The images of the memorial tribute ceremony to King Constantine of Greece, exiled in London and cousin of the British royal family, showed how far today the House of Windsor is
a wasteland without a concrete driver
.
With European kings present and the entire Greek royal family on display at St George's Church in Windsor, King Charles left minutes earlier for Clarence House.
His treatment for cancer and the immunity it produces does not allow him to socialize.
Prince William, his son and heir to the throne, left the world wondering when 45 minutes earlier he called the Greek royal family to inform them that,
due to a “personal matter,” he could not attend
the tribute to his beloved godfather, the Greek king.
The corresponding reading would be read by Pavlos, the heir to the throne of Greece.
The reasons for the absence of the heir to the British throne and Prince of Wales
were never reported .
Although the palace insisted that Kate, the future queen who recently underwent abdominal surgery whose other details are unknown, "is fine."
The royal silence only suggests that Kate is much sicker than official statements report and that the king's cancer is delicate.
But there is no official information but dozens of
delicate versions
.
Prince William, heir to the British throne, was absent from a ceremony without further explanation.
Photo: REUTERS
A mysterious suicide
As if that were not enough, the princes Michael of Kent put their best face at the memorial ceremony for King Constantine.
Hours earlier, Thomas Kingston, the husband of his daughter Gabriella, aged just 45, had died mysteriously in Glucestershire.
Probable suicide.
King Charles and Queen Camilla paid tribute to Lady Gabriella's "much loved" husband after news of his tragic death emerged on Tuesday night.
"The King and Queen have been informed of Thomas' death and join Prince and Princess Michael of Kent and all those who knew him in mourning a much-loved member of the family. In particular, Their Majesties send their Deepest thoughts and prayers to Gabriella and the entire Kingston family," the Royal Family reported.
The royal family, orphaned
Real orphanhood showed its other side.
The private ceremony in Windsor was led by Prince Andrew - banned by the working royal family for his role in the Epstein Case and his alleged sexual relations with a minor and participation in orgies - and his ex-wife Fergie, the Duchess of York, who publicly announced her battle against breast cancer and melanoma.
Prince Andrew and other guests attend a tribute to King Constantine of Greece at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
Photo: AP
Andrés paid his alleged victim 12 million pounds and there was no trial, but in Britain he is not considered innocent.
With 23 members of the extended royal family at the ceremony and 37 European
royals
, including the emeritus kings of Spain Juan Carlos and Sofia, the current King Felipe and Queen Leticia, nephews of the deceased sovereign, Queen Anne Marie, wife of Constantine, Prince Andrew led the British royal family into the church.
He was the most
royal
of
royals
at that time.
Then Queen Camilla arrived in the official Bentley, dressed in navy blue and with her very
royal
and heavy hat, to lead the ceremony.
But she is not in the line of succession.
Andrew's presence disturbed the British subjects.
Although it was a private royal ceremony, he is formally excluded but wishes to be reinstated.
The end of the "slim" monarchy
The “slim” monarchy, which King Charles had devised when he finally came to the throne, was dismantled by the departure of Harry and Meghan, the monarch's illness, William's withdrawal from public activities to take care of his wife, surgery and Kate's rest.
Nothing remains.
They must turn to nephews, octogenarian relatives without titles to fulfill patronages or be present.
All in the midst of
conspiracy theories
that Kate has colon cancer, with metastasis, she does not live with William but with her parents because her marriage is broken and she is much worse than the Palace admits.
The truth will never be known.
Information impossible to confirm.
The subjects deserve to know the truth because they pay for the monarchy.
Queen Camilla and Queen Emerita Anne-Marie of Greece, this Tuesday, at the ceremony honoring King Constantine, in London.
Photo: AFP
Harry and Andrés, the excluded
In this traumatized family there are two officially excluded: Harry, fifth in the line of succession and son of the king, and Andrew, eighth in the line, son of the late Queen Elizabeth and brother of the current monarch.
