I admit, I did not think Pamela Anderson was going to be around for the awards circuit with The Last Showgirl after the Golden Globes. But boy have I been proven wrong, in the best way possible! (Full disclosure: I haven?t seen the movie yet, but am hoping to this weekend. Perhaps when I have a gaping hole in my schedule on Monday the 20th at 12pm ET). Still, I?m happy to root for Pam based on the soulful journey she?s been on and shared with us the last few years. While it might appear on the surface that Pam has done a rebrand ? going from the buxom, painted-for-the-gods bombshell of the 90s to a makeup-free, meditating, gardening, growing-her-own-vegetables free spirit today (and still a bombshell!) ? by Pam?s account, it?s all been about returning to who she?s always been. In a new interview with USA Today, Pam described having to ?remember who I was? before Hollywood ascribed a certain type to her:

On why she ?peeled it all back?: I?ve learned that you have to believe in yourself before other people believe in you. I started to believe what other people thought and that?s why I peeled it all back: I wanted to remember who I was when I wasn?t dressing for other people. I wanted to stop playing characters in my personal life, and to start playing them on film or on stage. It?s interesting, at this age, to feel like I?m at the very beginning of my career.

What she connected to in her Last Showgirl role: You can go to therapy or talk to your best friend all day long, but there?s nothing like an art project to heal parts of yourself. I just had so much empathy for the character; there?s no perfect way to be a parent, you know? The mother-daughter story really resonated with me, having two adult sons now and apologizing (to them). Your kids are going through what you?re going through, and in the moment, we don?t realize that. So I?ve been able to have those conversations with my boys and we?re so close. Having their mother objectified was always a difficult thing, so I?ve really made an effort to talk about feelings with my sons.

More on her sons: I?m a very lucky mom, but I?ve always felt a little guilty that they feel so protective of me. I wish our family survived intact; I?ve never gotten over it, and that?s something I?ve carried with me. Even now, my relationship is my work. I have two grown, beautiful kids who say, ?Mom, all we want for you is to be you and realize your potential.? And that?s exactly how I feel for them. I don?t want to take up too much of their brain power. I want them to live their own lives: full of ups and downs, mistakes, and whatever they?re going to do in their careers, and not to worry about Mom.

She did it her way: Well, I definitely did it my own way; I took an unorthodox route to get here. I did endure some times where however I handled it was probably not the best way. But I feel very fortunate to be in this position now, it could have just as easily slipped through my fingers. You just have to recognize the moment you?re being handed. You have to get quiet and wait for what?s coming around the corner. And then when the opportunity comes, you grab it.

Vanity is a prison, and she?s free now! Vanity is a prison. This has been such a free time for me to walk around as I am. No one?s falling over backward going, ?Oh, no, I can?t look at that! She?s not wearing any makeup!? Nobody cares! We all care so much about ourselves ? we?re our own worst critics, for sure.

[From USA Today]

The full interview is really charming. Elsewhere Pam talks about reciting Shakespeare sonnets as a kid while her father watched TV, reading heavy Tennessee Williams and Eugene O?Neill plays during her Baywatch and Playboy cover days, and visiting a tree she ?adopted? in NYC?s Central Park in honor of her sons. And speaking of, I found the sections about her relationship with her sons the most moving. She?s clearly raised emotionally intelligent boys (their shock at their mother attending Paris Fashion Week sans glam team notwithstanding, lol), and it sounds like the three of them are very close. And though she?s mainly makeup-free these days, I think she looks more glowing than ever. The comment that she feels like she?s at the beginning of her career had me choked up, too. It?s never too late! I also found this line super intriguing: ?You have to get quiet and wait for what?s coming around the corner.? What?s the difference between getting quiet and? just not doing anything? Tell us, Pamela! (Asking for a friend.)

