Young children don't like lots of things going to bed getting up the little boy next who be his friend tomorrow.
He's now a man unless he has serious mental health issues I think we can all forget what he said when he was a toddler.
Having a natural dislike of something is very relevant if those who are your mentors are giving you positive reinforcement for that dislike. William dislikes the press, so does his three mentors, Philip, HM, and Charles.
Philip has never pretended to like the press a day in his life, and he’s not afraid to let them know it. They call it his “lack of censor”. We’ve heard plenty of stories over the years, of Philip being Philip. From “you’ve got mosquitos, we’ve got the press”. Or that Australian reporter who met Philip and described him as rude and unpleasant. Or that photographer who went to Sandringham for Christmas and said Philip flipped him off. The stories are plentiful.
Then you have HM, she’s tries to be more diplomatic than Philip, but she expresses her dislike of the press. She doesn’t give interviews. It’s said one of the reasons she’s so fond of Sophie, is that she can be in public and no one recognizes her. That’s her association of being a good person/royal, with avoiding the media spotlight. Ken Lennox, a former member of the British press, said this on how The Queen and her advisors dealt with him and other media members, “They held all of the cards. They didn't even tell us which game they were playing with the cards. We just watched them as head of a table. We were not invited in at all. We were allowed to take photographs of the Queen opening fetes and going behind a counter selling jam once a year, but that was it.”
When Charles and Diana were photographed on vacation The Queen called it the “blackest day in British journalism”. The Queen had the Press Council punish any press member who was involved. One of accredited press she had thrown out of an official event, with her PO saying "Her Majesty has seen you here and doesn't want you here.This town isn't big enough for the two of you.”
The Queen’s longtime press secretary was quoted as calling the british tabloids, “a cancer in the soft underbelly of the nation”.
When Edward was papped striking his hunting dogs on the private estate of Sandringham, the Queen was livid. She issued warnings to the press. Her spokesman then told editors they could face legal action if they publish photos from family estates.
Prince Charles has also taught his sons to loathe the media. When he and his sons were at a photocall, he was recorded telling his sons about the reporters, "These bloody people. I can't bear that man. I mean, he's so awful, he really is.” In 2004, when Charles, William, Harry, and Catherine were papped skiing, and The Sun published pics, Charles had Arthur Edwards banned for a period of time, and he didn't even take the photos. On New Year’s day 1981, Charles said to a group of reporters, “A thoroughly nasty new year to your editors”. As we heard, Charles threatened legal action over Harry’s Vegas pics. In September 2013, it’s rumored that he threatened bloody murder if the pictures of topless Camilla on a yacht were even discussed in the British press. When it comes to press restrictions, Charles has been called the “North Korea” of the BRF. His former spokesman(s) has said statements like this more times than I can count,"“The family recognizes there is a public interest in them and what they do. But they don’t think this extends to photographing the private activities of them and their friends.”
These are the three that have mentored William and Harry on how to view the press and how to deal with them. And yet it’s William who gets called petulant. Interesting.
