For those of us who are older millennials, we grew up with them in a way. 20 years ago, we tragically witnessed the death of Princess Diana, the beloved mother of princes William and Harry, after her life was taken while trying to escape the paparazzi in a high-speed chase. We were devastated when we watched the young boys, then barely a teenager and a pre-teen, walk behind her casket with their heads bowed. Now, 20 years later, they are making headlines much like their mother did back then, and these particular headlines don’t always shine the best light on the boys. In fact, some are down right appalling and waaaayyy naughty in nature. Even though William is supposedly happily married to Kate Middleton, his flirting ways manage to always come out at the worst times possible. And Harry? Jeez, that one is a bomb just waiting to explode. Here are 15 times we caught the royal brothers being just painfully naughty.
15 Prince William’s Void-of-Kate Ski Trip
It’s extremely rare when we see Prince William involved in any sort of scandal post-marriage to the charming and beautiful Kate Middleton, who is now the Duchess of Cambridge. But, as we all know, the Prince appeared to get himself in hot water a few months back during a ski trip. William was caught on video not only “dad dancing”, but grinding with a few beauties, one of which was an Aussie model. Everyone went super crazy after the video was uploaded and went completely viral and was wondering who this particular girl was (I was only curious about that dad dancing, however. I mean, seriously – THERE’S a scandal. No one in their right mind should ever take William out dancing). The internet went to work and discovered she’s a 24-year old Australian model named Sophie Taylor who works part-time as a server at the Farinet Hotel.
14 Prince Harry And The Platoon
For a very long time, the youngest prince couldn’t really find his footing and was falling flat on his face in everything he tried to do. Only a mere year after the swastika photos went viral, Harry shot a “home video” of him and his fellow training officers at the Sandhurst military academy where Harry used some racial terms in order to identify a close Pakistani friend. And, like clockwork, after the video went viral in 2009, St. James’ Palace issued an apology on behalf of the young prince: “Prince Harry fully understands how offensive this term can be, and is extremely sorry for any offense his words might cause.” They did bring up the fact that this was a close friend of Harry's and he didn’t mean any ill intent when saying what he did. “On this occasion three years ago, Prince Harry used the term without any malice and as a nickname about a highly popular member of his platoon. There is no question that Prince Harry was in any way seeking to insult his friend.” Uh… yeah, that still doesn’t make it alright.
13 Prince Harry’s Drunken Brawl Outside a Nightclub
In a world before he started sporting swastikas, young Prince Harry was finding other ways to piss off the palace and make his identity as a “bad boy” permanent. And this was by beating the crap out of photographers. As we all know, the royal brothers don’t have a good standing relationship with paparazzi since they were the ones that took the life o their beloved mother, so everyone knew this was bound to happen. As Harry was leaving a London nightclub back in 2004, a bunch of photographers were stalking around the outside of the club, waiting for Harry to emerge. As he was trying to get into his car, a photographer’s camera “accidentally” hit Harry in the face, which caused Harry to shove the camera into the face of the photographer, injuring him. Of course, the photographer got all dramatic when rehashing the event to the press. “(Harry) lashed out and then deliberately pushed my camera into my face. The base of the camera struck me and cut my bottom lip. At the same time, he was repeatedly saying, ‘Why are you doing this? Why don’t you just leave me alone?’” Harry brought up a good question, though. Leave the kid alone.
12 Harry’s SECOND Drunken Nightclub Brawl
Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice… shame on the stupid photographers. When you have the paparazzi stalking your butt everywhere you go, you’re bound to get a little pissy. So, yes, Harry YET AGAIN got into a scuffle with yet another photographer – but this one wasn’t intentional, it seems. Or at least that’s what his representative said. Only a few short years after the first photographer-vs.-Harry battle, the young prince got into yet another sticky situation with the paparazzi. This time, as he was walking out of another nightclub, Harry accidentally fell INTO a waiting photographer and apparently there was another minor scuffle. But his rep was quick to brush it off. “On the way out of the nightclub, he stumbled on the curb and fell on the photographer,” he said. “There was no aggressive intent; they were laughing at it at the time.”