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Steve Bannon hates Elon Musk and all of the South Africans influencing American politics these days. This is being called a ?MAGA civil war.? [Pajiba]
Beyonce delayed her big ?announcement.? [JustJared]
More on the delay of With Love, Meghan. [LaineyGossip]
Pete Hegseth is still awful. [Jezebel]
Men who think they?re ?nice guys? are always awful. [Buzzfeed]
This is such a huge violation for Brooke Shields. [Socialite Life]
Happy birthday to LL Cool J. [Hollywood Life]
Bernadette Peters has been around forever. [Seriously OMG]
Nicole Kidman & Sunday Rose Urban were out and about. [RCFA]
It?s extremely weird that Ariana Grande is dating someone who looks so much like her brother Frankie Grande, right? [OMG Blog]

The Princess of Wales has just done her first solo event in months, since she attended the Wimbledon men?s final last July. I?m not even sure if that Wimbledon trip should count as ?solo? since she went with her daughter and her sister Pippa. But Prince William wasn?t there, at Wimbledon, and he didn?t come to her event today. After all of the talk about whether we would see Kate at the BAFTAs next month, many of us (myself included) believed that Kate would be MIA from these kinds of run-of-the-mill visits and events. I was wrong, I admit that. Kate visited the Royal Marsden Hospital today:

The Princess of Wales has visited the Royal Marsden Hospital to thank staff who looked after her during her cancer treatment. Kate also met other patients at the London hospital ? with the visit the first confirmation of where she was treated.

A Kensington Palace spokesperson said: ?The Princess wanted to make the journey to both show her gratitude to the incredible team, but also highlight the world-leading care and treatment the Marsden provides.?

[From Sky News]

?With the visit the first confirmation of where she was treated.? I always found that odd. Royal reporters always insisted that Kate had an absolute right to privacy, even suggesting that photographers refused to photograph Kate and William outside whatever hospital out of respect for Kate?s medical privacy. But to not even report which hospital she was allegedly visiting on a weekly basis for her treatment? And Kate also never really thanked her medical team either, at least before today. The whole episode was just so strange. Anyway, I?m glad Kate was out and about.

Update: Kate announced, in an Instagram post, that she is in remission from cancer: ?It is a relief to now be in remission and I remain focused on recovery. As anyone who has experienced a cancer diagnosis will know, it takes time to adjust to a new normal. I am however looking forward to a fulfilling year ahead,? she added. ?There is much to look forward to.? We?ll have more on this tomorrow.

Photos courtesy of Cover Images.

Pretty sure if you look up ?Country Karen? in the dictionary, Carrie Underwood?s photo appears. Carrie Underwood has always had the look, energy, and vibe of a Karen. We also know that she?s politically conservative, although she?s rarely gone out of her way to align herself to the Republican Party on the record. But it?s a brave new world now that 49% of American voters elected that orange monster yet again. Lots of bigots, racists, fascists, abusers and dumbasses feel like they have a blank check to fly their freak flag. Carrie is one of them ? she has agreed to perform at Donald Trump?s inauguration.

Country music star Carrie Underwood will perform at President-elect Trump?s inauguration next week, Trump?s transition team confirmed to Axios Monday.

Why it matters: Underwood is a more high-profile performer than the musical guests at Trump?s 2017 inauguration, signaling that the entertainment industry?s hesitance to embrace Trump has thawed since he left office.

The big picture: One of the staples of a presidential inauguration is a musical performance by a buzzy musical star, and this year the honor will go to Underwood, who is set to perform a rendition of ?America the Beautiful.?

The Armed Forces Chorus and the United States Naval Academy Glee Club will accompany her.

A representative from CAA, which represents Underwood, did not provide Axios with comment before publication. Trump?s 2017 inauguration day featured performances from the Radio City Rockettes and Jackie Evancho, a former runner-up on ?America?s Got Talent.? In 2017, the inaugural committee faced difficulties finding guests willing to perform at the celebration.

[From Axios]

After Axios and TMZ broke the story, Carrie released a statement, confirming her performance: ?I love our country and am honored to have been asked to sing at the Inauguration and to be a small part of this historic event. I am humbled to answer the call at a time when we must all come together in the spirit of unity and looking to the future.? Humbled? We must all come together? Historic event? Those white supremacists really think they?re pulling the wool over everyone?s eyes, don?t they? Anyway, it?s not like I really cared about Underwood to begin with, but I hope everyone who cozies up to Trump gets exactly what they deserve. If you dance with the devil?

