Prince William and Kate Middleton biography: Explosive Royal Family claims – The Mirror<\/title><meta name=\"description\" content=\"From Prince William's reported demand to banish Andrew from the royal fold to Kate Middleton's feelings on Harry and Meghan's exit, the new biography uncovers never-before-told secrets about the Prince and Princess of Wales\"\/><meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jennifer Newton\"\/><meta name=\"author\" content=\"Charlotte Foster\"\/><link rel=\"manifest\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/manifest.json?v=6f7ed9d5128d770b\"\/><meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noarchive, max-image-preview:large\"\/><meta name=\"Googlebot-News\" content=\"noarchive\"\/><meta name=\"referrer\" content=\"unsafe-URL\"\/><meta name=\"keywords\" content=\"Princess Diana, Prince William, Documentaries, Royal Family\"\/><meta name=\"news_keywords\" content=\"Princess Diana, Prince William, Documentaries, Royal Family\"\/><link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/royals\/prince-william-kate-middleton-biography-36741863\"\/><meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Royal Family secrets in explosive Prince William and Kate Middleton biography\"\/><meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"From Prince William's reported demand to banish Andrew from the royal fold to Kate Middleton's feelings on Harry and Meghan's exit, the new biography uncovers never-before-told secrets about the Prince and Princess of Wales\"\/><meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/royals\/prince-william-kate-middleton-biography-36741863\"\/><meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Daily Mirror\"\/><meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\"\/><meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article36741862.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200\/0_The-Funeral-Of-The-Duchess-Of-Kent.jpg\"\/><meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\"\/><meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-18T11:41:13Z\"\/><meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-18T11:44:24Z\"\/><meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/authors\/jennifer-newton\/\"\/><meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/authors\/charlotte-foster\/\"\/><meta property=\"article:section\" content=\"Royals\"\/><meta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"Princess Diana\"\/><meta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"Prince William\"\/><meta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"Documentaries\"\/><meta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"Royal Family\"\/><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\"\/><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@DailyMirror\"\/><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@JenniferNewton1, @CharlotteF12148\"\/><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Prince William and Kate Middleton biography: Explosive Royal Family claims - 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I am going to be a Duchess’ \u2013 she was almost leaping out of her seat.”<\/li>\n<li class=\"LiItem_li-item__IF4xI\">The biography also exposes how William dramatically ended his friendship with ITV’s Tom Bradby after feeling “betrayed” over a documentary featuring Harry and Meghan.<\/li>\n<li class=\"LiItem_li-item__IF4xI\">Most poignantly, it reveals William’s devastation at Kate’s cancer diagnosis, telling friends it was “like being hit by a bus” as they broke the news to their three young children.<\/li>\n<li class=\"LiItem_li-item__IF4xI\">READ THE FULL STORY: <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/royals\/william-kate-royal-book-most-36737728\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">William and Kate royal book most explosive revelations from ultimatums to anger<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section data-testid=\"social-follow\" class=\"SocialFollowBar_wrapper__h4k_D SocialFollowBar_left__oJoLE false undefined\">Follow mirror:<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"RHRBlock_h-line__hVhY7\"\/>\n<aside class=\"RHRBlock_right-aside-wrapper__tM2wc\">\n<p><span aria-live=\"polite\" aria-busy=\"true\"><span class=\"react-loading-skeleton\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;--base-color:#88888810;--highlight-color:#8888880d\">\u200c<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span aria-live=\"polite\" aria-busy=\"true\"><span class=\"react-loading-skeleton\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;--base-color:#88888810;--highlight-color:#8888880d\">\u200c<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/main><dialog class=\"CIPAConsentNotice_cipa-dialog__CZfBH\" data-testid=\"cipa-dialog\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"CIPAConsentNotice_cipa-logo__zLA_w\"><img alt=\"reach logo\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"150\" height=\"39\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent\" srcset=\"\/_next\/image?url=%2Fnav-web-static%2Frelease-v45-472c3bb7c7365d78e41c1555ab4aa6cdfee44ee3%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2Flogo-reach.18f672b1.png&w=256&q=75 1x, \/_next\/image?url=%2Fnav-web-static%2Frelease-v45-472c3bb7c7365d78e41c1555ab4aa6cdfee44ee3%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2Flogo-reach.18f672b1.png&w=384&q=75 2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/_next\/image?url=%2Fnav-web-static%2Frelease-v45-472c3bb7c7365d78e41c1555ab4aa6cdfee44ee3%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2Flogo-reach.18f672b1.png&w=384&q=75\"\/><\/div>\n<p class=\"CIPAConsentNotice_cipa-info__pwt6J\">At <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reachplc.com\/about-us\/our-brands\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> Reach and across our entities <\/a> we and our partners use information collected through cookies and other identifiers from your device to improve experience on our site, analyse how it is used and to show personalised advertising. 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