{"id":179661,"date":"2025-07-09T19:15:55","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T19:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/09\/king-charles-snubs-prince-harry-gushes-over-william-in-speech\/"},"modified":"2025-07-09T19:15:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T19:15:55","slug":"king-charles-snubs-prince-harry-gushes-over-william-in-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/09\/king-charles-snubs-prince-harry-gushes-over-william-in-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"King Charles Snubs Prince Harry, Gushes Over William in Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>King Charles never runs out of new, <em>exciting <\/em>ways to snub Prince Harry.<\/p>\n<p>This time, it came in the form of a tribute to his most special boy, William.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s no secret that William <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/05\/prince-william-i-am-done-with-my-brother-forever\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">despises<\/a> Harry. Their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/06\/king-charles-death-succession-plan-operation-menai-bridge-allegedly-leaked\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ailing monarch<\/a> father seems to have written off his youngest son, too.<\/p>\n<p>If Charles wanted to reconcile with Harry, he could. Instead, he pulls painful stunts like this.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_01-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"King Charles in January 2024.\" class=\"wp-image-529621 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_01-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_01-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_01-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_01-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_01-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_01-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">King Charles III departs after receiving treatment for an enlarged prostate at The London Clinic on January 29, 2024.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Carl Court\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-king-charles-has-much-to-say-about-prince-william-but-not-harry\">King Charles has much to say about Prince William, but not Harry<\/h2>\n<p>On Tuesday, July 8, King Charles praised his beloved son, Prince William, without even mentioning his other son, Harry.<\/p>\n<p>This was not an idle conversation. This was a speech extolling the virtues of William during an elaborate state banquet at Windsor Castle.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, a <em>state <\/em>banquet. Charles is not the head of government, but he <em>is <\/em>a ceremonial head of state. <\/p>\n<p>This means that French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte Macron, had to sit politely and witness this alongside about 150 other special guests.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_02-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"King Charles and Prince Harry in September 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-529622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_02-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_02-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_02-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_02-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_02-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_02-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_02.jpg 1854w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_02-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"King Charles and Prince Harry in September 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-529622 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_02-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_02-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_02-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_02-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_02-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_02-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_02.jpg 1854w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_02.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Britain\u2019s King Charles III and Britain\u2019s Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex walk behind the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, adorned with a Royal Standard and the Imperial State Crown and pulled by a Gun Carriage of The King\u2019s Troop Royal Horse Artillery, during a procession from Buckingham Palace to the Palace of Westminster, in London on September 14, 2022.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: VENANCE\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Speeches are a somewhat rare thing from Charles these days. <\/p>\n<p>However, during the state banquet, he stood up and began to list off William\u2019s alleged positive traits.<\/p>\n<p>Of particular interest was William and Kate establishing Windsor as their family home, as the castle \u2014 which is nearly 1,000 years old. <\/p>\n<p>The beginnings of that castle came from William the Conquerer, who shares a name with the less distinguished Prince of Wales.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_03-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"King Charles on July 5, 2018.\" class=\"wp-image-529623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_03-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_03-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_03-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_03-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_03-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_03-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_03-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_03-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"King Charles on July 5, 2018.\" class=\"wp-image-529623 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_03-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_03-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_03-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_03-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_03-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_03-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_03-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_03-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Prince Charles, Prince of Wales visits Tretower Court on July 5, 2018.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Chris Jackson\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-snubs-are-no-longer-surprising-but-they-remain-deliberate-and-hurtful\">The snubs are no longer surprising, but they remain deliberate and hurtful<\/h2>\n<p>While King Charles gassed up Prince William and spoke warmly of the UK\u2019s relationship with France, there remained one glaring, royal omission.<\/p>\n<p>He has an entire other son.<\/p>\n<p>To hear the king of England speak, he has only one son, and no one other than William and Kate and their children seemed even worth mentioning.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_04-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"King Charles and Prince Harry on February 14, 2018.\" class=\"wp-image-529624\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_04-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_04-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_04-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_04-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_04-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_04-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_04-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_04-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"King Charles and Prince Harry on February 14, 2018.\" class=\"wp-image-529624 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_04-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_04-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_04-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_04-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_04-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_04-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_04-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_04-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Prince Harry and Prince Charles, Prince of Wales arrive to attend the \u2018International Year of The Reef\u2019 2018 meeting at Fishmongers Hall on February 14, 2018.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Matt Dunham \u2013 WPA Pool\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 2020, after years of intense tabloid media harassment towards Meghan Markle (with seemingly no meaningful action by the royal firm to protect her as it protected Kate), Prince Harry took his wife and son and left the UK.<\/p>\n<p>They stepped down from their formal royal roles \u2014 a role into which Harry was born, through no fault or choice of his own \u2014 and chose to prioritize their lives and their family.<\/p>\n<p>Harry leaving formal royal appearances did not mean that he left or did not love his family. <\/p>\n<p>But, especially after the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, it seemed that some powerful voices within his family felt otherwise.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_05-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"King CHarles in November of 2021.\" class=\"wp-image-529625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_05-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_05-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_05-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_05-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_05-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_05-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_05-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_05-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"King CHarles in November of 2021.\" class=\"wp-image-529625 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_05-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_05-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_05-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_05-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_05-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_05-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_05-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0709_kingcharles_05-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">King Charles visits Glasgow Central Station to view two alternative fuel, green trains as part of Network Rail\u2019s \u201cGreen Trains @ COP26\u201d event on November 5, 2021.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Jane Barlow-WPA Pool\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-charles-and-william-have-made-a-bitter-choice\">Charles and William have made a bitter choice<\/h2>\n<p>Since moving to the United States, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have continued to endure the same attacks from which King Charles and the royal firm failed to protect them.<\/p>\n<p>However, they no longer have to play second fiddle to Charles\u2019 <em>special boy<\/em> William. <\/p>\n<p>And they are no longer the convenient scapegoats to distract from actual royal scandals that they once were.<\/p>\n<p>Also, Meghan\u2019s lifestyle brand is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/07\/meghan-markle-as-ever-rose-launch-sells-out\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">success<\/a>. They\u2019re building their own lives on their own terms.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s clear that King Charles <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/06\/king-charles-expects-prince-harry-meghan-markle-to-attend-his-funeral-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">still expects<\/a> Prince Harry\u2019s devotion. But what has he done to earn that?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/07\/king-charles-snub-prince-harry-praise-william\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 4 minutes King Charles never runs out of new, exciting ways to snub Prince Harry. This time, it came in the form of a tribute to his most special boy, William. It\u2019s no secret that William despises Harry. Their ailing monarch father seems to have written off his youngest son, too. If Charles [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":179662,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-179661","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}