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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been pushing back on their harshest critics in recent days. I hope this is a new strategy we?ve seen in recent months, where the Sussexes and Archewell refuse to allow all of this nastiness to sit out there, festering in the public sphere. Justine Bateman outed herself as a hateful, MAGA-esque person after the election, pretending like the Biden administration was all about censoring her and her insurrectionist allies. Justine has found a new gravy train, in case you haven?t noticed ? a has-been actress is now a self-styled MAGA cultural critic. She?s finding out that mentioning Harry and Meghan gets her the most attention too. Over the weekend, Justine saw the videos of Harry and Meghan visiting the Pasadena relief center and volunteering with wildfire evacuees, and Justine declared them ?disaster tourists.? Sources close to the Sussexes already pushed back in People Mag, and now Page Six is running this exclusive:

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry feel Justine Bateman?s disparaging comments were ?offensive? after they stepped up to help Los Angeles wildfire victims on Friday. The ?Family Ties? alum labeled the couple ?disaster tourists? as photos surfaced of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex distributing food and supplies to victims outside the Pasadena Convention Center.

?It?s offensive to Meghan and Harry that anybody would think this is merely a photo opportunity,? a source exclusively tells Page Six.

The pair currently live approximately 90 miles north of the city, however, our source says, ?Meghan was born and raised in Los Angeles so this is, and always will be, home to her.?

According to the insider, Markle, 43, is ?not just a tourist? and ?her heart is completely broken for all the lives that have been lost and for those whose homes have been destroyed in these fires.? Harry, 40, and Markle ?invested significant time and resources, they have donated money and essential items.?

?They have also dedicated countless hours to volunteering, long before the media even caught wind of their involvement,? the source tells us.

Reps for the Sussexes and Bateman did not immediately respond to Page Six?s requests for comment. Bateman slammed the couple on X Saturday, writing that the couple ?are no better than ambulance chasers.?

[From Page Six]

My thing is that if you want to be that person and try to critique the Sussexes? volunteerism, why are you not applying the same critique to every celebrity volunteering or appearing on TV to talk about the Southern California fires? Lots of celebrities have spoken out about donating money or supporting their neighbors or taking people in. Meghan, a native Angeleno, brought her husband to her hometown and they volunteered at a relief center AND donated AND brought attention to World Central Kitchen?s work. Like? what are we doing here?

Photos & screencaps courtesy of Fox News, Cover Images, LA Fox affiliate and Sky News.

What?s up with the current crop of ?Prince William is ready to be a despotic king? stories? Do you think they?re coming from Kensington Palace, or are these just filler pieces from royalists talking sh-t for the hell of it? A few days ago, In Touch Weekly had a weird piece about William?s big plans to become the ?toughest ruler the family has ever seen.? Fox News decided to piggyback on those claims and discuss how Millennial Peggington will be super-tough on Prince Harry and Prince Andrew. What?s really going on here?

As King Charles continues his battle with cancer, his heir, Prince William, is preparing to be the future monarch ? and no one will get in his way. British royal expert Hilary Fordwich made the claim, saying that the Prince of Wales feels the future of ?The Firm? looming over his head.

?Prince William is dedicated to duty, as imbued in him by Queen Elizabeth II, who tutored him every Sunday regarding his royal duties,? Fordwich told Fox News Digital. ?He?s also under huge generational pressure since the increasing public popularity of the monarchy ranks highest for both him and Princess Catherine.?

Fordwich also claimed that Prince Harry and Prince Andrew are ?wary of his wrath.?

?Harry?s whinge fest ?Spare,? with its acerbic accusations against the royal family, particularly his denigration of the Princess of Wales, rendered it the ?final straw? as William told those around him,? Fordwich claimed. She noted that William feels he and his wife were ?bitterly attacked? in Harry?s tell-all. As for the disgraced Duke of York, William believes he ?has put the family in jeopardy? over his controversial ties to late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

?As a millennial, he won?t and can?t risk public association with disastrous members of the family who merely serve as distractions from public duty,? Fordwich added.

British broadcaster and photographer Helena Chard told Fox News Digital that William is determined to revamp the monarchy?s reputation. Last year proved to be a ?brutal? one for the prince, as he admitted, due to his family?s health saga.

?The last year has been the hardest in his life,? she said. ?Yet, he has emerged with renewed energy and purpose. Prince William is very much a self-assured family man. He is also redefining his role as the future heir to the throne. With his revamped relaxed image, he continues to help people through charitable service, using his platform for meaningful good.?

