Rose Hanbury and William's scandalous romance a year later: the truth about the prince's rebellious friend
A year ago, some images in which the future king was supposedly seen in an affectionate attitude with his friend in a nightclub shook the royal marriage.
The scandal broke out in the UK just a year ago. In mid-April 2019, some compromising images of Prince William of England (37 years old) reached the newsrooms of the British media and immediately saw the light also on social networks. In them you could supposedly see the heir to the throne enjoying a wild evening in an exclusive nightclub with Rose Hanbury (36), until then, the best friend of Kate Middleton (38). Between the smoke and the purple lights of the club, kisses and caresses were sensed that Lady Di's son dedicated to her friend, grabbing her by her waist. These photographs revolutionized the British and the press directly described the future king as "infidel".
What most caught the attention of these revealing images is the closeness that the couple showed. And it is that, weeks before these tests were known, several media were already talking about an alleged extramarital relationship between the prince and the former model during the third pregnancy of the Duchess of Cambridge, which put public opinion even more against the eldest grandson of Isabel II (93).
Consolidated journalists come to confirm the alleged sneaky encounters between the heir and Hanbury. When these rumors became uncontrollable, Middleton avoided all relationship with Rose. In fact, from the English lies there was talk of the existence of "a strong fight" between the two examines, to the point that William's wife forbade her presence in royal acts or severely limited the distance between the aristocrat and the Dukes of Cambridge. As he did at the state banquet in June last year, which seated Hanbury right across the table, not even eye contact.
This information suddenly put an end to the hitherto unbreakable friendship between Rose and Kate. After more than a decade together, everything fell apart in the worst possible way. Their relationship began because they belong to the select club of the Turnip Toffs. This strange term is used to describe the circles of notoriety and power, and specifically the group of aristocrats who live in the exclusive Norfolk countryside; habitual residence of the dukes and the marquise. The fact that these high officials cannot move to busier cities where they can put themselves in danger, makes those who live in the quiet and luxurious area have to relate almost necessarily, and thus the friendship between the royals arose.
Thus, Hanbury and her husband, David Rocksavage, Marquis of Cholmondeley, were invited to the duke's wedding in 2011, and she has always been the great support of the future queen. They supported each other, and Kate did not hesitate to attend the charity gatherings that her friend offered to give visibility and rigor to her work, and thus show the support of the Crown. But just a year ago this completely changed when Rose upset the prince and Middleton's solid marriage. The women have radically estranged themselves and have been for eight months. In January of this year they decided to give themselves a second chance after the waters calmed down in the palace.
But Rose Hanbury's rebellion is not new. Reviewing her personal background, you can discover a life full of roller coasters, controversies and very juicy content that has starred on the covers of several English tabloid tabloids.
The very love story between the ex-model and her husband was already very high in the media. Their relationship was rushed and suspicious to many Britons. In June 2009, within three days they announced their engagement, revealed Rose's twin pregnancy, and were secretly married at Chelsea Town Hall in England. Only four months later, little Alexander Hugh George and Oliver Timothy George, the children of the marriage who were born prematurely, came into the world. Given the complex situation they lived with their first babies, the couple thought a lot about expanding the family and it was not until 2016 that the youngest, Iris, arrived.
This flow of juicy news for the media was enlarged with a controversial decision. To choose who of his children would inherit the noble title, and in the absence of a specific first-born -because they had twins-, the couple decided to choose the heir by weight. "They have decided that the eighth marquis will be the child who weighed the most at birth," was published in The Telegraph. The difference was just 226 grams. The decision was tremendously criticized among the public and by experts in aristocratic protocol.
To this controversial information that has always put the Cholmondeley couple in the spotlight, we must add the fact of the great age difference between the spouses. She is 23 years younger than her husband, something that made the marquis suspicious when Rose approached him. But this situation is repeated in the Hanbury family. Her sister, Marina Hanbury, is married to Ned Lambton, Earl of Durham, a man 20 years her senior.
What's interesting about Marina's love affair is that Rose was engaged to Ned's son, Fred Viscount Lambton. This data again jumped to the British tabloids and many spoke of "a very disturbing incestuous idyll" because Rose, her sister and Fred shared a flat for a time. It is said that this is how Marina met her future husband.
However, the version offered by other sources at that time about the approach of Ned and Marina is no less relevant. He allegedly contacted her on Facebook after dreaming about her one night and her message was very clear: "I know I'm too old for you, but I love you." Be that as it may, their relationship continued and they married in January 2011.
Without a doubt, the Hanbury name is full of stories that have made succulent headlines for the ever-acidic UK press. And it is that there is nothing more valuable for the English media than to have in their hands a controversial news related to their holy British Royal Family.
