King Charles has awarded Kate Middleton his seal of approval to steal the spotlight from him.
The Princess of Wales, 41, made a surprise appearance at the Chelsea Flower Show on Monday, and while some feared she would overshadow the 74-year-old monarch, he actually didn’t mind.
“Although it is Charles’ head that wears the crown, [Prince] William, Catherine and their children will steal the show,” royal expert Robert Jobson wrote in an article Daily Mail.
He continued: “They have to do it. It’s right.
“This time, it will be with Charles’ blessing – because he knows that if the monarchy is to survive, it has to be relevant to the younger generation,” revealed the Our King author.
Royal sources are reportedly “concerned” that Charles’ visit to the garden show will be hampered by Middleton’s stopover.
“It is regrettable that his visit [Queen Camilla] Fewer reports were received than expected,” they told daily mail earlier this week.
The source also noted that the amount of media coverage of Middleton could make Charles feel like he is being “overshadowed” by his daughter-in-law.
Charles also often felt spurned when he was married to the late Princess Diana, who was more in the public eye than he was.
Diana – who died in 1997 – even admitted that the then Prince of Wales was jealous of her popularity.
“As a couple, we were put under a lot of pressure by the media and misunderstood by a lot of people,” she said in her infamous speech. “Panorama” interview the year 1995.
She added: “We will Australia, for example, you just hear, ‘Oh, she’s on the other side. ‘”
“Now, if you’re a guy like my husband, a proud guy, if you hear it every day for four weeks, you’ll mind. You’re depressed about it, instead of being happy and sharing it, Diana explained, adding that it caused “a lot of jealousy”.
“So there were a lot of complications,” she lamented at the time.
Martin Bashir is in charge of controversial BBC interviews and allegedly used “deception” to get the truth.
Diana’s brother Charles Spencer claimed in 2021 that the disgraced 60-year-old British journalist used forged bank documents and falsely claimed she had been wiretapped by security to obtain interviews.
