Royal expert warns Prince William's last-minute cancellation 'starts alarm bells ringing'

According to a royal expert, Prince William's last minute decision to not attend a major family event for person reasons has set 'alarm bells ringing'. Recently, the royal withdrew from a memorial service at Windsor Castle for his godfather, the late King Constantine of Greece.

Prince William's move led to to Kensington Palace having to quickly confirm that his wife, Kate, is 'doing fine' after recovering from a major surgery. The Prince was scheduled to deliver a speech at the service but cancelled plans an hour before the event was due to start.

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GloucesterLive reports how TalkTV’s Royal Editor Sarah Hewsons said: “They don’t like to let people down at the last minute, and they certainly wouldn’t have wanted that public announcement that he’d had to pull out, either because of the questions it stands to raise.

“We’re told by Kensington Palace he’s not attending because of a personal matter, and they don’t want to go into any more detail about it. Given the backdrop of the King’s cancer and the Princess of Wales recovering after abdominal surgery, obviously there’s a lot of interest in the movements of the Royal Family, those members that are still out in public, and of course, when they pull out from something significant like this, alarm bells start ringing.

“There’s been some reassurance from Kensington Palace that the Princess continues to do well at home, and I think the general mood music is this is not a cause for alarm or panic. But obviously when you see a member of the Royal Family pulling out of a big event like this, you do start to question why.”

Hewson said: “His name was already there, printed in the order of service. He had