PRINCE William is very respectful to people he meets during royal engagements – but he wasn’t always so polite.
When the future heir was a young boy, he met musician Bob Geldof when he visited Kensington Palace and called the philanthropist “dirty” with “scruffy hair”.
According to Robert Lacey’s Battle of Brothers biography, the Queen felt that a young William at the time was “getting a little bit out of control”.
The royal author wrote: “The dishevelled rock star and human rights activist Bob Geldof did not mince his words when confronted by the young prince’s rudeness at Kensington Palace in the summer of 1985.”
Robert said that Bob had come to chat with Charles about the forth-coming Live Aid concert at Wembley, and a three-year-old William was annoyed he didn’t have his father’s full attention.
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Robert claimed that William asked Charles why he had to chat to Bob, and Charles replied that they had work to do.
The royal biographer then claims William said of Bob “he’s all dirty”, to which Bob replied “shut up, you horrible little boy.”
William wasn’t put off by the rude remark, and continued: “He’s got scruffy hair and wet shoes.”
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Robert wrote that Geldof was keen for the final word and said that William’s hair was also messy, but William said that it wasn’t due to Diana brushing it.
William and Bob have likely met since that mortifying childhood encounter, as the Irish philanthropist is said to be still friendly with Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles.
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