Prince William and Kate: ‘Fears’ for children’s roles says expert

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William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge were spotted at Heathrow Airport earlier this week with their three children. After a busy fortnight for the Cambridges, including last weekend’s inaugural Earthshot Prize awards ceremony at Alexandra Palace, the family appear to be jetting off on a half-term break. The family were snapped outside the Windsor Suite, an exclusive lounge located inside Terminal 5.

It is reserved for the Royal Family and other high profile celebrities. 

The Cambridges often spend the school holidays at their Anmer Hall residence in Norfolk, but the October half-term break will seemingly be spent on foreign soil.

After last Sunday’s Earthshot awards, former Buckingham Palace press secretary Dickie Arbiter said “the future of the monarchy is in safe hands” amid William’s climate fight.

One difficulty William has always faced, however, is accepting the way his mother was snubbed after her divorce from Prince Charles.

The Prince and Princess of Wales’ marriage first showed visible cracks in 1987, and then separated in 1992. 

The Queen “told” them to divorce, according to royal author Angela Levin, after Diana’s now-infamous interview with Martin Bashir three years later.

Ms Levin, in her book ‘Harry: Conversations with the Prince’, gave an insight into the split, including one aspect that William has “never accepted”.

She explained that a settlement, worth more than £17m, had been reached by July 1996.

She wrote: “Diana was allowed to keep her apartment at Kensington Palace as ‘a central and secure home for the Princess and the children.”

The palace currently serves as the official London residence of the Cambridges among others.

Ms Levin continued: “Diana was given access to the Royal Family’s jets and was able ‘to use the state apartments at St James’ Palace for entertaining’, as long as she asked the Queen’s permission first.

“She was also permitted to keep all the jewellery she amassed during her marriage, with the exception of the Cambridge Lover’s Knot tiara, which the Queen gave to her as a wedding present.”

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The tiara was given back, and reportedly put into a safe at Buckingham Palace, until 2015, when Kate wore it to a reception at the Palace.

Ms Levin explained Diana could retain the title ‘Princess of Wales’ but was no longer able to be called Her Royal Highness.

She said of the title: “[It] shows that the individual has direct family connection to the crown and assures they will be automatically included in state occasions, which Diana was not.

“William has never accepted this snub.”

The New York Times reported at the time of the divorce that the Queen had wanted to let Diana continue using the HRH title, but Charles had insisted on having it removed.

William, then just 14, attempted to comfort his mother.

According to The Telegraph, he said: “Don’t worry, Mummy, I will give it back to you one day when I am King.”

Diana had a remarkably impressive backbone. In the 2007 book ‘The Diana Chronicles’, Prince Philip is reported to have told Diana, a year before her divorce, “if you don’t behave, my girl, we’ll take your title away”.

Diana allegedly responded: “My title is a lot older than yours, Philip.” 

William and younger brother Prince Harry have continued their mother’s legacy by championing a number of different causes close to her heart.

William continues to support homelessness charities The Passage and Centrepoint, and slept rough near Blackfriars Bridge in 2009 as part of a public awareness event.

Harry, meanwhile, continues to tackle the stigma around HIV/AIDS through Africa-based charity Sentebale.

The brothers unveiled a statue of their mother in the gardens of Kensington Palace earlier this year.

‘Harry: Conversations with the Prince’ was written by Angela Levin and published by John Blake in 2018. It is available here.

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