King Charles Was 'Irritated' That Kate Middleton Got More Attention Than Him

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• Multiple bombshell books about the Royal Family just dropped.

• One sheds some light on King Charles's somewhat tense relationship with Kate Middleton in the early days of her time in the family.

• Charles didn't exactly love how much attention his daughter-in-law got for being so stylish.

Multiple bombshell books about the Royal Family just dropped, including The New Royals by author Katie Nicholl, which sheds some light on King Charles's somewhat tense relationship with Kate Middleton in the early days of her time in the family. TL;DR: Charles didn't exactly love how much attention his daughter-in-law got for being so stylish.

Why, you ask, while rolling your eyes? Apparently, the King was reminded of how the public focused more on Princess Diana than on him during their tense relationship.

“Her star immediately eclipsed her husband’s, causing early fractures in their relationship,” Nicholl wrote, via Entertainment Tonight. "The diligent, sensitive, and status-conscious Charles found it hard to understand. He could not see that in the new media age, being a royal-born prince and future king was a lesser currency than his wife’s megawatt beauty and disposition."

Charles found himself once again pushed out of the spotlight when Kate entered the picture and everyone was immediately fascinated by her—not to mention obsessed with her fits.

“In the past, father and son hadn’t always seen eye to eye. There was a well-documented clash of opinions in 2013 over the palace’s priceless collection of ivory, for one," Nicholl writes. "And Charles was sometimes irritated that Kate’s frocks got more media attention than his good works."

Um. Okay, Charles! Anyway, on top of that ridiculousness, Charles was also upset that he didn't spend enough time with Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis. As Nicholl puts it, he "had been hurt by not seeing as much of his Cambridge grandchildren as he might have liked."

:( sounds like Charles has a lot of feelings and emotions! Which isn't surprising, given how worked up he gets at the mere sight of a pen, so.

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