?He supports King Charles, carrying out state and national duties regularly,? Chard continued. ?He has surprisingly taken to the role like a duck to water, commanding center stage at every event. His future role as king is in sight. However, he doesn?t believe all his father?s tenets are gospel. He is his own man and wishes to show a more modern, encompassing face to the monarchy.?

[From Fox News]

?He has emerged with renewed energy and purpose.? He hasn?t been seen anywhere since Christmas Day and he constantly goes missing for weeks at a time. ?Prince William is very much a self-assured family man.? There we go. There have been rumors for years about the sorry state of the Wales marriage, and I believe almost all of those rumors. I just don?t believe that William would torpedo his ?family man? image without some kind of backup plan or complementary narrative. Whatever has happened in the past year, something was negotiated and agreed to by all parties. Kate turns up here and there, the Middletons are in from the cold and the press runs stories about William looking and acting like a hot single guy. Let?s see how long this compromise holds.

Also, I do not get this statement: ?As a millennial, he won?t and can?t risk public association with disastrous members of the family who merely serve as distractions from public duty.? What does his Millennial generation have to do with anything? Will and Kate have never seemed of their generation either ? they?ve always seemed like throwbacks to a Victorian or Edwardian era.

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Will the Grammys get delayed? They?re scheduled, right now, for February 2 in LA. If the Grammys move, I?ve gotta wonder if the Oscars might end up moving too (they?re scheduled for March 2). There?s no way they?ll delay the Super Bowl though. [Just Jared]
People were so dumb about David Muir?s clothespins. [Socialite Life]
What were your top ten films of 2024? The Substance certainly didn?t make my top ten, but Anora, Dune 2 and Conclave did. [LaineyGossip]
Review of The Last Showgirl. [Pajiba]
Jodie Turner Smith looked amazing on The Jennifer Hudson Show. [Go Fug Yourself]
Jessica Alba & Cash Warren really lost their spark. [OMG Blog]
Whoever is running Pamela Anderson?s awards campaign is doing a great job. [RCFA]
Did Tyler Henry predict the fires? [Seriously OMG]
Unexpected?s Myrka gave birth to her third child. [Starcasm]
Will there be a second season for Landman? [Hollywood Life]
A Simple Favor 2?s release has not been delayed. [Buzzfeed]

Since the Duchess of Sussex?s With Love, Meghan trailer dropped, there has been a lot of rage and mockery from the usual suspects. I think even some of Meghan?s supporters feed on the drama of arguing with or about her most hateful critics, but I?ve always tried to balance ?gossip/clapback? with not wanting to amplify the cruelest and stupidest narratives out there. Basically, people should be wary of the back-and-forth outrage machine. In many ways, Meghan has already overwhelmingly won ? act like you support the victorious. What I find most interesting about the current outrage cycle is how bored her critics are with always forcing themselves to hate every single thing Meghan does and says. With Love, Meghan is just a show about cooking and entertaining, why all the drama? Which is sort of the point of this latest column in the New York Times: ?Martha, Nigella, Meghan Markle?? It was written by Louis Staples, who is ?based in London and writes often on the royal family, social media and pop culture.? Note: this was written and published before WLM?s release date was pushed back to March. Some highlights:

The WLM trailer: The nearly two-minute ad, set to the hopeful tones of ?Do You Believe in Magic? by the Lovin? Spoonful, which rolled out to much fanfare this month, casts Meghan as something of a domestic goddess. We see her wearing an apron and carrying artfully presented baskets of intimidatingly fresh-looking vegetables, creating colorful floral arrangements and even harvesting her own honey?Since it was announced, the existence of the show has been met with a noisy, and perhaps predictable, backlash. The criticism has been most intense in British legacy media, which is already panning Meghan?s turn as the millennial Martha Stewart of Montecito.

Setting a different narrative: Watching Meghan?s many critics rage-post about fairly standard elements ? like the show reportedly being filmed in a rented property not far from the Sussexes? actual home ? it?s clear that most of them were always going to hate the show. But this rebrand as the duchess of domesticity is a very shrewd move for Meghan nonetheless. The show?s concept appears to combine the fantasy of Meghan as a princess in exile while reactivating parts of her pre-royal public persona, when she ran her own lifestyle website, The Tig. With so many eyes on Meghan, she might finally be allowed to change ? and more crucially, sell a different narrative about herself. After years of Meghan and her husband, Prince Harry, pleading for privacy while also seeking publicity, she will now participate in the attention economy in a more clear-cut, direct way.