11 Harry’s Wild Night in Croatia
This was a super fun one, only because it wasn’t a scandal of sorts, just a freaking hilarious moment that happened to be all caught on film. As we know, Harry likes partying and partying hard as we all know based on a night he spent in Croatia in August of 2011 (which was caught on film). Harry, as he was dancing like-no-one-was-watching his rear off, he happened to get a little too carried away and fell into a pool after dancing on the pool’s stone ledge. Basically, he just lived through a brutal high school moment that we’ve all embarrassingly went through at one point in our lives. And what does he do after falling into the pool? Laugh it off and keep dancing. Now THAT’S the royal way.
10 When Harry Snorted Vodka
So… .how does one even begin to “snort” vodka without getting a projectile bloody nose, one wonders? Apparently, when you snort a liquor, it helps get into your blood stream at a much faster pace than by consuming it through your mouth. And this is a very deadly practice. Apparently, no one told Harry of this when photos leaked back in 2007 of the young prince allegedly snorting vodka with some buddies during a trip to Namibia. Doctors from all over the world started weighing in after the photos leaked. “Ethanol is vaporized very quickly,” Dr. Holly Phillips, a medical contributor for The Early Show said, “and goes directly into the bloodstream and directly to the brain, where you’ll have that drunken effect very quickly, as opposed to having to wait for the ‘inconvenience,’ if you drink alcohol, of waiting for your stomach and intestine to metabolize it.” Yikes!
9 Prince William Was Once Linked To Paris Hilton (Yew)
So back in 2008, dummy dumb-dumb heiress Paris Hilton was in a serious relationship with Benji Madden, the lead singer of the band Good Charlotte. UNTIL Prince William apparently came between them. Now, this was a year into his apparently serious relationship with Kate Middleton, so a lot of people were saying “what the utter hell?” According to an Australian insider, William had plans to meet up with Paris in order to celebrate the New Year with her. They had met when she was filming My BFF in London and the two had apparently gotten a little cozy. He was actually invited to Paris’ Australian New Year's bash where Benji was performing, and apparently, that irked the latter to the point of breaking up with the heiress. Man, thank god the merging of Paris and William never happened – I don’t think the world could have handled that, let alone Buckingham Palace.
8 Prince Harry's Bad Costume Choice
Now, THIS was pretty damn bad, especially considering what is happening in the states right now with neo-Nazis popping up everywhere thanks to Donald Trump giving them the thumbs up. However, when Prince Harry thought it would be “interesting” to dress up like a Nazi for a costume party back in 2005, it created a huge freaking mess for the palace to clean up. Harry was hit hard with the backlash and he went on the record with an apology: “(I am) very sorry if I caused any offense or embarrassment to anyone. It was a poor choice of costume and I apologize.” Clearly, the apology wasn’t enough to satisfy people, so then-Prime Minister Tony Blair’s office spoke up. “Clearly an error was made that has been recognized by Harry, and I think it is better that this matter continues to be dealt with by (Buckingham) Palace.”
7 Prince Harry's Royal Jewls
Boys will be boys. But if you’re a prince, you need to remember that all eyes are watching at all hours of the day and night. This seemed to slip Prince Harry’s mind back in 2012 when he decided to go to Las Vegas. And remember, when you're third in line for the throne, what happens in Vegas does not stay in Vegas. During that little vacation, Harry decided to play a game of strip billiards with some very hot women. As you can see, TMZ was able to snap some NSFW nude pictures of the girls and Harry, who, yes, took this game very seriously. Of course, these aren’t the worst of the pictures (those would be Harry holding onto his own crown jewels as he apparently lost to the young women in the photos). While there was no official comment from the palace, they did say that it was, in fact, Harry in those scandalous photos.
