid Scobie (pictured) additionally claims that Charles noticed the concept of adjustments as one thing his son was ‘dangling’ in entrance of him like a carrot that he may by no means obtain personally
Charles can be mentioned to have been ‘furious’ over his son’s ‘effrontery’ when William claimed, in an try and make amends, that he deliberate to ‘rip up the royal rule book’, abandon his household’s ‘never complain, never explain mantra’ and instigate ‘the Cambridge way’.
At the time, William was Duke of Cambridge.
William additionally spoke about how he deliberate to modernise the monarchy, lower the variety of employees and create a less expensive, much less formal workforce.
His father is alleged to have seen this as ‘disrespectful’ and an try and ‘upstage’ him.
Scobie additionally claims that Charles noticed the concept of adjustments as one thing his son was ‘dangling’ in entrance of him like a carrot that he may by no means obtain personally given the set-up at Clarence House, whereas failing to elucidate how he would himself ship it.
The writer was not on the journey however claims what occurred is an instance of the ‘distrust and simmering animosity’ of their working relationship.
