Prince William feels hurt by the treatment of his wife Kate Middleton and “sees elements” of the harassment suffered by his mother Diana, a royal expert has claimed.
Speaking on Good Morning Britain today, the Sunday Times’ royal editor Roya Nikkhah addressed the wild online conspiracy theories surrounding the Princess of Wales’ illness, following her abdominal operation on January 16.
Speaking about social media’s interest in the Princess of Wales’s health, she said: “Having seen his mother go through a lot, the harassment from his mother, I think he feels like he’s seeing elements of this being violated again in terms of demands and shouts at his wife about his medical privacy and this hurts him.
Asked by host Susanna Reid if William feels “sensitive” about the similarities, Roya added: “He always has, since he was a kid and since he’s been with Catherine since college. “
Elsewhere, the royal expert revealed Kate could address her health in public engagements next month, according to her close friends.
Roya said: “I think she’s going to be a lot more open about what happened, I think she’ll do it in a natural and organic way, like an engagement.
“We’ve seen William at an engagement over the last few weeks and everyone is asking him how Kate is, saying please give your wife these flowers. I think when she’s out and about he’ll be asked questions on this subject.
“I’m not saying she’ll go into all the details of the surgery she had, but she might find a way to talk about her recovery and the places it took her mentally and physically. We know that mental health is an important thing to them.this is how she will let people know what is going on.
The princess is only expected to return to frontline duties after April 17, when her three children return to Lambrook School, near Ascot, after the Easter holidays.
However, Kate was reportedly spotted “happy, healthy and relaxed” during a visit to a local farm shop this weekend.
Roya said: “She’s been at the children’s school, parents from the school have seen her in the last few weeks, she’s been seen in this farm shop, so she’s been out.”
After the royal correspondent spoke to a friend of the Prince and Princess of Wales who “saw and spoke to them last week”, she said they had “felt under pressure” following the reaction from social media to Kate’s Mother’s Day family photo.
Prince William feels like he is “seeing elements” of the harassment his mother Diana suffered with his wife, according to the Sunday Times’ royal editor Roya Nikkhah (pictured), who appeared on Good Morning Britain today.
Prince William feels “hurt” by speculation about the health of his wife, the Princess of Wales.
Speculation only intensified when Kate publicly took responsibility for the family photo released by Kensington Palace on Mother’s Day, which was “killed” by six of the world’s biggest photo agencies, fearing that she was “manipulated”.
In addition to a number of imperfections in the photoshopped image, viewers also noticed that Kate didn’t appear to be wearing her wedding ring, sparking several unfounded theories online about the state of her marriage.
“Even under pressure, it was very clear to me that they were not going to change over the next few weeks on what they were still going to do, so when we hear from her, it won’t be until she will feel ready, regardless of media coverage.
“This is a woman who has been in the media since her early 20s and she has hardly put a foot wrong, I think we should fire her a little bit,” Roya added.
Sunday time quoted a friend as saying, “They will want to be clear and more open, but they will do it when they feel ready. I would expect it to be his instinct and it will be his decision. They’re not going to be rushed.
Despite a tumultuous few weeks for the royal family, she is expected to continue the tradition of posting a new photo to mark her children’s birthday, with the next being that of Prince Louis on April 23.
Princess Diana died at the age of 36 in a car accident in Paris on August 31, 1997, after years of being hounded by paparazzi.
Kensington Palace has released the photo of the Princess of Wales since her operation
Kate posted her apology on the Instagram account of the Prince and Princess of Wales.
They could take the opportunity to talk about his health, it was reported.
Now sources within royal circles are warning of the negative effects the rumors could have on the future queen as she recovers from her major surgery in January.
An insider said: “I’m worried about all this attention to Catherine. She didn’t look happy at all in the car on Monday.
Kate was seen in the backseat of a car with her husband as he left Windsor to travel to London for two public engagements.
The Mail understands she was on her way to a “private meeting” and did not accompany William publicly.
Despite calls for the original image to be released, Kensington Palace insisted it would not re-release the previously unpublished photograph of Kate and her children.
It comes after further details were revealed about the photo shoot, with William taking the photo in a window of just 40 minutes on Friday before the princess edited it twice in Photoshop to “make it the best it could be”.
The Prince of Wales took the photo of his smiling family with a £2,900 Canon camera before Kate made edits to improve the photo ahead of its public posting on Instagram on Sunday.
Royal commentator Jennie Bond suggested Kate “must now feel under intense pressure every time she is seen in public” following her major operation in January.