6 Prince William and the Topless Photo Scandal
Sometimes, a scandal may not even happen to you, but to someone close enough to you that it IS considered your scandal. This happened to be the case back in 2012 when topless photos of his wife Kate went public. The duo was vacationing in Provence, France when the photos were shot as Kate was sunbathing. The violation struck a hard nerve with William, who said that the pictures were “all the more painful” because that sort of harassment by the press led to his mother’s death in 1997. Of course, a lawsuit was filed against the photographers and the magazines that printed the photos. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge settled for $1.9 million and William’s lawyers demanded that a “very significant fine” be imposed as well. It was probably the biggest scandal to hit the palace in regards to Prince William… until, you know, this year’s “dancing with an Aussie” scandal.
5 Will The Flirt
Okay, so some of us sometimes tend to break-up and then make up with the same boyfriend/girlfriend a few times over. The only thing is, we’re not royalty so it goes unnoticed. However, it was noted that Prince William and on-again, off-again girlfriend Kate did this right up until their wedding. The duo started dating back in 2007 and had a very bumpy relationship thanks to William’s very flirty ways. They even broke up before the wedding and were separated for a bit before patching things up and getting back together. Apparently, whenever William would drink, he’d get overly flirty with women, which made Kate extremely uncomfortable. It appears that hasn’t changed much even though they’re supposedly happily married with two children. You’d think he learned a thing or two from the infidelity scandal his parents went through.
4 Harry The Rebel
This was probably one of the craziest things, not to mention idiotic things, I’ve ever heard a 16-year old boy have to go through. Years ago after Prince Harry was caught engaging in some illegal activity and drinking, he was literally sent off to rehab by the palace. Okay, I get that the youngest prince caught smoking a doobie or eight isn’t call for celebration by the palace, but sending him off to rehab TO KICK A NOT SO SERIOUS HABIT seems rather unnecessary. He was shipped off to Featherstone Lodge Rehabilitation Centre in Peckham FOR ONLY A SINGLE DAY. I mean, holy hell, what is that supposed to even do? Did he just tour the place and was like, “nah, not for me”? I’m so lost on what went down here. This was just plain stupid, in my opinion.
3 Harry and That Whole Animal Cruelty Thing
I don’t care how much the public loves these two boys, animal cruelty is where I draw the line (okay, I also draw it at swastikas and racial slurs too). So the royal boys (and nearly every other royal in history according to Hollywood) love the game of polo, which is played with riders on horses. However, spurs on the heels of riders are NOT allowed in any shape or form because it hurts the horses. In 2010, Prince Harry was accused of animal cruelty after his horse was injured by SPURS during a polo match. A spokes person for the palace claimed that once the horses was injured, Harry immediately stopped playing (even though others claimed to have watched him continue to ride his horse and stay in the game). The Hurlingham Polo Association then headed up an investigation into the matter but ended up clearing the prince of any wrongdoing.
2 Leaving Britney Spears High And Dry
HEY, DID YOU GUYS ONCE KNOW THAT BRITNEY HAD A SHOT WITH BECOMING A PRINCESS?? Yeah, it makes me throw up in my mouth a little too. Well, it ALMOST happened. Apparently, pop princess Britney Spears had a correspondence with William way back when which led to an almost meeting between the two. But! Apparently, the young prince stood her up. Spears opened up about her emails with William on The Frank Skinner Show years back. “Yeah, it was like, all blown out of proportion,” she said about her communication with William. “We exchanged e-mails for a little bit, and he was supposed to come and see me somewhere, but it didn’t work out.” When asked if she was “blown off” by the prince, she answered “Yeah.” Wow, what could have been, my friends.
1 And Then, of Course, When Harry KISSED HIS DANG GIRLFRIEND IN PUBLIC
OH, DEAR GOD, A SINGLE MAN IS KISSING A SINGLE WOMAN, WHAT THE HELL IS THE WORLD COMING TO? This apparently was news. About a year ago, rumors started swirling that Prince Harry was finally ready to settle down with a young American actress named Meghan Markle. People had yet to see them together in a public venue, so the press wasn’t too concerned. UNTIL, during a polo match featuring the prince, cameras caught Markle in the stands, cheering him on. After the match, photographers actually got the rare chance to witness the two kiss in the parking lot of the match. They seemed very much enamored with each other, which apparently was odd for some people, which is why it made front page news. You gotta sometimes feel bad for the royal brothers – they really can’t get away with anything these days.
