"There's been a lot of speculation about every single girl I'm with and it actually does quite irritate me after a while, more so because it's a complete pain for the girls"
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The wording is tellingly plain, almost defensive. “Every single girl” and “complete pain” sound less like a palace statement than a young man trying to reassert control over a narrative that treats proximity as proof. The monarchy trades on visibility, but this is William drawing a boundary: public interest is not a blank check for intimacy-by-implication. He doesn’t contest the press’s right to cover him; he contests their habit of turning women into collateral damage and speculation into fact through repetition.
Context sharpens the edge. Post-Diana, royal media coverage carries an unspoken trauma clause: everyone knows what relentless attention can do. William doesn’t invoke his mother directly, but the subtext is hard to miss - the institution may survive being watched, individuals often don’t. It’s also a strategic modernization. By voicing irritation and empathy, he positions himself as both subject and critic of the royal celebrity machine, asking for privacy without sounding entitled to it.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
William, Prince. (2026, January 18). There's been a lot of speculation about every single girl I'm with and it actually does quite irritate me after a while, more so because it's a complete pain for the girls. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/theres-been-a-lot-of-speculation-about-every-18738/
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William, Prince. "There's been a lot of speculation about every single girl I'm with and it actually does quite irritate me after a while, more so because it's a complete pain for the girls." FixQuotes. January 18, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/theres-been-a-lot-of-speculation-about-every-18738/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"There's been a lot of speculation about every single girl I'm with and it actually does quite irritate me after a while, more so because it's a complete pain for the girls." FixQuotes, 18 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/theres-been-a-lot-of-speculation-about-every-18738/. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.


