‘Swaggery’ Prince William Needs Prince Harry To Save the Monarchy, Royal Expert Says

To Brown, some of William’s comments appeared to dismiss the accomplishments of his father, she explained in an essay for her new Fresh Hell Substack. His remarks also sounded tone deaf in light of a recent Sunday Times report about how his and his father’s ancient Duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster are worth “an eye-watering” $2.2 billion and rake in money by charging British government agencies for use of the land.

Brown said the Prince of Wales sounded “like a performative pinhead,” while explaining how she misses the presence of his younger, estranged brother Harry in the royal lineup.
“In happier years, it was the irreverent Harry (or Harold as William lugubriously used to call him) who could tease the Prince of Wales and take him down a peg,” Brown wrote. She also suggested that William is surrounded by yes-men, people who, “in Kara Swisher’s inimitable phrase about those who live in a gilded bubble, ‘lick him up and down all day.”’
Brown’s comments come after the British-born, New York City-based journalist visited London, where she watched coverage of the annual Remembrance ceremony at the Cenotaph war memorial, a signature event in the royal calendar. Brown said it was “moving” to see “the valiant” Catherine, the Princess of Wales, standing on the Foreign Office balcony at the ceremony, after a nearly year-long struggle with cancer.