prince william has been in the hot seat
since the sussex's bombshell oprah
interview
but he's also been the subject of other
shady stories as well
here's the shady side of prince william
that no one talks about
as the story goes prince william
supposedly first took an interest in his
saint andrews university classmate kate
middleton when he spotted her walking
down the runway of a charity fashion
show
the rest is well-documented history with
a few shocking tabloid blips in between
including the pair's secret alleged
breakup behind the scenes
things reportedly started deteriorating
between caden wills during the summer of
2004
a year before they graduated according
to royal biographer katie nichols book
william and harry behind the palace
walls
the 22 year old prince told several of
his friends that he felt claustrophobic
that summer the couple embarked on a
secret trial separation
he went on a boys only holiday to greece
while kate spent time in berkshire with
her family
only allegedly mentioning the breakup
under the influence of white wine
a friend told nichol she was debating
whether or not she should text or call
him
she said how sad she was and how much
she was missing william
but she never mentioned it after that
despite her seemingly laid-back attitude
the space couldn't have been more
painful for kate who was reportedly
deeply hurt by will's rumored
relationships with other women during
their break
in 2007 middleton reportedly joined the
unfortunate club of people who were
dumped over the phone
it's not exactly the noblest way to dump
your girlfriend of three years
and the future monarch made things worse
by doing it when kate was at work
according to christopher anderson's book
william and kate a royal love story
the future duchess of cambridge was
working a part-time job as an
accessories buyer when prince william
called her to end their relationship
anderson wrote she excused herself went
to a back conference room out of earshot
of the other buyers
shut the door and for the next hour
heard wills sputter the reasons he was
breaking up with her
kate eventually forgave william in a
joint tv interview announcing their
engagement
she admitted it actually made me a
stronger person
you find out things about yourself that
maybe you hadn't realized
i think you can get quite consumed by a
relationship when you were younger
i really valued that time for me as well
although i didn't think
at the time you'd think prince william's
engagement would be far from
controversial
especially because middleton wasn't out
of left field
though she was technically considered a
so-called commoner
she was already independently wealthy
since her parents reportedly own a 41
million dollar party planning business
instead the controversial part of
william's engagement was the ring
princess diana's engagement ring was
already controversial when diana picked
it from a catalog
rather than requesting a custom design
according to vogue
prince harry inherited the ring when
their mother passed away but he felt
like it was something that should quote
be on the finger of the future queen of
england he gave it to wills to give to
kate
but according to marie claire critics
viewed it as a bad omen
because it came from diana's unhappy
marriage as we've come to discover
diana's ring turned out to become a true
family heirloom
representing love far more than it
represents a failed marriage
three kids later will and kate appear to
be doing just fine
prince william's partying has gotten him
in trouble with the tabloids
and probably his wife in the past this
time
it got him in trouble with his pearly
wipes in 2013
during what vanity fair describes as a
marathon drinking session
the future monarch didn't just party
until the sun came up he partied until
his tooth came out
according to daily mail kate was
pregnant with george when she skipped
out on the so-called royal wedding of
the north
instead william showed up to represent
the royals partying into the early hours
of the morning and quote
tearing up the dance floor at one point
he was horsing around with his friend
who accidentally struck him in the face
and knocked out a significant portion of
his front tooth
sending him straight into an emergency
dental surgery
a source told the tabloid william was
joking that if kate went into labor that
night he'd have to smile for the cameras
with a missing tooth
if the tooth thing wasn't enough prince
william may have made kate roll her eyes
even harder
after a so-called dad dancing incident
during a lads only ski trip
nonetheless william apparently needed a
night off
according to vanity fair middleton was
less than pleased after a video of her
husband
partying with his friends and a
mysterious brunette at a nightclub
surfaced in several tabloids in 2017
while the idea of dad dancing as the
tabloids dubbed it
seems harmless enough the real scandal
was a little more salacious
than bad rhythm according to the sun he
reportedly was seen quote
gyrating with a blonde and putting his
hands on a woman's waist
at the time kate was at home watching
princess charlotte and prince george who
will eventually inherit the throne
and hopefully none of his father's dance
moves
beyond that this ski trip caused william
to miss a commonwealth day service at
westminster abbey
which the queen reportedly regards as
one of the most important dates in the
royal calendar
to this day the ski trip is regarded as
one of the rare controversial decisions
made by the future monarch
the so-called cursed engagement ring
finally reared its ugly head in 2020
with a tabloid story that alleged prince
william had cheated on middleton while
she was pregnant with their third child
this would have been an obvious slap in
the face for the doting mama who's
already endured will's alleged wandering
eye
and dutifully earned her role as a royal
through seven grueling years of dating a
tabloid
sensation it all began when the sun
published a story of a royal rivalry
between middleton
and her friend rose hanbury of course
with britain's strict libel laws
no tabloid dared to so much as whisper
the reason behind the women's alleged
