The video will start in 8 Cancel

Get our daily royal round-up direct to your inbox Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid Email

Prince Philip doesn't agree with his son Prince Charles's plans for the future of the royal family, it is claimed.

Tensions have apparently been slowly rising between the pair over Charles's visions for a modern approach to the royal family.

A source told the Sunday Express that Philip believes Charles has become too political and cerebral to be a successful monarch after the Queen.

Charles, 67, has suggested 'slimming down' the royal family and even wants to turn Buckingham Palace into a public space.

However, Philip has apparently dismissed the plans calling Charles "willful and petulant"

(Image: PA)

(Image: AFP/Getty Images)

Charles supposedly plans to turn the 775-room palace into a pubic viewing space, keeping a few rooms segregated for state banquets and events, as the upkeep costs are too great.

The royal family would then relocate their base to Windsor Castle.

It follows allegations made in Rebel Prince, a biography of Charles written by Tom Bower, which said the Duke of Edinburgh believes if his son was made king he would "damage the monarchy."

Bower claimed Philip even laughed at his son during a dinner party, where he told guests that he and the Queen's long reign was to "keep Charles away from the throne".

(Image: PA)

(Image: AFP/Getty Images)

It's not just his son that Philip has disagreed with.

Yet, it seems that Sarah Ferguson has finally been forgiven by following years of the cold shoulder by the Queen's husband.

The pair had apparently not spoken after photos of Texan financier John Bryan was snapped kissing her feet in southern France in 1992, months after it was announced she was splitting with Prince Andrew.

Philip had called her "odd" and "pointless" and ordered her to leave Balmoral before he arrives.

But they were supposedly seen chatting with one another at Princess Eugenie's wedding and posed for the official wedding snap.