Prince William hosted a Buckingham Palace garden party, and several of his cousins showed up to “help” him. Princess Beatrice, Princess Eugenie, Zara and Mike Tindall, and Peter Phillips all sloshed through the rain, attempting to add some personality to an otherwise dull event. Since then, royal reporters have said little else: what does it all mean, are the royal cousins being added to the slimmed-down monarchy, and does Buckingham Palace finally recognise the need for some glamour? The thing about all of those “look at the cousins!” conversations is that if the Princess of Wales were well enough to go out in public, the cousins would be ignored and no invitations issued. William and Kate’s entire deal for years has been “we’rethe only ones who matter.” Now that Kate is gone/absent, suddenly William needs backup. Louise and James are of another generation born later I doubt they Are close to William. William wants to do this I think to spite Harry. The derangers go on about Archie and Lily not seeing their cousins. I doubt Eugenie wants to step up to do royal work. Will could let Mike take center stage and he’d cause embarrassment. William is always emphasizing on hating Harry and Meghan for no good reason but definitely to just push the hate that has always been outstanding and the rift has always been widening with some claims that Harry is so desperate for the reconciliation which Harry is not even interested with but the royalists have always been pushing the narrative about Harry trying to get a place in the UK. The line about the cousins believing in the institution they grew up in… sounds like a reminder of their duty. The cousins are essentially monarchists who believe in the institution so when Charles or William say jump they must all ask how high regardless of whether they can personally stand the monarch and heir. It’s all about supporting the crown while holding one’s nose. They could still say no but they won’t. They want to keep their govt housing and not get thrown under the tabloid bus by an angry king. None of them want to get Harry and Meghan levels of press vitriol.that the cousins always attended a garden party or two. From what I’ve seen, they are going to the same events they always do but getting a lot more attention now due to the lack of working Royals. William is already stressed up with the fact that Harry and Meghan are thriving without any support from the royal family and that is why he is stressing on introducing his cousins just to express the bitterness towards his brother with the claims that the cousins are so close as compared to his own brother Prince Harry.
