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Prince of Wales pulls out of godfather’s memorial service over personal matter

Posted by Karen on February 27, 2024, 6:08 am

The Prince of Wales has pulled out of attending a memorial service for Constantine, the former king of Greece, at Windsor Castle due to a personal matter.

Kensington Palace would not elaborate further but said the Princess of Wales, who is recovering from abdominal surgery, continues to be doing well.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/feb/27/prince-william-pulls-out-of-godfathers-memorial-service-over-personal-matter

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Posted by Arlene on February 27, 2024, 7:51 am, in reply to "Prince of Wales pulls out of godfather’s memorial service over personal matter"

I hope King Charles is doing well. This is making me nervous.

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Posted by Susan T on February 27, 2024, 8:11 am, in reply to "Re: Prince of Wales pulls out of godfather’s memorial service over personal matter"

"Personal matter" could be Palacespeak for "If he attends, he'll be the center of the media's attention and be bombarded with questions about his wife, his father and his idiot brother."

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Posted by Susan T on February 27, 2024, 8:20 am, in reply to "Re: Prince of Wales pulls out of godfather’s memorial service over personal matter"

Or maybe William will be accompanying Charles to his cancer treatment because Camilla is attending the memorial service.

Camilla takes the reigns

Can't decide whether the headline is an inappropriate (due to the occasion) pun or the writer doesn't realize the phrase is "take the reins".

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Posted by Cynthia on February 27, 2024, 9:59 am, in reply to "Re: Prince of Wales pulls out of godfather’s memorial service over personal matter"

They could be trying to pun, but I kind of doubt it.

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Posted by Cynthia on February 27, 2024, 10:01 am, in reply to "Re: Prince of Wales pulls out of godfather’s memorial service over personal matter"

The DM corrected the headline to "reins." Ha!

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Posted by karenl on February 27, 2024, 7:23 pm, in reply to "Re: Prince of Wales pulls out of godfather’s memorial service over personal matter"

I can see both scenarios, William being with his father during his treatment and wanting to avoid being the spotlight with the media, during this church service.

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Posted by Candace on February 27, 2024, 10:57 pm, in reply to "Re: Prince of Wales pulls out of godfather’s memorial service over personal matter"

Is it possible that he pulled out due to the death of Ella's husband and wanted to offer his support to her? I have no idea but I don't think it's has anything to do with Charles, Catherine or the media spotlight. Never known of him to do anything like this before and be so mysterious about it.

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Posted by Hollie24 on February 27, 2024, 11:46 pm, in reply to "Re: Prince of Wales pulls out of godfather’s memorial service over personal matter"

He and Ella are not close, so I don't think his absence had anything to do with her.

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Posted by karenl on February 27, 2024, 11:52 pm, in reply to "Re: Prince of Wales pulls out of godfather’s memorial service over personal matter"

"Prince William unexpectedly withdrew from the memorial service over an unspecified "personal matter", but it is understood that was not connected to the news about Mr Kingston."
Quote from an updated article at the BBC News site. The same information has been included in several other news sites. We'll either find out down the line or not.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-68413546

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Posted by JohnAF on February 29, 2024, 6:04 pm, in reply to "Re: Prince of Wales pulls out of godfather’s memorial service over personal matter"

Just a thought. Maybe William pulled out of the memorial service because he found out that Uncle Andrew was going to be there & centre stage.

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Posted by Hollie24 on February 29, 2024, 6:47 pm, in reply to "Re: Prince of Wales pulls out of godfather’s memorial service over personal matter"

I doubt that. Andrew wasn't center stage and he and William have attended the same events quite a few times before.

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Posted by Susan T on February 29, 2024, 6:53 pm, in reply to "Re: Prince of Wales pulls out of godfather’s memorial service over personal matter"

Or maybe he had a case of galloping diarrhea. And I really don't think anybody should be required to share that type of information.

