The sparked a right royal frenzy last year when he , with fans going wild over his new look.
when he appeared in a new video alongside his wife, the Princess of Wales, sporting a new stubble while congratulating Team GB as the Olympic Games in Paris came to a close.
Now one of his former aides has opened up about whether Princess Kate as the rest of the royal fans regarding her husband’s new look.
Jason Knauf, who worked for both the Prince and Princess of Wales as well as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex made a new appearance on 60 Minutes Australia documentary and spoke about his time at the Palace.
Mr Knauf said of William’s new facial hair: “I love it. I think it’s great. But I’ve talked to him about it or tried to talk to him about it.
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Prince William has been making royal fans go wild with his new beard (Image: Getty)
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“He’s like, ‘It’s here. I have a beard. No further conversation’.”
And he gave a very telling comment regarding Kate’s reaction to it.
He said: “If she didn’t like it, it wouldn’t be there. I could tell you that!”
Despite William sporting a beard now, many years ago he was allegedly forced to shave his facial hair due to royal protocol, according to his brother, .
Harry wrote in his memoir, Spare, that he and William allegedly got into an argument over protocol which left the heir to the throne “livid” just before the royal wedding in 2018.
The Duke claimed that William was furious for more than a week after he was allowed a perk William couldn’t have – a beard.
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Prince William has been sporting a beard for the past few months (Image: Getty)
Harry wrote: “A beard was thought by some to be a clear violation of protocol and long-standing norms, especially since I was getting married in my Army uniform. Beards were forbidden in the British Army.”
The Duke claimed he told the late Queen Elizabeth of how the beard made him feel calmer, to which she replied: “‘Yes’, she said, ‘you may keep your beard’.
“But then I explained it to my brother and he… bristled? Not the done thing, he said. Military rules, and so forth.”
Harry also wrote in his book that William didn’t let go of the argument for over a week before asking him to shave it off before the big day, with the duke asking why on earth it mattered.
His brother replied: “Because I wasn’t allowed to keep my beard.”
The duke wrote: “Ah, there it was. After he’d come back from an assignment with Special Forces, Willy was sporting a full beard, and someone told him to be a good boy, run along and shave it. He hated the idea of me enjoying a perk he’d been denied.”
While promoting his book last year, Harry told ITV’s Tom Bradby: “I think William found it hard that other people told him to shave it off, and yet here I was on my wedding day wearing military uniform, no longer in the military, but thinking as though I – believing as though I should shave it off before my wedding day.”
The Prince of Wales has never commented on Harry’s claims.