Harry and Meghan went into self-exile and accused their relatives of racism, after the brutal Sandringham Summit, where Harry was stripped of his status.
An offense that takes longer to heal than a successful biography, for which his brother William does not forgive him.
The brothers remain irreconcilable.
But in this
royal
emergency , Harry has a role to play.
Not only is he the king's second son, the "Spare" (the Spanish title of his autobiography, "Spare") and probable regent of William's children if his father dies and William is king.
It seems unthinkable but that is how brutal the British line of succession is.
After William, the only adult is Harry.
In the middle, William's children.
He becomes number two in reality.
It will be the Prime Minister who informs Parliament of this difficult measure.
But Harry's attempts to get closer to his Family have been difficult.
He traveled 25 hours to see his father 30 minutes at Clarence House when the king called him to tell him he had cancer.
He requested that Queen Camilla not be in the audience and offered his father his help in the emergency.
She was rejected. They don't want to see him come back.
Harry's mere presence scares the courtiers: they accuse him of being indiscreet.
He is actually frontal and very military, like his Greek grandfather, Prince Philip.
Today Harry lost a court battle but not the war.
He will appeal.
The Duke of Sussex has lost a High Court appeal against the government over a decision to change the level of his personal security when he visits the UK. He has been left without instant custody.
Prince Harry, youngest son of King Charles, estranged from the royal family.
Photo: REUTERS
Harry, 39, launched
a legal challenge against the Home Office
over the decision to deny him and his family automatic police protection whenever they return to the UK.
The duke argued that he should not be treated differently to other VIPs, who receive specialist police protection.
He is not only the son of the king: he is a veteran of Afghanistan, there was an attempt on his life, his mother was harassed until her death and they have tried to enter the house in Montecito more than 20 times.
He has strong custody,
headed by Barack Obama's bodyguard, which he pays in California.
After a hearing in December, Judge Lane dismissed the duke's application for a judicial review of the security failure, criticizing his “formalistic and inappropriate interpretation” of the process by which such decisions were made.
In his ruling against Harry, the judge appeared to criticize the duke's claim that Ravec (the Royal Executive Committee and VIP) had not considered the impact of a “successful attack” against him.
Non-custodial
Judge Lane said: “The impact, both at home and abroad, of a successful attack on a particular individual is the foundation of Ravec's existence.”
"It would be strange if the experienced president of Ravec, when making a decision about the plaintiff, had not taken into account the consequences of a successful attack," the king continued.
The duke's "criticisms" also failed to "engage with the nature of Ravec's decision-making", the judge said.
The Home Office had argued that the duke was no longer a member of the group of people whose “security position” was under regular review by Ravec.
But he was “reintegrated into the cohort in appropriate circumstances.”
A central issue in the case was whether the Home Office was entitled to reach a decision that Harry's security arrangements would be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Addressing this issue, Judge Lane wrote: “Ravec was not only entitled but obligated to address the issues on a case-by-case basis.”
“Ravec was clearly under no obligation to adopt an explicit comparative exercise of the type claimed by the plaintiff and to draw from it only the conclusion that the plaintiff wished to see,” the judge continued.
Harry's lawyer had previously told the High Court that an attack on him would damage the nation's reputation and that he was being treated “unfairly” by the Home Office.
The duke argued that failing to carry out a risk analysis and fully consider the impact of a "successful attack" on him meant the approach to his protection was "unlawful and unfair".
However, on this issue, the duke ignored “the positions and experience of all those” involved in the decision-making process, the court ruled.
The court was told the royal protection committee took into account the death of the duke's mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, when making its decision.
The Ravec is made up, among other members, of the king's private secretary, a
personal adversary of Harry
and fundamental at the Sandringham summit, which stripped him of his military rank without the prince having been informed.
They took him out of custody to initially force him to return to Britain and not speak or make documentaries about the royal family.
The Sussexes discreetly went to live in California, left unprotected in Canada and without any custody, when the Covid epidemic began.
The Duke of Sussex will appeal the decision.
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