By Molly Claire Goddard
8:30am PDT, Sep 26, 2025
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Following
reports alleging that King Charles III is unhappy with
Prince William for prioritizing parenting over his work, a source close to The Firm claimed the rumors are false.
"It's evident there's an attempt to manufacture division between them, when in reality, no such rift exists. In truth, their relationship is as strong as ever. They are aligned in their work, with many areas of shared interest and united in their vision for the role of the royal family," the insider said.
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While one insider debunked any claims of division between King Charles III and Prince Harry, another source touched upon their unique dynamic.
"Do they sit down for dinner every night, or even see each other every week? No. But they never have," they said. "However, they do speak regularly and are in absolute lockstep about the future of the monarchy and the good it can do this country."
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With
Prince William set to succeed King Charles III, they are both learning to accept each other's different approaches to leadership.
"Like many father-son relationships, there are occasional personal and competitive tensions. Both are very driven individuals and have very similar interests such as the environment, conservation, the military and helping deprived communities. However, they are also going about supporting them in quite different ways," a third source noted. "Does that sometimes bring them into competition with one another? Yes. To be fair, it does. But ultimately, they have the same goal. To make life better for the people of this country."
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After Prince Harry visited King Charles III in England following months of estrangement, royal author
Tina Brown claimed the former Prince of Wales was more upset with
Prince William for choosing to prioritize his children over royal duties over Harry.
"Somehow, William's parenting dedication always seems couched as a tacit criticism of the King's own paternal deficiencies," she alleged. "And after five confirmed family vacations in the past seven months, William's first week-back diary pulsated with two outings, a father-daughter excursion to a Women's Rugby World Cup pool match and a stroll through the Natural History Museum's new gardens. Charles, despite his battle with cancer, has carried out official engagements on 175 days during the past 12 months."
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There was also speculation that King Charles III and
Prince William were
at odds over what to do with
Prince Andrew and
Sarah Ferguson for their ties to
Jeffrey Epstein.
"William feels even more strongly than the King that Andrew and Fergie are an embarrassment and will be urging his father to act," a separate source claimed. "The optics of that pair of chancers guffawing away at events look terrible. But the King doesn't want to cut ties with his brother, former sister-in-law and that side of the family."
