Princess Charlotte burst into floods of tears as Prince William followed Prince Harry’s bold move

Prince William has revealed what his family think about his new beard – and Princess Charlotte wasn’t best pleased.

Princess Charlotte broke down in tears when she saw her father’s beard for the first time, Prince William has revealed.

In an interview with UK print media in South Africa with the Prince, William revealed that his nine-year-old daughter cried when she first saw his beard, prompting him to go back to clean shaven.

Asked if the family like his new look, he said: “Well Charlotte didn’t like it the first time. I got floods of tears, so I had to shave it off.

“And then I grew it back. I thought, hang on a second and I convinced her it was going to be okay.”

William debuted the beard in a video message congratulating Team GB’s athletes at the Paris 2024 Olympics in August but appeared clean-shaven at church two weeks later.

But as he commenced his autumn schedule of engagements the beard had returned.

Many had interpreted William’s new beard as a sign that he is feeling more relaxed now that his wife’s cancer treatment has ended, but this is something he refuted.

“It’s interesting you say that, cause I couldn’t be less relaxed this year, so it’s very interesting you’re all seeing that,” he said.

“But it’s more a case of just crack on and you’ve got to keep going. I enjoy my work and I enjoy pacing myself and keeping sure that I have got time for my family too.”

Elsewhere in the interview, William revealed this “has been the hardest year of my life” as he opened up on his father and wife’s cancer diagnosis’ for the first time.

Prince William gave an interview on his final day in South Africa 

Asked how the past 11 months have been for him, William said: “Honestly? It’s been dreadful. It’s probably been the hardest year in my life.

“So, trying to get through everything else and keep everything on track has been really difficult.”

Speaking on the last day of his four-day trip to Cape Town for his Earthshot prize, the prince said he was incredibly proud of Charles and Kate for how they’ve responded to their diagnosis.

“I’m so proud of my wife, I’m proud of my father, for handling the things that they have done,” he said. “But from a personal family point of view, it’s been, yeah, it’s been brutal.”

It marked the first time he has discussed how the double cancer diagnosis have affected him personally.

In January both the King and the Princess of Wales underwent operations and were subsequently diagnosed with cancer.

Princess Charlotte burst into floods of tears in reaction to Prince William growing a beard.

The Prince of Wales revealed his daughter’s response to his facial hair during a candid interview in South Africa.

Prince William said: “Well Charlotte didn’t like it the first time. I got floods of tears, the first one I got a tears, so I have to shave it off. And then I grew it back.

“I thought, hang on a second and I convinced her it was going to be okay”.

Princess Charlotte burst into floods of tears in reaction to Prince William growing a beard.

The Prince of Wales added: “I couldn’t be less relaxed this year, so it’s very interesting you’re all seeing that.

“But it’s more a case of just crack on and you’ve got to keep going.

“I enjoy my work and I enjoy pacing myself and… (making) sure that I have got time for my family too.”

Prince Harry has sported a beard for many years and it was at the centre of a falling out between the Duke of Sussex and Prince William.

Prince Harry has sported a beard for many years and it was at the centre of a falling out between the Duke of Sussex and Prince William.

Speaking to ITV ahead of the publication of his memoir Spare, Prince Harry detailed how he had sought permission from Queen Elizabeth II to keep his beard on his wedding day in 2018.

The Armed Forces had strict rules around facial hair while in uniform.

Harry claimed while the Queen had been amenable to the beard, Prince William was not.

The Duke of Sussex alleged that William ordered him to shave it off after a week-long argument.

The Duke of Sussex alleged that William ordered him to shave it off after a week-long argument.

However, Harry kept his beard for his wedding day and has rarely made a public appearance clean-shaven in the following years.

Harry told Bradby he did not think Meghan would have recognised him clean-shaven and he “would feel very, very different without my beard”.

The Duke of Sussex added: “That’s hard for people to understand who’ve never grown a beard but hopefully those beard people out there will go, ‘Yeah, I get that, I can understand’.”