Yes, there must have had been some learning by the princes and their friends of WWII and the Nazi bombardment of England, particularly of London, but it didn't reach their "kishkes," guts, their inner being. We lived in London for two years, 1975-7, and I don't remember hearing about any bombed, destroyed, neighborhood that had been preserved as a reminder of the nightmare the country had been through.
This gives a stronger perspective to the debates in New York on how much and what should be constructed on the land that once had the "twin towers." Most people are incapable of internalizing what they haven't experienced or graphically seen. Obviously Prince Charles was strongly affected by visiting concentration camps and realizes that his sons are oblivious to history.
We also shouldn't forget that until the actual declaration of war by the Nazis against Britain, there was much sympathy for the Nazi ideology among the upper classes.
Unfortunately, neither Prince William nor Prince Harry shows any of the personality traits needed for leadership, even of the symbolic type. And I'm not even assessing IQ points.
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