Rose Hanbury x Prince William's alleged mistress
Prince William has been compared to his father King Charles over allegations of an affair. Images via Instagram @houghton_hall and Twitter @KensingtonRoyal.

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What we know about Prince William’s alleged affair with Rose Hanbury

Rumours have swirled online around Kate Middleton, prompting Prince William’s alleged affair to resurface. Here’s what we know.

15-03-24 16:06
Rose Hanbury x Prince William's alleged mistress
Prince William has been compared to his father King Charles over allegations of an affair. Images via Instagram @houghton_hall and Twitter @KensingtonRoyal.

As the Princess of Wales, Kate Middleton stepped into the spotlight over her photoshop-fail fiasco, rumours of Prince William’s alleged affair with Rose Hanbury have resurfaced.

RUMOURS OF PRINCE WILLIAM’S ALLEGED AFFAIR RESURFACE

As conspiracy theories surrounding Kate Middleton continued to swirl, rumours surrounding Prince William’s alleged affair began to resurface. Cosmopolitan reports Stephen Colbert brought up the alleged affair on an episode of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert on 12 March.

“For those of you who are royal watchers, I’m afraid I’ve got some troubling news about England’s royal family,” he said on the show.

“The Kingdom has been all a flutter about the seeming disappearance of Kate Middleton. Well now, internet sleuths are guessing that Kate’s absence may be related to her husband, and the future King of England, William, having an affair,” he continued.

“I think we all know who the alleged other woman is, say it with me: the Marchioness of Cholmondeley. What a beautiful name that I’m being told right now I pronounced incorrectly,” he added.

So, who is Prince William’s alleged mistress? Here’s 10 things to know about Rose Hanbury.

10 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT ROSE HANBURY

  • Rose is the Marchioness of Cholmondeley.
  • She got the title when she married David Rocksavage, the seventh Marquess of Cholmondeley.
  • The pair tied the knot in 2009.
  • Rose and Rocksavage have three children together.
  • They moved in next door to the Prince William and Princess Kate at some point.
  • The Marquess attended Prince William and Kate’s wedding in 2011. Aside from that, she has been pictured alongside Kate a number of times.
  • Her birthday is on 15 March 1984.
  • So, she is 40 years old. 
  • The Marquess was a former model at Storm Agency. This is the same agency that discovered Kate Moss. 
  • Rose also worked as a political researcher for Conservative MP Michael Gove.