Queen had 'sharp words' with Prince William over flying with son George
ok.co.ukThe late Queen Elizabeth II wasn't best pleased with Prince William's decision to travel by air with his young son Prince George seven years ago.This royal insight features in author Robert Jobson's brand-new book Our King: Charles III: The Man and the Monarch Revealed.
The author claims the Queen requested for the heirs to the throne to avoid flying together, in case a horrific accident took place.
After defying these wishes, the Prince of Wales, 40, received a telling off from his grandmother. "She had sharp words with William after he defied her wishes by taking a helicopter flight to Norfolk with all his immediate family," Robert writes. "She had warned him against flying with George in case of an accident, telling her grandson he always had to be aware of the succession." The flight in question was captured by cameras at Fairford's Royal Air Show back in 2016, with William, his wife Kate Middleton and their eldest son George, now 9, onboard.
Five years later this 'risky' feat was repeated, as the family (including Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis this time) strapped themselves into a helicopter on the grounds of Kensington Palace.
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