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Emma Shacklock

Prince William looks to this 'quiet' confidante outside the Royal Family for helpful 'advice'

Prince William attends the Blue Economy and Finance Forum (BEFF) at Grimaldi Forum on June 8, 2025.

Although Prince William has plenty of fellow royals to turn to when he’s in need of some advice - including the Princess of Wales - there’s someone outside the Royal Family who’s a key confidante for him too. According to Vanity Fair’s Royal Correspondent Katie Nicholl, the future King and his father-in-law Michael Middleton are "close".

So much so, that Prince William is said to "often" ask Michael for his pearls of wisdom. As per the Daily Mail, Katie explained on the podcast Dynasty: The Royal Family’s Most Challenging Year, that the Middleton patriarch is a "really wonderful" father-in-law to the royal.

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