“You are disgusting”: Prince William accuses man of stalking his children
The Cambridges seem to be embroiled in a row with YouTube, after the family claim a video that breaches their privacy has been viewed thousands of times despite attempts to block it.
The video, which clocked 20,000 views on Monday according to the NZ Herald, shows Prince William confronting a photographer after he was filmed on a bike ride with his family near Sandringham, Norfolk, sometime last year.
William is seen reproaching the man, who was videoing the prince, while Kate and their three children are off-camera nearby.
“If you want to have this altercation we can have this altercation,” William says in the clip, while appearing to be calling someone on his mobile phone.
Kate can be heard in the background, telling the man, “We came with our children.”
“I know, I know, I just realised who it was and I’ve stopped,” the man said.
“You didn’t, you’re out here looking for us,” William replied.
“You drove past us outside our house, I saw you,” Kate said, which the man denied doing.
The man claimed he wasn’t following the family, to which William replies: “Yes you are, you are stalking around here looking for our children”.
The Duke of Cambridge then references the incident where the man followed the family while on a bike ride, lashing out when the man denies following them.
“You are outrageous, you are disgusting, you really are. How dare you behave like that,” William says.
The short clip was uploaded over the weekend, over a year after the incident occurred.
Kensington Palace has responded by claiming the clip is a breach of the family’s privacy, with William shown to be on a private bike ride with his family, who were blurred out in the video.
It is understood that staff are seeking the removal of the video in line with their usual policy about privacy, which seems to have been successful as of publication.
However, versions of the clip continue to circulate on other social media platforms, including TikTok and Twitter.
The balance between William’s family’s privacy and their roles in the public eye is something he has spent many years negotiating with the British media, in which he has authorised a small number of photographs of the children to be released each year while insisting on otherwise total privacy.
Traditional British print media doesn’t publish videos or photos of the royal family in private situations, particularly when Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis are involved.
But images are often posted on social media and sold to European publications working under different laws.
A spokesperson for YouTube is yet to comment on the situation.
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