Royal biographer discusses future monarch Prince William’s ‘increasing influence.’

• According to royal writer Ingrid Seward, Prince William and Kate Middleton’s March Caribbean visit indicated the Duke of Cambridge’s approach to the monarchy when he becomes King.

During their tour to Jamaica, Belize, and the Bahamas, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were met with cancelled engagements, heated local protests, and provocative images that made the front pages across the world.

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William “wants things to run smoothly”, hence his reaction to how the trip was organised, according to Ms Seward. “When he and Kate were ridiculed during their Caribbean tour last March, he was understandably furious,” she added.

“As far as he was concerned someone should have read the current mood of the country and acted upon it long before the schedule was arranged,” the royal biographer told Mirror.

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“He is respected and his opinions are acted upon. He can be intolerant but it is not because he is disagreeable but because he cares,” the author spoke of Prince William’s “growing influence’.