THE Prince of Wales has confessed that his 2024 has been so difficult it has almost hit the level of an ordinary Briton’s year.
William told press that his suffering has been so extreme that for the first time he could sympathise with a middle-manager from Woking who just wants to lose herself in the escapism of Strictly Come Dancing.
He said: “What I’ve been through since February has brought me closer to my subjects. I can almost understand how they can view a lunchtime trip to Greggs as ‘a treat’.
“When your father and wife are ill, as mine have been, you feel hopeless. You feel as if you have no future. And it’s been a great comfort to me to know that’s how the majority of people in this country feel every single day.
“Instead of waking to a day of infinite possibilities, I woke with dread in my stomach. I was grumpy, I was moody. I snapped at my servants just as I imagine you do.
“In such a situation you reach for anything. There were times when I almost wanted to visit the Bluewater shopping centre, load up on mass-produced clothing and watch a film starring Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson at a multiplex. That’s how low I’d sunk.
“I don’t know how you stand it, I really don’t. I’ve never been more thankful to be so effortlessly superior to the common man. Don’t speak to me or touch me.”
