King Charles has compelled Prince William to take responsibility for a high-risk helicopter flight that could threaten the future of the monarchy.
Following his cancer diagnosis earlier this year, King Charles has demanded that William formally acknowledge the risks of using his helicopter, as detailed by royal biographer Robert Jobson. The Prince of Wales’s recent decision to fly his family by helicopter led to a significant clash between him and the King.
In an excerpt from Jobson’s latest book on Kate Middleton, published by the Daily Mail, it is revealed that Charles and William had a heated discussion about the use of the family helicopter, which William used to transport Kate and their three children.
Jobson notes that William had previously upset the late Queen Elizabeth by flying his family 115 miles from Kensington Palace to Anmer Hall in Norfolk, defying her advice. The Queen had recalled a 1967 crash that killed her flight captain and warned William, especially regarding flights with his heir, Prince George, describing it as an “unnecessary risk.”
Following Charles’s health scare, the issue of helicopter safety was revisited. Despite requests for William to limit his helicopter use, his refusal led Charles to insist on a formal document acknowledging the risks and accepting full responsibility for his actions, underscoring the serious nature of succession responsibilities, according to Jobson’s account.
