Prince William breaks cover for the first time since sending message to Prince Harry

Prince William has stepped out for the first time since sending a message from his social media account wishing the Duke of Sussex a happy birthday.

The Prince of Wales has visited Aberdeen today to meet with essential workers from across the homelessness sector in the local area and representatives from the Homewards Aberdeen Coalition.

Homewards is a five-year programme, created by Prince William and The Royal Foundation of The Prince and Princess of Wales, which aims to demonstrate that it is possible to end homelessness.

William’s first engagement today is visiting the offices of housing and homelessness charity Shelter Scotland where he will meet staff and those helped.

The royal is known as the Duke of Rothesay in Scotland.
It comes as The Duke of Sussex celebrated his 40th birthday on Sunday.

He received public birthday wishes from King Charles’s Royal Family account and Kate and William’s account on X, formerly known as Twitter.
The Royal Family account posted at 8:28am on Sunday morning: “Wishing The Duke of Sussex a very happy 40th birthday today.

The post was accompanied by an image of Prince Harry smiling.
Just over two hours after the Royal Family message, a similar one was posted on the Prince and Princess of Wales’s account which said: “Wishing a Happy 40th Birthday to The Duke of Sussex!”.

However, a key detail shows that the message was not a personal one from Prince William or Princess Catherine.
The couple write the initial of their first name such as W & C at the end of social media posts made by themselves.

The lack of a W or C at the end of the message to Prince Harry indicates it did not come directly from the couple.
However, it is unlikely that they were not consulted before a message was shared on their account by one of their team.

The Prince and Princess of Wales are not on speaking terms with the Duke of Sussex.
Prince William and Prince Harry did not interact at their uncle’s funeral when they came face-to-face in Norfolk last month.