Prince Charles Snubbed Prince William, Kate Middleton’s Happy Announcement By Giving This Reaction

Prince Charles snubbed Prince William and Kate Middleton’s happy announcement during their engagement.

In 2010, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge announced their engagement. The announcement delighted the royal fans who have been waiting for the couple to tie the knot. At the time, Prince William and Middleton had been dating for almost a decade already.

However, according to Andrew Morton in his book “William and Catherine,” Prince William and Middleton’s engagement day illustrated the character differences between the royal father and son.

For Morton, Prince William was mature compared to his father who gave a “churlish reaction” when asked about the impending royal wedding. Prince Charles reportedly said that Prince William had “been practicing for a long time.”

“While the Queen and Kate’s parents had expressed their delight, and Harry had mused, ‘It means I get a sister, which I have always wanted,’ the Prince of Wales seemed a forlorn side figure, ungracious and curmudgeonly,” Morton wrote.

“Perhaps unsurprisingly, opinion polls the weekend after the announcement all suggested, as they have for some years, that on the Queen’s death the Crown should skip a generation and pass straight to William,” he continued.

“Much as William may have bridled, the fact was that at the time between one half and two-thirds of the public wanted the newlyweds to be the next King and Queen.”

In May, National Enquirer published a report claiming that Prince William has “saved the monarchy.” An unnamed insider claimed that Queen Elizabeth II will abdicate before the year ends and will be making a bold move by picking her grandson, the Duke of Cambridge, to take over instead of the Prince of Wales.

However, Gil Knappet author of “Charles, Prince of Wales,” said that Prince William told him that he has no intentions of climbing the ladder of kingship before his appointed time even if this means that he will also have a shorter reign than his grandmother.

Also, Queen Elizabeth II doesn’t have the power to just appoint anyone as her heir. According to the netizens, the monarch has no legal authority to alter the succession to the throne and doing so would require an Act of Parliament.