At least 21 stories hinting at an alleged affair between Prince William and Rose Hanbury have been deleted from U.K. media outlets, a new investigation has found.
An extensive report by Vulture’s Ellie Hall, which revealed the shocking information cull, has triggered a new round of speculation that the British royal family are acting in cahoots with British newspapers to crush unflattering reporting about baseless rumors of a liaison between the couple.
Hall argues that the “mysterious individuals” responsible for the attempted clean-up have made a poor fist of their work, saying: “Broken links to these vanished stories still exist in each publication’s royal coverage from this timeframe and, in many cases, on these outlets’ official social-media accounts.” Hall reached out to all the newspapers concerned for comment, and only one returned her request—the Guardian, who said they had decided to alter a story themselves.
