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Prince William has reportedly distanced himself from his alleged mistress Rose Hanbury to keep his wife Kate Middleton stress-free during her period of recovery at home following abdominal surgery.
Social media was abuzz with rumours about William’s connection to Hanbury in 2019 as some claimed the pair’s relationship was more than friendly. Even several photos of their alleged affairs were making rounds on the internet.
Some British tabloids, citing sources, even reported that the future King is planning to spend Valentine’s Day with Hanbury, giving an impression as William cheated on Kate.
At the same time, there was an uproar in the palace about the alleged affair and Kate asked her husband to remove her from his circle of friends.
Rose is an old acquaintance of the British royal family. She’s the Marchioness of Cholmondeley and married to David Cholmondeley, the 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley. She even attended Kate and William’s wedding in 2011. Two years post the cheating allegation surfaced, she was seen at Prince Philip’s 2021 memorial service.
Hanbury also sat in headlines during King Charles’s crowning ceremony in May as the British socialite attended the big royal event with her husband being the lord-in-waiting to the King.
British journalist and author Omid Scobie, in his new book ‘Endgame’, suggested that Prince and Princess of Wales distanced themselves former friend Rose Hanbury since the rumours of William’s affair surfaced.
However, Meghan and Harry’s alleged pal Scobie is convinced that there is no truth to the speculation, and rather wanted to dig deeper into the trio’s now severed friendship.
“I was very careful in the book to really focus on this, as the allegations against William, Kate’s and their fallout with Rose Hanbury,” said the author in an interview with Entertainment Tonight after releasing the controversial memoir.
“For legal reasons, there are so many things that one can’t go into.”
“But, I thought it was really important [to mention], even if a rumour is a rumour. And I really don’t see proof that there is more to this than just a tittle-tattle, you know,” he added.
Additionally, he highlighted that since William and Kate “never addressed it” themselves the rumours will most likely “never go away.”
“There’s no truth to suggest that they are true,” he added.
In August, Kate reportedly secretly went to upper-class 24-hour music festival at Norfolk with Hanbury and had fun while spending some time together in absence of William.
It’s also being claimed that William has cut all the alleged ties with Rose after Kate’s warning.
Whether true or not, the scandal forced the royal couple to work on their marriage more determinedly. “It forced her and William to sit back and examine their relationship, which they realized they should have been doing more often,” said an exclusive source to Us Weekly.
While discussing the relationship dynamics of William and Kate, royal expert Tom Quinn claimed: “It’s not a perfect marriage,” adding the couple have “terrific rows”. The expert ended saying “it’s always kept under control.”
However, some still cling to the fact that there’s nothing wrong with Kate and William’s relationship and the couple are enjoying ideal married life together and perfectly upbringing their three children.