Prince William and Kate Middleton drunk? Such a scene seems hard to believe today. The future king and queen of England pays a lot of attention to their image. Every public appearance of the couple is beyond reproach. Whether it’s official visits, meetings with young children or healthcare professionals, restaurant and bar inaugurations or religious events, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are always present and in their best light. Which wasn’t always the case.
Like everyone else (and like their children George, 9, Charlotte, 7, and Louis, 4, in a few years), Kate Middleton and Prince William enjoyed their youth and several nights at the bar while they were still at university. No protocol then. The lovebirds live like all young people of their age: love, fresh water… But above all alcohol.
In a documentary about Prince William, an ex-student and friend of the couple has testified about the beginnings of the love story between the prince and the young woman. Especially about a night in a bar not far from Saint Andrews University, where it all started between them: “I remember the two of them were sitting at the bar and William pinched his butt.” A lewd gesture, certainly encouraged by the heavy consumption of alcohol, which the couple was fine with in the end: “I remember very well that Kate had to be taken to her room by one of the guys because she was so drunk that she couldn’t even walk. She couldn’t even stand on her feet.”
The party royals
Prince William also had anything but the appearance of a prince that same evening: “He fell into the bushes, adds the former university student. It was his bodyguards who had to get him out of there.” Dogs don’t make cats. Not long ago, Prince Harry confided in his youth and his trips to the pub, one of which resulted in the loss of his virginity with a woman much older than him.
When she stopped going to bars and nightclubs, Elizabeth II didn’t stop herself from partying and enjoying an aperitif at home. Champagne, gin, martini… The sovereign loved the little pleasures that life allowed her to have. Elizabeth II died on September 8th at the age of 96 and can therefore boast of having worn the Queen’s double hat: that of England and that of the aperitif!