Search icon

Lifestyle

17th Mar 2018

Prince William used a completely different name while at college

We actually prefer it...

Cathy Donohue

We did not know this.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are expecting their third child in April and with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s impending marriage, there’s a lot of attention surrounding the royal family at present.

The latest information relates to Prince William and more specifically, the name he used when attending college.

Apparently, the prince used an alias while at university to ensure he wouldn’t be treated differently by his peers.

According to Hello! magazine, Prince William enrolled at St Andrews, a college in Scotland under the name William Wales but went by ‘Steve’.

The popular celebrity-focused publication reports that he was commonly known as Steve to his friends and it stuck as a nickname.

It seems Harry also used another name, on social media at least.

From 2008 to 2012, he reportedly had a Facebook account under the name ‘Spike Wells’ to keep in touch with family when travelling.

However, he was then advised to delete it for security reasons after pictures of him partying in Las Vegas circulated on the internet.

Meghan Markle's father