An eminent Royal Historian has condemned palace aides advising the Prince and Princess of Wales within the aftermath of the embarrassment attributable to their Mother’s Day {photograph}.
Tom Bower advised The Reaction the non-public secretaries, who give the monarchy strategic steerage on stopping a disaster, are all ‘Yes men’ failing the household.
He advised hosts Sarah Vine and Andrew Pierce the Royals are ‘sliding into crisis’ due to ‘an erosion of good advice’.
Mr Bower’s sturdy warning to the Royal Family comes after a ‘tumultuous’ week, which noticed Princess Kate apologise for a photoshopped image of her launched on Mothering Sunday.
Ms Vine shared her personal considerations: ‘It is just ironic that a picture that was designed to quash all the mad conspiracy has made it much worse.
Tom Bower (pictured) told The Reaction the private secretaries, who give the monarchy strategic guidance on preventing a crisis, are all ‘Yes men’ failing the household
He advised hosts Sarah Vine and Andrew Pierce (pictured) the Royals are ‘sliding into crisis’ due to ‘an erosion of good advice’
On Sunday, Kensington Palace launched the primary image of the Princess of Wales since surgical procedure
‘There is another weird thing about the picture which is she is not wearing her wedding ring.’
Mr Pierce agreed including, ‘her hands could have been obscured quite easily.’
Prince William took the image of his spouse with their youngsters, however Kate was pressured to confess she photoshopped the picture, when worldwide photograph businesses issued a kill order.
They did so as a result of they may inform it was edited and subsequently breached guidelines round what could be formally used.
But the creator of ‘Revenge: Meghan, Harry, and the war between the Windsors’ argued Kate was let down by her aides and ‘should not be blamed at all’.
Mr Bower mentioned the shoot was meant to finish the rumours about Kate’s well being after her stomach surgical procedure in January.
Along with the King’s most cancers analysis there are fears the monarchy is at its weakest in years with so few performing Royals.
Mr Bower mentioned: ‘I do not think we should blame the Princess at all.
William and Kate were spotted leaving Windsor for Westminster Abbey yesterday afternoon
Kate usually wears a her wedding ring and an engagement ring, which previously belonged to Princess Diana
Kate was last seen at a royal event on Christmas Day 2023 with her family at Sandringham
‘She is recovering from a serious operation, and I think she was pressured into doing this photoshoot because people thought that would stop the dreadful ghouls on the social media.
‘The private secretaries both in Kensington Palace and Buckingham Palace are just not up to the job.
‘I think altogether what we are seeing is the erosion of good advice because the King himself has always only wanted to be advised by ‘yes men’.
‘I fear that Prince William is also going the same way.
‘William seems to like weak people in his court and that cannot continue. We are dealing with a Royal crisis of people; they are ill, they are old, and there are very few of them.
‘They should have got a professional Press Association photographer in and that would have been the end of it.’
Speaking in regards to the lacking wedding ceremony ring, Ms Vine added: ‘Whoever is advising them is not doing their job, because if I were advising them, I would have said this a lovely photograph of you and your children, but you are not wearing your wedding ring.
‘Are you sure that is what you want to put out there?
‘I actually feel very sorry for the Princess of Wales…. the problem is the way the whole thing has been handled has just made it much worse and now there is a layer of distrust which is creeping in.’
Also debated on this week’s episode is the information that Boris Johnson would possibly make some appearances on the marketing campaign path as Rishi Sunak makes an attempt to forestall electoral wipeout.
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