Prince William got called out for allegedly lacking the refinement of a gentleman following the controversial Mother's Day photo of his wife, Kate Middleton.

Richard Eden, Daily Mail's Diary Editor, spoke about the recent controversy involving the royal family in the latest episode of "Palace Confidential." He told host Jo Elvin that he was "so sad and sort of frustrated" about the ordeal because "I feel so sorry for Catherine."


Kensington Palace released Middleton's first official photo since her abdominal surgery on Sunday to mark Mother's Day. However, the snap captured by Prince William received a "kill notice" from the Associated Press because it was "manipulated."

Middleton took the blame by issuing a public apology. Eden felt the heir apparent should have taken responsibility for the matter because it was issued by Kensington Palace. He said this before claiming that Middleton "has been thrown under a bus."


"I think it's disgraceful," he said. "It's very ungentlemanly of Prince William to put the onus on her. For goodness sake, he's the one who took the photograph. And the officials made it public. They gave it out, it's their job. I think it's absolutely disgraceful that they've said to her, 'You go and explain what you did.' No, it's your job. Take some responsibility."

He went on and slammed the Prince and Princess of Wales' advisers. Eden also claimed that the royal couple needed "good and strong" people around them.

"You don't want pathetic 'yes men,'" he continued. "Here they would definitely benefit from having stronger officials and it wouldn't surprise me if heads do roll over this, if not now... then eventually."

Several netizens also shared the same sentiment as Eden. They felt that Middleton was thrown under the bus because she took the blame for it, even if it was Prince William who took the picture.


"What kind of 'man,' if you can even call him that, makes his wife take the fall like this? Pathetic," one person wrote on X, formerly Twitter, with a face with rolling eye emoji.

However, many online users also defended Prince William because Middleton said it was her who edited the picture. The netizens insisted that one could edit a photo taken by another person.


One online user suggested that Prince William probably handed the phone to his wife after he took it. Another jokingly said that Middleton had "all the more reason to edit" the photo because "husbands don't know how to take pictures."

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Prince William, Kate Middleton