Prince William attacked after his stay in the French Alps – Le Point

The publication of photographs of Prince William and his family skiing fueled Tuesday exasperation of the British press, which accuses reluctant to assume his role of heir and a little too cultivate secrecy around his private life. Official images showing the Duke of Cambridge playing in the snow with his wife Kate or posing with their two children, George and Charlotte, somewhere in the French Alps, were published Monday with the comment of the palace: the couple “hope people love these photos. “

But as a reaction, the prince has attracted a drubbing. “Will the lazy takes his family skiing” was the headline in the tabloid a Sun . Last month, the daily, yet very pro-monarchy, stressed that he had assumed that 122 official engagements in 2015 against 341 for his grandmother of 89, Queen Elizabeth II. Certainly, William, anxious to live the life of Mr. Tout-le-Monde, has a job: it is a helicopter pilot for a rescue service. But according to the Daily Mail , it spends only 80 hours a month.

The media also annoy William’s inability to give them a little of its no one. For his ski holidays, instead of inviting the entire press at a photo shoot, he preferred to go to a photographer friend news agency, the palace then charging to redistribute copies. William distrust for the media is long known and lies in the fact that he holds partly responsible for the death of his mother, Diana, in a car crash in Paris in 1997.

“William does not want to be an absent father”

But assume its government bonds is part of his role as a member of the royal family and a direct heir to the British throne, reminds him -t-on now. “The consideration of the extraordinary lifestyle of the royal family is to work hard and take responsibility to the taxpayers who fund it,” said Sun . The former editor of the Daily Mirror and fervent monarchist Piers Morgan himself has urged William to “play the game.” “If he continues to rewrite the rules, then the press will eventually also make and he will experience, I fear, that really means the intrusion, as her mother endured,” said he wrote in the online edition of the Mail .

According to the Daily Express is not, however, as William is lazy but he wants to be present for her children. “William does not want to be an absent father because he knows what it is,” said a source close to the royal family every day. The concern for the welfare of his children also led him into exile out of London and take up residence in the Norfolk countryside, away from the media hubbub. Since the birth of George in July 2013 and that of his sister Charlotte in May 2015, there were few opportunities to take pictures of the royal family preferring to distribute his own pictures, some of which are taken by Kate herself. So far, still contrite about what happened with Diana, the press has been quite cooperative.

The frustration mounts

But Neil Wallis, editor of now defunct tabloid News of the World , warned against the rise of “frustration”. “It is clear that the public wants to continue his love affair with the young royal couple, in my opinion, probably saved the house of Windsor in recent years,” he told BBC radio in reference to the renewed Popularity of the royal family since the marriage of William and Kate. “But I think a legitimate question is asked. “

However, Robert Jobson, chronicler of the monarchy to the Evening Standard , media anger wind mainly reflects their Despite not having discovered the holiday resort William and his family. “It is not the fault of the royal family if the tabloids were unable to have the information,” he told the BBC.