# Is Prince William going bald? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 22, 2009, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-prince-william-going-bald/482527 "2009-01-22T21:51:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cuberdon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/45deac/32.png) [@cuberdon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuberdon)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-prince-william-going-bald/482527/1 "2009-01-22T21:51:54Z")
Or am I imagining things? I just looked at his primary photo in wikipedia, and it definitely looks like he is thinning on top and starting to do the combover. ---
**Author:** ![Eklektik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Eklektik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eklektik)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-prince-william-going-bald/482527/2 "2009-01-22T22:02:31Z")
GIYF [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=prince+william+balding&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq=](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=prince+william+balding&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq=) [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/06/20/earlyshow/leisure/celebspot/main4198566.shtml](http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/06/20/earlyshow/leisure/celebspot/main4198566.shtml) > [@](#): > > “I don’t think it’s a huge secret,” Mail on Sunday reporter Katie Nicholl told Palmer, “that he is terribly worried about his thinning hair. He’s a very strapping, handsome chap, but he does seem to have this problem with the back of his head, particularly, where it’s thinning out.” ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-prince-william-going-bald/482527/3 "2009-01-22T23:52:34Z")
He’s been going bald for years now. Still cute, though. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-prince-william-going-bald/482527/4 "2009-01-22T23:55:30Z")
There’s [this one](http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/n43PPk-nFhI/Prince+William+Visits+St+Aidan+Primary+School/bll-UYi33DG/Prince+William), and [this one](http://images.hollywoodgrind.com:9000/images/2007/11/prince-william-hair-loss.jpg), [this one](http://www.contactmusic.com/pics/m/prince_william_290707/prince_william_24_wenn1489093.jpg)… you get the idea. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-prince-william-going-bald/482527/5 "2009-01-23T03:00:16Z")
Yes, he is. I’ve noticed it in several pictures of him in recent years. Like father, like son. Prince Harry is still as full-maned as ever, which might encourage ongoing speculation that his father isn’t the Prince of Wales. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-prince-william-going-bald/482527/6 "2009-01-23T03:14:58Z")
What about his brother? Has it effected him yet? Isn’t the youngest of Charles brothers bald? I forget his name off hand. What about Prince Andrew? ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-prince-william-going-bald/482527/7 "2009-01-23T03:20:04Z")
Edward is way bald. Andrew, not so much. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-prince-william-going-bald/482527/8 "2009-01-23T03:22:32Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Yes, he is. I’ve noticed it in several pictures of him in recent years. Like father, like son. Prince Harry is still as full-maned as ever, which might encourage ongoing speculation that his father isn’t the Prince of Wales. Genetically, baldness comes from the mother’s side doesn’t it? i.e., recessive on the X chromosone ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-prince-william-going-bald/482527/9 "2009-01-23T06:25:32Z")
He’s recently grown a great beard, though I don’t know if he still has it. [http://images.nymag.com/images/2/daily/2008/12/20081229\_princewilliam\_560x375.jpg](http://images.nymag.com/images/2/daily/2008/12/20081229_princewilliam_560x375.jpg) His father sported a great beard too back in the seventies. [http://mensvogue.typepad.com/clothing\_\_in\_her\_eyes/images/2007/11/12/abrooks\_beards04.jpg](http://mensvogue.typepad.com/clothing__in_her_eyes/images/2007/11/12/abrooks_beards04.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![legalsnugs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@legalsnugs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/legalsnugs)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-prince-william-going-bald/482527/10 "2009-01-23T12:33:19Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > Genetically, baldness comes from the mother’s side doesn’t it? i.e., recessive on the X chromosone Yeah. What does Diana’s father look like? That’ll be the clue to Prince William’s future hairline. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-prince-william-going-bald/482527/11 "2009-01-23T14:25:10Z")
> [@legalsnugs](#): > > Yeah. What does Diana’s father look like? That’ll be the clue to Prince William’s future hairline. I give you the 8th Earl Spencer, who died in 1992: [http://cache.gettyimages.com/xc/2630677.jpg?v=1&c=ViewImages&k=2&d=B43C13524355E928EC1B6E4AEF57EA30A55A1E4F32AD3138](http://cache.gettyimages.com/xc/2630677.jpg?v=1&c=ViewImages&k=2&d=B43C13524355E928EC1B6E4AEF57EA30A55A1E4F32AD3138) [![](http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44071000/jpg/_44071292_spencergroup416x300.jpg) ](http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44071000/jpg/_44071292_spencergroup416x300.jpg) [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~chatweb/edjspen1.jpg](http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~chatweb/edjspen1.jpg)