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Ok, so if anyone's up for some more gossip from yore...
It was always heavily said that William's been a cheater pretty much continuously. Throughout their dating years and during marriage.
Most gossip fiends pointed the most at Jecca, proclaiming her to be "Will's Camilla".
This is because at his 21st (or so) bday she was the guest of honour and seated next to Will, Kate was seated far off. Will was very into Jecca at the time and was pretty much courting her.
He blew off his cousin Peter's wedding in favour of her brother's and crucially that was the day when Kate met Liz for the first time.
Will blew off his family (and daughter's first Easter) in favour of her own wedding (both weddings, years apart, in Africa).
Jecca got him into conservation and the gossip mill really took off when Kate did that Vogue shoot (around the time of that Easter I think), which was not greenlit by the palace (and caused a bit of outrage for that reason): Kate's styling was very reminiscent of Jecca's style (it is to date imo one of her most horrendous looks and the shoot did her no favours). This could be a coincidence, but Kate's "country style" is quite different to the one portrayed in Vogue (and one I like very very much - had the shoot been in her style I have no doubt she'd have looked wonderful).
Kate, Jecca and Rose all look alike: as noted by you all, all 3 are malnourished brunettes.
Will allegedly said that "more than a handful is a waste". Pretty sure you all know what's meant.
I am fairly certain that cheating rumours have never followed Harry.
During their clubbing days, Will has been caught on tape doing worse stuff than Harry. Harry was the reputed "party animal" and "bad boy", but Will was just as bad if not worse. And Kate wasn't much better either, being proud of being able to "drink them both under the table".
On his parents' marriage.... Growing up a certain way does not inoculate anyone. Many people who grow up in abusive households go on to replicate that pattern in their own relationships. Seeing your parents' marriage fall apart due to whatever is not magically going to make you avoid the same mistakes (that said, some people do actively learn from that! but not everyone).
Charles cheated with more women than Camilla, I think Camilla was Charles's emotional crutch in a way that no other mistress was and that was worse than the physical. I have also read that Kanga was his other mistress at the same time as Camilla and Kanga and Diana joined forces to drive Camilla out. Diana knew about Kanga and wore Kanga's designs to big events.
So anyway, is Will faithful? Who knows. Things don't look too well overall (i.e. the gossip is believable putting all together) and there were times when Kate looked really bad, even during the marriage and that was always when cheating was suspected (she's looked very sad at times). I don't wish it on her, but based on what's been said for years I wouldn't put it past him.
This. 100%.
She has been humiliated in various ways by Will throughout the now 20ish years they've been together.
Another old gossip nugget is that one year, Kate really had had it. Broke up with him, was ready to move on. The Midds had a big do for Bonfire Night and Carole invited Will. Made sure they got back together, which (spoiler alert!) they did.
I do think the Midds were instrumental in "securing" Will for Kate, as the "happy family" dynamic really did it for him.
The recent pieces in the DM read like palace PR, still some whitewashing going (the history on their relationship). Like how she worked for her parents' company as photographer, even though not a single photograph has been credited to her, but to another woman who's a professional. I'll leave it at that.
Kate'll never ever leave.
She was always a doormat to Will and I have read she was nicknamed "the mattress" by his RPOs.
Will was sniffing around various women, but only one would put up with all of his BS.
Will's list of exes is much longer than many think (and Kate had a couple of guys more squeezed in as well, though nothing even close compared to Will, she was mostly using guys to make Will jealous).
Honestly, their relationship is nothing worth being envious of.
Exactly.
To be precise, he was in a club, jumped on a table and shouted "I'm free!", several times for good measure.