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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Tanya Diente

Book Reveals Kensington Palace's 'Desperate' Efforts To Silence Prince William Cheating Rumour

Prince William, pictured here with Kate Middleton at the Earthshot Prize in 2021, was accused of having an affair with Rose Hanbury while his wife was pregnant with Prince Louis in 2019. Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images (Credit: Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images)

Royal author Omid Scobie claimed that Kensington Palace fed a British tabloid stories about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in its desperation to quash rumours that Prince William had an affair with longtime friend Rose Hanbury while Kate Middleton was pregnant with Prince Louis.

In his new book "Endgame: Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy's Fight for Survival," the biographer said that the palace's then-press secretary Christian Jones repeatedly tried to get The Sun, the first outlet to inquire about the rumours, to stop investigating the story.

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