The problem with the Sussexes? royal tell-alls: Since their relationship began in 2016, the story of the Sussexes has been defined by feuds? With each new appearance, the duo have provided a steady drip of scandalous allegations. The problem the Sussexes have run into is that eventually, retelling your story starts to bore ? and annoy ? your audience. Even those who had sympathy for them and believed they had been badly mistreated began to tire of the couple monetizing their victimhood.

Meghan?s solo strength: The biggest strength of ?With Love, Meghan? is that it appears to be something completely different. The series is produced by Archewell Productions, the couple?s production company, so what we?ll see is likely to be tightly controlled. But the show allows Meghan to break out of the cycle of re-litigating the royal feud on different mediums, which put the couple at risk of irrelevance. With frequent references to love, friendship and joy, the message of the show seems to be relentless positivity.

The British press?s beef: Since the Sussexes settled in California, the British press?s main beef has been that they gave up their royal status to become ?celebrities,? a class of citizen considered uncouth by comparison. What?s often overlooked in the case of the British press versus Meghan is an underlying snobbery and distrust over the fact that she?s American. In recent years, Prince Harry has drawn parallels between the treatment of his wife and his mother, Princess Diana, whose tragic death was a result of being hounded by the tabloids. The British press, however, have more closely aligned Meghan with another woman who married into the family: Wallis Simpson, the American socialite who married Edward, the Duke of Windsor, after he abdicated the throne to be with her, causing a crisis that jeopardized the monarchy itself. Like Simpson, Meghan has been portrayed as a grifter who is both disrespectful to the royal institution and determined to profit from her association with it.

The runaway princess narrative: To understand the show?s chances for success, consider that Meghan has not one public persona but two. Yes, there?s the version of her that enrages her detractors, who have zero desire to be told how to elevate their lives by a duchess who frolics around a mansion with immaculately blow-dried hair and annoyingly perfect makeup. But in the eyes of her fans, she is an unfairly persecuted runaway princess who was swept into a storm. Her life was a fairy-tale turned into a nightmare ? and now it?s back to a fantasy again. ?With Love, Meghan? reintroduces her to those in the middle while still giving her true believers a chance to participate in that fantasy, in which their heroine is finally finding her feet on the other side of adversity, one edible flower at a time.

[From The NY Times]

I excerpted this op-ed because A) it was in the NYT and that?s a big deal and B) because I thought Staples was relatively fair to Meghan. I expected much worse, especially from a London-based writer. That being said, Staples still pushes one particular agenda which we?ve heard for years now. That agenda? That Meghan and Harry shouldn?t continue to talk about what was done to them at the hands of the Windsors and the British press and that people will get bored or tired of their ?royal tell-alls.? That?s a narrative which came straight from the Windsors and the British press, and as we?ve seen multiple times over the past five years, nothing could be further from the truth. Harry and Meghan?s most successful interviews, ventures and projects have been those centered on what happened to them and what is still happening to them. If Meghan wrote her memoir, it would be a huge success because people know that she still hasn?t talked about all of the sh-t those people did to her. Still, even if I think it would be fine if Harry and Meghan continued to tell their stories, I?m also glad that Meghan is projecting an air of ?I moved on a while ago, this cooking/entertaining show is who I really am.?

Photos courtesy of Backgrid, Cover Images, Netflix.

In some ways, the international hate campaign against the Duke and Duchess of Sussex has worked ? Harry and Meghan can?t leave their house without every unhinged whackjob losing their sh-t. The Sussexes spent some time in Pasadena on Friday, volunteering alongside World Central Kitchen and speaking to evacuees. By all accounts on the ground, their efforts were appreciated and welcomed by all. But that hasn?t stopped the British media and certain Americans from wailing and screaming about how Harry and Meghan aren?t doing enough, or they?re only doing it for attention, or that they don?t even live in LA? These people are so soaked in their own bitterness and bile, they can?t even see straight. Behold, Justine Bateman?s thoughts:

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have been slammed by Justine Bateman as ?disaster tourists? after they appeared volunteering during the LA wildfires. The Hollywood actress, 58, took to X/Twitter to blast the couple after they were spotted in footage dressed in plain clothes and speaking with victims and other helpers.

