{"id":314107,"date":"2026-02-24T04:17:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T04:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/314107\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T04:17:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T04:17:07","slug":"kate-and-william-itching-to-speak-out-but-investigation-keeps-them-quiet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/314107\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate and William \u2018itching&#8217; to speak out, but investigation keeps them quiet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/652560_2620119_updates.jpg\" alt=\"Kate and William \u2018itching\u2019 to speak out, but investigation keeps them quiet\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" class=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Kate and William \u2018itching\u2019 to speak out, but investigation keeps them quiet<\/p>\n<p>Prince William\u2019s comments about his own mental health at the BAFTAs may have seemed like a personal aside.<\/p>\n<p>Insiders say they were fueled by frustration over Andrew\u2019s arrest and a desire to speak more openly about the turmoil engulfing the Royal Family.<\/p>\n<p>Sources according to the Mail reveal that the Prince and Princess of Wales are itching to publicly put distance between themselves and the future king\u2019s wayward uncle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>William reportedly fears the ongoing scandal is taking a toll on his father, who continues to battle cancer. \u201cHe is exhausted and it\u2019s draining for him,\u201d a royal source told the Daily Mail.<\/p>\n<p>At the awards, he admitted he was \u201cnot in a calm state,\u201d a rare glimpse into the strain the drama has placed on him and his family.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe future king is frustrated because it\u2019s still likely to be a problem on his plate when he eventually becomes King,\u201d said an insider.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sure they\u2019ve been itching to say something publicly to distance themselves, but the police investigation limits what they can comment on.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This scandal isn\u2019t going away anytime soon. It\u2019s a mess left by Andrew and the late Queen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kate, meanwhile, provided a softer, more human touch to the evening. Speaking with BAFTA members, she revealed she had watched Hamnet the night before the ceremony and ended up in \u201cfloods of tears.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought it was a bad idea, actually,\u201d she joked, admitting her eyes were puffed from crying over the tragic story of Shakespeare\u2019s young son.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKate looked impeccable, but you can see this is all causing strain, and that\u2019s the last thing she needs,\u201d a source said.<\/p>\n<p>Royal insiders emphasised that while the princess kept her comments personal, the couple\u2019s primary concern remains the King\u2019s wellbeing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWilliam was speaking on behalf of both of them,\u201d said a second source.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re very worried about how it\u2019s affecting Charles and children, it\u2019s a lot to process.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kate and William \u2018itching\u2019 to speak out, but investigation keeps them quiet Prince William\u2019s comments about his own&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":314108,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,61,60],"class_list":{"0":"post-314107","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}