Unsubstantiated rumours about the Prince and Princess of Wales' marriage erupted online - prompting a 'furious' Prince William to resolutely deny them.
The gossip started when a story broke in 2019 claiming that Kate had had a 'terrible falling out' with friend and neighbour, Rose Hanbury, the Marchioness of Cholmondeley. "They used to be close, but that is not the case anymore," the report read according to an explosive new book by royal writer Omid Scobie. Kate, it was claimed, had apparently instructed William to 'phase her out'.
According to the book, reports alleged that Rose had 'one or two suppers with William in Norfolk while Kate was away' - but purely as 'platonic friends'. "But it was hardly as if they were meeting behind Kate's back - of course she knew they were getting together. And Kate was grateful that a good friend and neighbour like Rose was there to entertain William."
Rival reports hit back, insisting that the fall-out talk was false and merely 'aristocratic dinner party gossip', and that William actually 'bears all the hallmarks of a contented man,' thanks to his marriage.
Scobie makes it clear that there was never any evidence found to back up the wild allegations, and Christian Jones, head of communications at Kensington Palace, asked William if they were true - and was met with short shrift.
"William, he said, was furious when the question came up and vehemently said it was not true," Scobie writes. For Kate's part, although she is said to have...
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