The former working royals were spotted in a clip out and about at an evacuation centre ? just hours before it was confirmed the death toll of the blazes had climbed to 24.

Bateman wrote online: ?Meghan Markle and Harry are no better than ambulance chasers. What a repulsive ?photo op? they achieved. They are ?touring the damage?? Are they politicians now? They don?t live here; they are tourists. Disaster Tourists.?

Video captured by Fox 11 Los Angeles showed Harry and Meghan in Pasadena on Friday, mingling with volunteers and the city?s mayor, Victor Gordo. But the couple were keen to provide any support they could, according to the mayor, saying they were ?great people? with ?great personalities?. ?They really buoyed the spirits of the first responders. We visited the command post at the Rose Bowl and people were very happy to see them,? Gordo added.

[From The Daily Mail]

It?s true that Meghan and Harry don?t live in LA. I?m sure the Mail hated quoting someone who acknowledged that Montecito is not LA. But Meghan did grow up in LA, it?s her hometown, and she has many friends and associates there. Why is Justine Bateman gatekeeping ?volunteering in a tragedy? again? Is there some rule that only Angelenos can help other Angelenos?

Photos courtesy of Cover Images, screencaps from Sky News & local Fox affiliate.

In many ways, I honestly believe that Prince William is terrified of being king, terrified of having everything on his shoulders, terrified of having no more scapegoats left. In other ways, I think William probably wants power, he just doesn?t know what he?s going to do with it other than ?try to make his brother jealous.? That seems to be William?s raison d?etre at this point: he wants money, power, fame and international statesmanship because A) he wants everything Harry has and B) William thinks Harry will be jealous if/when William becomes king. To hear In Touch Weekly describe it, William is grasping power from a weakened king and this is playing out like a Shakespearean drama. ?Will no one rid me of this meddlesome father??

Heir-apparent Prince William is flexing his royal muscle in a big way going into 2025 as he declares the Sussexes and Prince Andrew personae non gratae and lays down a host of other nonnegotiable rules in a bid to finally get rid the royal family of destructive dysfunction and lay the groundwork for when he?s finally king, a source exclusively tells In Touch.

As the golden-haired first born assumes more and more official responsibility, the royal insider says that the prince ?has never been more influential? than he is now. With King Charles battling cancer and frankly getting up there in age, the monarch ?is now bestowing more responsibility on [William] and by all accounts is acknowledging that his time to rule will be sooner, rather than later.?

Many have speculated that Charles, 76, who has been derided in the British press for his controversial love life and relationships for decades, would ultimately keep his rule short and possibly abdicate the crown to his more-beloved son, 42, and his wife, Princess Kate, the darling of the U.K. royal press.

In an arc ripped from a Shakespearean play, the prince ?is seizing the opportunity? of his weakening father ?to make decisions that he feels will benefit the Crown in the long run,? which isn?t necessarily a good thing for the rest of the royal family.

?It?s no secret that anyone who pushes back against him will be swiftly shown the door,? the palace insider says. ?He?s not willing to take any nonsense and the word is he?s already on his way to being the toughest ruler the family has ever seen.?

More specifically, and importantly to William, improving their public image means financial austerity for the members of the family. They do not want to be seen as the effete Fauntleroys their naysayers often portray them as, especially as regular folks tighten their belts.

?He wants expenses to be monitored closely, and any fat trimmed straight away,? the source says. ?He doesn?t want there to be any sense that special perks are being handed out to the Royals. He?s all about the environment, so he?s pushing hard to be front and center in that respect and has put out this edict that the rest of the family needs to get on board with being as green as possible. Private flights and that sort of thing are being frowned on. The days of wasteful spending and overconsumption are ending now that William is at the helm.?

[From In Touch Weekly]

First of all, Charles is holding onto the throne with both hands. He?s going to duct tape the Imperial Crown to his head. Second of all, Charles is not handing off any responsibilities to William because William is incapable and unwilling. William refuses to do even the bare minimum as Prince of Wales, like representing the crown abroad at state events. Other than that, yeah, I believe that William storms around, barking orders and throwing tantrums. I believe he probably marches into meetings and fires people for disagreeing with him. I believe everyone walks on eggshells around him because of his violent temper. So? good luck with all of that.

Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Cover Images.