Prince William: As a child he was the “bad boy” of the Royal Family

Prince William
As a child he was a bully

In her book, Prince Charles: An Extraordinary Life, Royal Expert Sally Bedell Smith writes: “Not surprisingly, William had a tendency to act out to attract attention. Called ‘the thug’ by some parents in his preschool, he could be wild at times, unlike Harry, who was calm and reserved (personality traits that reversed when they were older). ” How Prince William, 38, is exactly about the infamous nickname “the thug” – unclear.

Prince William insulted Sir Bob Geldof

How naughty Prince William was as a child, a meeting with Sir Bob Geldof is supposed to prove. The musician had come to Kensington Palace to meet Prince Charles, writes Sally Bedell Smith. The young William looked at Geldof and said: “He’s really dirty. He has unkempt hair and wet shoes.” Geldof was annoyed and replied: “Shut up, you terrible boy.” Prince Charles was embarrassed by the incident. That’s why he asked his son not to be so rude and to go play.

The behavior of their eldest son worried Princess Diana and Prince Charles

William was at times “spoiled and difficult,” confirms Royal expert Katie Nicholl in her book “Willam and Harr”. At home he was often naughty; For example, I threw his meals across the table while eating and insisted on going to bed that his father read him a story. His parents believed that their eldest needed more discipline. That is why Princess Diana decided that William – and also his younger brother Harry – would not be taught at home, but where they could get together with their peers from other backgrounds. Indeed, when William moved from Wetherby School to Ludgrove Boarding School in 1989, his behavior changed – but Harry’s too.

Prince Harry and Prince William “swapped” their characters

“Harry was always more sensitive than William when they were little,” Simone Simmons, a friend of Diana, recalls to Katie Nicholl. “William loved being the center of attention, but Harry was quieter. It wasn’t unusual for him to stay home from school for a day because he wasn’t feeling well.” Allegedly, young Harry enjoyed spending time alone with his mother without having to compete with William. He realized early on, as England’s court reporters agree, that William was something special – and he, Harry, only number two.

While William developed a “noticeably calm character” after changing school from Wetherby to Ludgrove – also due to his parents’ marital crisis, which he experienced more consciously than his younger brother – Prince Harry became louder. “He was more talkative and self-confident in class, and at home his parents noticed a change in the brothers’ characters, “writes Nicholl. Over the next few years, Prince Harry’s extroverted behavior intensified, he became rebellious – so much so that as a teenager and young man he was seen as the” bad boy “of the royal family. An image that apparently suited the prince at a young age. “When I was in school, I wanted to be the bad boy,” he admitted during a visit to a youth center in South Africa in 2015.

Harry had grown fed up with the bad image

At some point, Prince Harry should no longer have liked to have gotten rid of the reputation of a royal rebel – especially not in comparison to his brother, who is considered to be exemplary. “Harry once told me that he really rejects the perception that William is the sensible one and he is the uncontrolled one,” Royal expert Duncan Larcombe told OK Magazine. After a nude photo scandal – triggered by a party in Las Vegas in 2012 – he gradually succeeded in changing his image. The Megxit in early 2020 ruined this – and so Harry is once again under fire.

Source used: “Prince Charles – An Extraordinary Life “by Sally Bedell Smith, published by BusseSeewald,” William and Harry “by Katie Nicholl, published by preface publishing, ok.co.uk,telegraph.co.uk

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