“You are disgusting”: Prince William accuses man of stalking his children
<p dir="ltr">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.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The video, which clocked 20,000 views on Monday according to the <em><a href="https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/you-are-disgusting-duke-of-cambridge-confronts-stalker-who-came-looking-for-his-children/G2V23LT2HCTYNTOZKGGDJBUQ44/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NZ Herald</a></em>, shows Prince William confronting a photographer after he was filmed on a bike ride with his family near Sandringham, Norfolk, sometime last year.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">William is seen reproaching the man, who was videoing the prince, while Kate and their three children are off-camera nearby.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Obsessed with Prince William kicking off <a href="https://t.co/NgKgyU5eLZ">pic.twitter.com/NgKgyU5eLZ</a></p>
<p>— I Don't Know Her (@l_dont_know_her) <a href="https://twitter.com/l_dont_know_her/status/1541554976689897474?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 27, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
<p dir="ltr">“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.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Kate can be heard in the background, telling the man, “We came with our children.”</p>
<p dir="ltr">“I know, I know, I just realised who it was and I’ve stopped,” the man said.</p>
<p dir="ltr">“You didn’t, you’re out here looking for us,” William replied.</p>
<p dir="ltr">“You drove past us outside our house, I saw you,” Kate said, which the man denied doing. </p>
<p dir="ltr">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”.</p>
<p dir="ltr">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.</p>
<p dir="ltr">“You are outrageous, you are disgusting, you really are. How dare you behave like that,” William says.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The short clip was uploaded over the weekend, over a year after the incident occurred.</p>
<p dir="ltr">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.</p>
<p dir="ltr">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.</p>
<p dir="ltr">However, versions of the clip continue to circulate on other social media platforms, including TikTok and Twitter.</p>
<p dir="ltr">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.</p>
<p dir="ltr">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.</p>
<p dir="ltr">But images are often posted on social media and sold to European publications working under different laws.</p>
<p dir="ltr">A spokesperson for YouTube is yet to comment on the situation.</p>
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<p dir="ltr"><em>Image: Twitter</em></p>
