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Prince William Wasn’t ‘Emotionally Prepared’ for Health Crisis, Expert Says

Royal historian Gareth Russell exclusively told Us Weekly he’s unsure whether Prince William was ‘emotionally prepared’ for the royal family’s health crisis

While Prince William has long been trained to lead the royal family, no one could’ve anticipated he’d need to step in for King Charles III so soon into the monarch’s reign. “Maybe he wasn’t emotionally prepared for it,” royal historian Gareth Russell exclusively told Us Weekly while discussing William stepping up amid Charles and Princess Kate Middleton ’s cancer battles. Getty Images (2) One of King Charles III’s goals upon assuming the throne after his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, died at age 96 in September 2022 was to slim down the monarchy.

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