Princes William, Harry To Blame For Negative Publicity: They 'Let Themselves Down'

Prince William and Prince Harry are at fault with the negative publicity about them.

There were speculations earlier that the people surrounding Princess Diana's two sons had let them down. However, her former royal protection officer doesn't think the same. Speaking to Yahoo! News "The Royal Box," Ken Wharfe said that the Duke of Cambridge and Duke of Sussex have "let themselves down."

"I don't think people have let them down if anyone has let them down it’s probably themselves," Wharfe said (via Daily Star). "If you look at Harry, for example, he came into public notice through his untimely wearing of a Nazi outfit on the 60th anniversary of the Holocaust," he added. "We all know he didn't do this intentionally and it was a private party."

Wharfe said that the protection officer at that time should have warned the Duke of Sussex. Unfortunately, it didn't happen.

"But it wasn't said, in the same way, it wasn't said when he invited a number of women to his room with their mobile phones," the late Princess of Wales' bodyguard continued. "All these things gave him the negative publicity – you can't blame anyone for that other than himself. But that is also part of the Royal protection officer's role."

According to Wharfe, in the 16 years he worked with the royals he never once draw a firearm or beat anyone up. Most of the discussions were actually done by talking to the people.

Wharfe also blamed Prince William and Kate Middleton for the paparazzi shots of Prince George and Princess Charlotte in 2015. The event was very distressing that the palace had to issue a statement about it. However, for the former royal protection officer, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge should not have allowed their kids to be in public in the first place.

"My argument, having worked in similar circumstances, is if you don't want that intrusion, if you don't want that negative publicity, why do you need to take a baby that doesn't know where she is to a park in South London that's open to the public?" Wharfe said in the same interview.

"They are in such a privileged position that that baby could have walked around the gardens at Buckingham Palace, Windsor castle, anywhere else in the world, without that intrusion," he added. "I think one has to be careful there."