Prince William is "determined" that his children will have a different childhood experience than him — 1 "more modern and more ideal"
During a recent visit to Wales, Prince William shared a rare comment about what he has long called his "Harry Potter wound" — a wound on his forehead due to being punched in the head at a golf club in 1991. According to people, William was shown a golf tee made from seaweed by Pierre Paslier of Notpla during the royal engagement, and as Paslier said it, "He was looking at the prototype, and I asked him if he liked golf. He famously injured himself as a child and pointed to his head and said, "There is no golf for me.""There is no golf for him.
In a BBC news round, William said of the so-called "Harry Potter scars": "I call it that because sometimes it shines and some people notice it - other times they don't notice it at all," he said. "I was hit by a golf club when I was playing golf with my friends. We were in Putting Green, and the next thing you know, there were seven iron — and it came out of nowhere and in the head I
William's father, Prince Charles at the time, took place in 1991 because he prioritized work over staying in the hospital with his young son. The story was widely publicized when it was published.William's mother, Princess Diana, was beside him. "William was also acutely aware of the lack of his own father's presence in his life, especially when things went wrong," she wrote, Per The Sun. "In 1991, he was accidentally hit in the head at a golf club when he was at school, and Diana was having lunch at her favorite restaurant, San Lorenzo. It was very serious because there was a call that William was hit in the head and they thought he might die. Charles and Diana both rushed to Ladgrove [where William was at school at the time]. William was taken to the Royal Berkshire Hospital, then to Great Ormond Street Hospital, and Diana went with him. But ever a man of duty, Charles preferred his contract. William is determined to do things differently.
Indeed, William proved that his family has always been his top priority, especially recently as his wife, Princess Wales, is battling cancer. I take my three children - Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis - to school in Lambrook every morning and basically always go to school. The three children made their first social media statement on Sunday, wishing their "Dad" happy Father's Day as they looked at a Norfolk beach in a photo taken by their mother, Kate, and posed with their dad. Body language expert Judy James told the mirror that it is clear that William is determined that his children will have a different life than him, even though they were born as children of the heir to the throne.It is clear that William is determined that his children will have a different life than his children. On Father's Day this past Sunday, William also posted a tribute to his own father, now King Charles, on social media.
"The contrast between William's father's choice of poses to explain his own views and those he chose to celebrate his own father's role in his life suggests that while he appreciates the kind of upbringing he has had, he is determined to forge something different for his own children," James said. I said.
She added that William has taken experience from his past to create a more "modern" family unit, and said, "William has continually shown how to use lessons from his past to forge the kind of family unit that he sees as more modern and more ideal," James said. "His understanding of duty and loyalty seems strong, but he clearly also has a more casual experience for his children than he or his father was allowed to enjoy."" "
William and his brother Prince Harry are both opened up about their difficult childhood previously, not only having grown up with the eyes of the whole world on them, but also having to abide by royal protocols, deal with the awkward divorce of their parents (and, let's be honest, often awkward marriages)—which is popular in culture. They were banned from watching TV while the boys were at boarding school in Ladgrove, well, everywhere. And, of course, the deaths of their beloved mothers, Diana and Harry, when William was 15 years old, were only 12 years old — and, in deep grief, walking behind her casket on the day of her funeral, the world was fully involved in their mourning.
"There was a point where my parents broke up and I never saw my mother enough or my father enough," Harry said in the 2017 ITV documentary Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy. "There were a lot of trips and a lot of fights in the backseat with my brother and we were able to win it. There was all that to fight with. It's not just us who have to deal with it, but it was an interesting way of growing up.
Returning to this past Sunday Father's Day photo with George, Charlotte and Louis James, the Foursome told the mirror that it was important to have their backs on the camera: "Taken from the back view, they actually avoid communicating with the camera," she said. It suggests that this is not the "show pony" raised to please the viewer, but an intimate and loving moment.
In another interview with the Sun, James further explained in the photo that "William is a very guardian here, with both arms outstretched to surround the children with 'winged' gestures as if they were hiding under their wings." She said the photos were symbolic and, for George, Charlotte and Louis, "show the beginning of the end of childhood and the freedom they enjoyed before the transition of the royal family to adulthood."The casual and tactile theme of this pose shows the separation from the father of the previous generation of the royal family," James told the Sun. "Even Charles and Prince Philip (Charles's father) have always been shown to wear formal suits and play with their hands off or with one hand tucked into their pockets, but William's "winged" embrace shows that he wants to be casual, informal and very hands-on as a father." "It's a good idea," he said.
Speaking to the mirror about Raising a royal child — because he was once a royal child — Royal biographer Robert Hardman said of William: "We know they are a very tight family unit and he wants to be there for them," he said. "A lot of what they do with those kids is to normalize life and not make them feel like they're in a special golden cage.
George — the heir to the throne himself someday — will be 11 years old next month. William made his first royal engagement in England in 1991-3 and accompanied Charles and Diana to Wales in a mini-suit. His life as a young royal would look much different from that of William, as, for example, Trooping the colour (along with Charlotte and Louis) this past weekend, while George accompanied his parents to some events — it is due to the very design, said Royal expert Richard Kay , PER OK.
"William curated George's appearances in a completely different way to the way his mother and father curated him," Kay said, "William and Harry, especially William, were thrust from a central stage at a very young age. William has a different view. He wants to keep [his children] as long as possible, [and] give them something like a normal childhood."
It's Royal Paternity 2.0 — and it seems incredibly effective.
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