feud at least until in touch ran a cover
story directly alleging that william had
an affair
which opened the floodgates according to
the daily beast
the affair was confirmed and quickly
unconfirmed
by a royal reporter who spoke of the
affair in a tweet which he later deleted
after that the palace supposedly took
legal action
and the in-touch report appears to be
scrubbed from the internet
the royals have a policy of ignoring
untrue stories
in theory acknowledging the headlines
only makes it look like you have
something to cover up
this was the case with prince william's
alleged affair with rose hanbury
according to the daily beast the palace
reportedly served legal warnings to at
least one british publication who
reprinted and touch's cover story that
perpetuated the rumors
the son's former royal editor told the
daily beast that in this case
a legal letter is quote very much a move
of last resort
adding if the stories of kate freezing
rose out are true then whatever caused
the falling out must have been very
serious
it's unclear why this was the time wills
jumped to defend himself
but he admittedly looked a little
suspect
prince william and prince harry have
shared a tight bond since the tragic
passing of their mother
but that bond was threatened when the
future monarch allegedly meddled in his
brother's whirlwind relationship with
meghan markle
who he met on a blind date according to
robert lacy's book battle of brothers
william confronted his brother after
fearing his relationship with the
american actor was moving too fast
this confrontation reportedly happened
sometime in 2016 or early 2017
which places it not too far from the
november 2017
engagement announcement as expected this
did not sit well with harry
lacy wrote harry could not help but
wonder whether wills was really
concerned about his personal happiness
or whether he was once again and as per
usual
thinking about the makeup and fortunes
of the firm the response from harry was
abreast and offended pushback
according to royals at war the
confrontation or
rather warning also involved kate who
warned harry that it would quote
take time and attention to integrate
megan into the family
because she had a completely different
past life and career
as we know now megan did not integrate
rather she and harry ended up stepping
down
the so-called royal rift between prince
william and prince harry extended far
beyond megan's ceremonious induction
into the royal family
in march 2021 itv royal editor chris
shipp told good morning britain
that william hadn't spoken directly to
his brother since he stepped down as a
senior member of the royal family in
early 2020
and according to battle of brothers
prince william even refused to attend
the queen's lunch invitation before the
sandringham summit
the now infamous meeting where they
settled on mexic
and wills only showed up to talk
business as brothers
you know you have good days you have bad
days
as of early 2021 prince william
reportedly hasn't seen harry in about a
year but that may change
the sussex's oprah winfrey interview
where the couple floated claims of
racism in the palace and harry alleged
that his brother and father were trapped
within the institution may have been the
tipping point that forced them to talk
in the days following prince william
reportedly broke royal protocol by
speaking out and telling reporters that
the royal family wasn't racist
according to express the sun claimed
that the pair have since reached out by
a text
which seems to be a new start according
to yahoo finance
the uk has the strictest coronavirus
lockdown in all of europe
but that may not apply to everyone an
insider report reveals that prince
william and middleton were accused of
flapping lockdown restrictions during a
controversial tour across the uk
in december 2020 the month the
government confirmed the presence of a
second strain
according to insider the pair took a
private royal train to scotland
stopping in the country's capital of
edinburgh which was under tier 3
restrictions
in tier 3 no one is permitted to travel
to and from the area for non-essential
reasons
in the eyes of critics a real public
appearance to thank healthcare workers
is not as essential as for example being
a healthcare worker
in the couple's defense the scottish
government admitted that they knew about
the visit in advance and took
precautions
during the visit the duke and duchess
reportedly served as representatives of
the nhs
meeting with paramedics and ambulance
staff which would technically make them
essential
traveling for charitable services or
work is prohibited under the strict
lockdown
as long as it can't be done from home
which might make you wonder
would a zoom have not sufficed either
way
critics weren't having it as one
naysayer wrote in a now deleted tweet
if edinburgh was in lockdown kate and
william should have respected the rules
and stayed away
it's called setting an example not only
did prince william catch some heat for
his travel during the pandemic
but the future king also owned up to
hiding his own covet 19 diagnosis for
months
according to the sun william was hit
pretty hard by the virus
a source even claimed at one stage he
was struggling to breathe
so obviously everyone around him was
pretty panicked
but it does worry me you know what's
going to happen to a lot of the
vulnerable
people and the high-risk people who who
are going to potentially have to isolate
away for quite some time
he ultimately was treated by palace
doctors and
isolated in the family's norfolk home
while fulfilling 14 telephone and video
engagements
the general public was none the wiser
until he came clean during a march 2021
engagement though will's admission was
shocking to say the least
his reasoning seemed pretty solid the
former pilot contracted the virus in
april 2020
around the same time prime minister
boris johnson and prince charles also
got the virus
he simply didn't want to alarm the
nation especially with the palpable fear
permeating through the general news
cycle
he admitted there were important things
going on and i didn't want to worry
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