Point of order: he's not an Ex-Prince at the time of writing, he's an Excommunicated Prince. But this baying in the meeja for him to be stripped of the title "Prince" (which may or may not actually be possible*) does suggest a West-Pondian origin for their relentless dumping on him ....

* It was conferred when he was born, when the midwife realised she couldn't say "It's a Princess".