Maybe Princes do get some slack in flying hours, if in the opinion of the QFIs / QWIs they will come good in the end. This is no different to ordinary mortals, and I was bloody grateful for this myself in training.
As to the media stuff - they always sit pilots in the front of any aircraft, any aircraft with two crew has two pilots, and it doesn't matter how many times you tell them otherwise. They have a stereotype, and neither they nor the RAF
PR types are prepared to change that. Since the stereotype is that we are "The Few" with a bit of "Top Gun" mixed in, it's not worth arguing about.