Prince William is said to have a “callous streak” and “holds a grudge” against those who stood against him, or in favor of his brother Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle.
Many royal experts criticized William’s resentful nature after declaring his latest commitment to the Church of England – now led by Sarah Mullally – despite his previous relationships with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby.
“Justin and his team, for many years at Lambeth Palace, had tried hard to get meetings with William, and there was a wall of silence that came down,” expert Roya Nika told Times Radio earlier this week. Per the Daily Mail.
She added: “William is someone who holds a grudge, and he chooses one side. If someone chooses the other side, he remembers that.”
It is possible that the rift between William and Welby had something to do with his relationship with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Harry and Meghan shared Welby’s guidance and shared intimate details with him.
In 2021, the former royals also revealed in their stunning interview with Oprah Winfrey that Welby secretly married them before their big ceremony.
But William’s alleged streak isn’t necessarily a bad thing for the royal, according to expert Richard Fitzwilliams.
Fitzwilliams told the Daily Mail: “William is our future king. Thank God he has a ruthless streak, because that is needed in today’s world, especially with the monarchy among its most closely monitored institutions.”
“He is clearly an excellent judge of character and has deserved praise for his diplomatic skills. An example of his acumen is the way in which he handled communications with Lambeth Palace during Justin Welby’s term as Archbishop of Canterbury.”
“Welby became close to Harry and Meghan during the lead-up to their wedding in 2018. However, Meghan claimed on Oprah that he married them first in a secret ceremony in the ‘backyard’ of their home,” she said, adding that the former archbishop went on to deny the allegations in Italian newspaper La Repubblica.
The archbishop officially resigned from the church in november 2024 over failure to report john smith, the alleged british lawyer Committed decades of abuse against hundreds of men and boys over a period of decades, BBC reports.
“His bizarre resignation letter was condemned in the House of Lords as ‘frivolous’ and ‘disgusting’ and he had to apologise,” Fitzwilliams told the website.
“William was quite right to keep him at a distance, and to ensure that his connections with his successor, Sarah Mullally, might one day be headed. William’s ‘quiet faith’ would resonate in contemporary Britain.”
The Prince of Wales’s anger allegedly extends beyond the former Archbishop and has been felt by some of his former friends such as journalist Tom Bradby and members of his family including Prince Harry, Markle, his uncle Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson and their daughters Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie.
“He and Catherine have not seen Harry and Meghan since Queen Elizabeth’s funeral,” Fitzwilliams explained.
He continued: “The brothers are not believed to have spoken since. The rift resulted from the way they destroyed the monarchy for personal gain after stepping down from their positions as senior members of the royal family.”
“This was horrific, and what was both harmful and heinous has neither been forgotten nor forgiven.”
Kensington Palace did not immediately respond to Page Six’s request for comment.