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Posted by karenl on February 29, 2024, 7:46 pm, in reply to "Re: Prince of Wales pulls out of godfather’s memorial service over personal matter"

The media has their knickers in a right wad over this, as usual. They're in a right snit, claiming Andrew "was in charge" at the memorial service, howls of outrage.
Susan is correct, William may have had a stomach upset, cold/sore throat and was certainly not going to put everyone else's health at risk. Not my business. Now the media is "demanding" that the Palace be more "transparent" concerning Catherine's surgery. I hope when the reporters involved are ever in hospital we are told what their conditions are and the treatment that was given etc. This is intrusive BS.

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Posted by karenl on February 29, 2024, 7:49 pm, in reply to "Re: Prince of Wales pulls out of godfather’s memorial service over personal matter"

The press is howling "the sky is falling, the Royal Family is in serious trouble" and they have the nerve to now add the tragic death of Tom Kingston, he didn't have a royal role, he and Gabriella were not working Royals nor would they ever take that role. The press is really going too far.

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Posted by Susan T on February 29, 2024, 9:10 pm, in reply to "Re: Prince of Wales pulls out of godfather’s memorial service over personal matter"

Charles told us he has cancer and is undergoing treatment. He didn't say what type of cancer, where the cancer is located, or what type of treatment he is receiving.

We've been told Catherine had abdominal surgery and will not be making public appearances until after Easter. We have not been told what type of surgery or which organs were involved.

Charles is praised for being open and transparent, and Catherine is slammed for being secretive. Personally, I don't see any difference in the level of information we have received from them.

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Posted by Stefanie on March 1, 2024, 1:19 am, in reply to "Re: Prince of Wales pulls out of godfather’s memorial service over personal matter"

Constantine was still a controversial figure in all that years and maybe the actual greek government could see it as an afront if Charles/ William attend his funeral/memorial celebrations. I don' t believe a minute that William on Tuesday of all days had diarrhoe or so to again not attend. It' s no way a coincidence that both Charles/William were missing on both events (Athens, London). There' s no such thing.

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Posted by Hollie24 on March 1, 2024, 2:17 am, in reply to "Re: Prince of Wales pulls out of godfather’s memorial service over personal matter"

The Queen, Anne, Andrew, the Gloucesters and the Kent's attended. If the government had had any objections, none of them would have been there. William may have been ill. One of the kids may have been sick. We don't know. I highly doubt the government had anything to do with his absence.

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Posted by Martha on March 1, 2024, 2:20 pm, in reply to "Re: Prince of Wales pulls out of godfather’s memorial service over personal matter"

There was another service the next day, described as a private service for the late king. There were no details or guest list published. Just fyi.

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Posted by karenl on March 1, 2024, 6:57 pm, in reply to "Re: Prince of Wales pulls out of godfather’s memorial service over personal matter"

Yeah, I saw the story and there just a few photos of the Greek Royal family arriving.

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Posted by Carolyn on March 1, 2024, 8:32 am, in reply to "Re: Prince of Wales pulls out of godfather’s memorial service over personal matter"

I remember reading in Wendy Berry's "Housekeeper's Diary" that Constantine visited Charles at Highgrove. She thought they were quite close.

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Posted by karenl on March 1, 2024, 1:24 pm, in reply to "Re: Prince of Wales pulls out of godfather’s memorial service over personal matter"

The Royals from Romania and Russia were missing and they have notable Greek connections. Prince Michael of Greece was not there, or if he was unable to attend neither of his daughters attended. That I know of. The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh were on their annual ski holiday, by the media's thought process, they should have attended and how dare they go on vacation, This was not an official duty, it was a private gathering and church service. I have yet to read that the Greek Royals have severed ties with William because their feelings were hurt. Thins happen, we've had the same at family events and move on.

Video: Queen Camilla Joined by Royals at Thanksgiving Service For King Constantine

Posted by Karen on February 27, 2024, 9:24 am, in reply to "Prince of Wales pulls out of godfather’s memorial service over personal matter"

Sarah Duchess of York attended accompanying the Duke of York.

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