Ready to see some cringe-worthy moments from the King-to-be?
Well, ready or not, he's continually bringing them.
Here are the most awkward moments of Prince William that were caught by the press.
As any royal fan will know, the relationship between Prince William and his brother, Prince
Harry, reportedly began to sour around the time Meghan Markle entered the picture.
By the time Harry and Meghan had announced their departure from the royal family, things
seemed to be pretty tense between the two brothers.
According to the book Battle of Brothers by Robert Lacey, their relationship was left
"utterly broken" by Harry's decision.
While we don't know exactly what transpired between William and Harry, we did get one
glimpse into the awkwardness between them.
In 2020, Harry and Meghan attended their last official royal event.
When they greeted William and Kate Middleton, they were practically ignored, with William
only giving his brother a brief nod.
There's no doubt about it — it was an incredibly awkward moment.
In fact, the person sitting next to Meghan even jumped in to cover up some of the awkwardness!
Yikes.
It's always pretty awkward when couples' tiffs are made public.
For Prince William and Kate Middleton, this rarely happens.
However, on one occasion, we got a brief glimpse into a potential awkward moment between the
couple on TV.
During Mary Berry's Christmas special in 2019, A Berry Royal Christmas, the couple were shown
chatting with members of the public over a Christmas meal.
At one point, William gently placed his hand on his wife's arm — pretty normal for a
married couple.
Kate, however, immediately jerked her arm away from William.
It was a brief moment, but still, the shrug-off is undeniable!
InStyle even spoke to a body language expert, Patti Wood, about the awkward moment.
Wood explained,
"The pull away was a strong significant retreat from his touch and you can see that her hands,
held out in a cannon shot formation to calm and protect herself, stayed together the whole
dance."
Cannon shots fired!
We get it — it's easy to get sleepy in church.
But it's pretty awkward if you're the future king and you fall asleep in a service at Westminster
Abbey!
This is exactly what happened to Prince William in 2018 at the Anzac Day service.
Unfortunately for William, the whole thing was caught on video and posted by 5 News.
In the footage, William can be seen struggling to keep his eyes open.
We have to admit — it's pretty funny to watch!
For the most part, the public cut the prince some slack.
After all, he was a brand-new father at the time, and it was his first royal appearance
since the birth of his third child.
One Twitter user wrote,
"Who cares?
Leave the poor guy alone.
He has a new baby and two young children.
I'm surprised he wasn't sound asleep and snoring!"
When it comes to greasy fast food, KFC is pretty much the ultimate indulgence.
It turns out, even Prince William isn't immune to the temptations of fried chicken.
In 2020, the prince was caught ogling a KFC window, sending the internet into uproar.
According to Express, he and his wife had been en route to visit a photography exhibition
when he got a little distracted by the fast food restaurant.
KFC managed to capture a snap of the hilarious moment, which they posted on Twitter with
the caption,
"William whispered quietly to himself, 'Oh, I just can't wait to be wing.'"
Hey, when he's king of the jungle like Simba, Prince William will be able to eat anything
he wants!
Imagine if an actor was playing your grandmother in a TV show and you bumped into them at a
party.
Weird, right?
Well, that actually happened to Prince William, who had a super awkward conversation with
actress Olivia Colman, who played the Queen on the Netflix show The Crown.
Colman told fans the whole story on The Graham Norton Show, where she appeared alongside
co-star Helena Bonham Carter.
Apparently, Colman met the prince at a reception at the Palace.
As she put it,
"It didn't go very well.
He asked what I was doing at the moment before he quickly added, 'Actually, I know what you're
doing.'"
Colman then explained that she got excited and asked if William had seen the show, but
was immediately shot down.
She said, quote, "His answer was a firm, 'No.'"
Maybe it's for the best he didn't see it, as Colman also admitted she did almost no
research for the role.
"You must have done some for this!"
"Um… yup." "(no)."
As we all know, coronavirus is no laughing matter.
And after living with it for so long, it can be hard to remember that there was a moment
in time when most people didn't quite understand yet what a big deal it was - people including
Prince William, who was caught in camera making jokes about it in March, 2020.
William and Kate Middleton were visiting the Guinness Storehouse as part of a three-day
tour of Ireland when the Prince said,
"By the way, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are spreading the coronavirus, sorry."
He also suggested that the reaction to coronavirus might be a little overdone.
"Does it seem quite dramatic about coronavirus.
A little bit hyped up, you think, in the media?"
Both Prince William and his father, Prince Charles, tested positive for COVID-19 just
a month later, so it's safe to say this joke didn't age well.
In 2020, William and his family visited the London Palladium to see a performance of Pantoland.
As the Daily Mail reported, the prince had to deal with some pretty uncomfortable questions
from his son, Prince George.
As Nigel Havers, an actor in the show, said,
"Prince William had us all chuckling when he said that his eldest, George, had innocently
enquired why everyone was laughing at one of Julian Clary's more risqué jokes."
According to Havers, it sounds like William had a seriously awkward conversation with
his son after this performance.
Havers said,
"He said it may take him a while to explain his way out of that one!"
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