{"id":2295275,"date":"2026-02-23T12:47:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T12:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2295275"},"modified":"2026-02-23T12:47:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T12:47:23","slug":"prince-williams-just-revealed-how-he-really-feels-about-the-andrew-crisis-royal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/prince-williams-just-revealed-how-he-really-feels-about-the-andrew-crisis-royal-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince William\u2019s just revealed how he really feels about the Andrew crisis | Royal | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;I need to be in quite a calm state, and <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/royal\/2174111\/prince-william-andrew-mountbatten-windsor-latest\">I am not at the moment<\/a>. I will save it.\u201d William was speaking at Sunday&#8217;s BAFTA Awards ceremony about not yet having seen the movie Hamnet, but the timing and the not-so-subtle truth beneath his words, days after Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor\u2019s arrest, were startling.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>In an institution like the Royal Family, which has been guarded and shackled by that stiff upper lip mentality for centuries, an admission like this is not clumsy, but rather modern leadership manifest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>It is the start of the unpicking of the arcane knot that has governed the family for generations \u2013 the sturgid belief that every scandal will pass if you don\u2019t comment or, better yet, stick your head in the sand and wait for it to blow over. After all, it\u2019s worked in the past \u2026 so what\u2019s changed?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/prince-william\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\">Prince William<\/a>\u2019s comment was more than just a nephew seething at his uncle\u2019s disgrace. It was the radical pivot that the Firm has needed for so many years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Gone are the days were silence and dignity ruled the way. The unfiltered and unvarnished truth is what\u2019s needed when the family is in the eye of the storm like this, and luckily for us, William knows that.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>It was an admission that while the royal show will go on, come hell or high water, the actors at the centre are allowed to feel the pressure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Having recently admitted that it takes him a long time to understand his feelings, William\u2019s bold move was refreshing. While the days of complete silence may have gone at the start of King Charles\u2019s reign, as he too has made it clear that the law is the victor in Andrew\u2019s sorry saga, the Prince of Wales has taken it a step further.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Yes, his determination to <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/royal\/2172320\/prince-william-suicide-bbc-radio-1\">speak out on mental health<\/a> by giving the public an in-real-time response to how he is dealing with the Royal Family\u2019s biggest scandal in decades is telling, but it goes beyond that.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cNot calm\u201d is quite frankly one of the most honest things a royal has said for years. It ranks right up there with \u201cannus horribilis\u201d, the hallowed phrase his grandmother croaked into a microphone after watching her home, and three of her children\u2019s marriages, burn down. 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