# Prince Williams hair. Should he shave it? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 10, 2014, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-williams-hair-should-he-shave-it/706882 "2014-12-10T20:34:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![chizzuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-williams-hair-should-he-shave-it/706882/61 "2014-12-11T22:32:02Z")
> [@Martian Bigfoot](#): > > Actually, the luxury could explain it. How much champagne, hookers and blow does it take to cause hair loss? The existence of Prince Harry argues against this theory. If it were true, he should look like a hard-boiled egg. Instead, quite the opposite. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-williams-hair-should-he-shave-it/706882/62 "2014-12-11T23:15:33Z")
Who is he trying to impress, anyway? Some people posting here make it seem like balding is somehow a bad thing. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-williams-hair-should-he-shave-it/706882/63 "2014-12-11T23:46:46Z")
> [@chizzuk](#): > > I am embarrassed to admit that I have been seriously thinking this for awhile. Normally I think hair plugs are completely ludicrous and going bald is just a fact of life, but in this one individual case. . .I dunno. It’s not like he can’t afford it. I’m close to William’s age and have had a stupid little crush on him since I was like 11, and the fact that he’s turning into Prince Edward is bothersome. > > (I fully admit that this is a shallow and idiotic viewpoint) He did get uncle edward’s and grandpa phillip’s hair loss gene. Harry seems to have the spencer hair gene. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-williams-hair-should-he-shave-it/706882/64 "2014-12-11T23:58:07Z")
> [@Cinnamon\_Imp](#): > > Isn’t he still technically in the army? I’m sure there’s some short-hair regulation he could enforce on himself as an excuse for shaving it. I was thinking “the dude is royalty, surely he can do whatever the hell he wants”. But then I realized that, no, that’s nonsense. He’s more oppressed by social norms and expectations than any of us here. It’s a funny thing. William is super rich and super upper class, but in so many ways he’s much less free than the rest of us. If he shaved his head, got tattoos, became a vegan, and dumped his wife for a sailor boy, everyone would freak the holy fuck out. I have so much more in the way in options for how to live my life than he does, in spite of all his money and his status. Anyway. It’s just something that hadn’t really occurred to me before. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-williams-hair-should-he-shave-it/706882/65 "2014-12-11T23:59:47Z")
If he shaves his head, I hope he grows a goatee and gets a tribal tattoo. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-williams-hair-should-he-shave-it/706882/66 "2014-12-12T17:38:04Z")
> [@Martian Bigfoot](#): > > I was thinking “the dude is royalty, surely he can do whatever the hell he wants”. But then I realized that, no, that’s nonsense. He’s more oppressed by social norms and expectations than any of us here. > > It’s a funny thing. William is super rich and super upper class, but in so many ways he’s much less free than the rest of us. If he shaved his head, got tattoos, became a vegan, and dumped his wife for a sailor boy, everyone would freak the holy fuck out. I have so much more in the way in options for how to live my life than he does, in spite of all his money and his status. > > Anyway. It’s just something that hadn’t really occurred to me before. I would prefer to be among the poorest in the UK than be Royal. They have tons of stuff and no worries about paying the bills but their entire lives are mapped out for them. Charles was forbidden from marrying the woman he wanted to, Edward was forced into the Marines when he wanted to be an actor, coming out would be a serious life-endangering risk for any of them, they get criticised for expressing even mild opinions (seriously - it’s not the nature of the opinions, it’s just having them), etc etc. Shit life. Kate must be insane to want to marry into it. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-williams-hair-should-he-shave-it/706882/67 "2014-12-12T17:50:46Z")
> [@Dogzilla](#): > > Query: Several posters have pointed out that his wife is hot as hell. Why is this relevant? Because people generally marry partners roughly as attractive as they are, so this case is sort of an exception to the rule. And because it is more fun to talk about hot women than bald men. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-williams-hair-should-he-shave-it/706882/68 "2014-12-12T19:26:47Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Like, a yarmulke? 😃 So, slightly OT, but not terribly: how do bald guys keep the yarmulke on? **Shodan** : Money and social standing/power in men adds at least 4 points to his looks. Next in line for the throne probably adds 6. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-williams-hair-should-he-shave-it/706882/69 "2014-12-12T22:22:19Z")
> [@SciFiSam](#): > > I would prefer to be among the poorest in the UK than be Royal. They have tons of stuff and no worries about paying the bills but their entire lives are mapped out for them. Charles was forbidden from marrying the woman he wanted to, Edward was forced into the Marines when he wanted to be an actor, coming out would be a serious life-endangering risk for any of them, they get criticised for expressing even mild opinions (seriously - it’s not the nature of the opinions, it’s just having them), etc etc. Shit life. Kate must be insane to want to marry into it. Agreed. I can’t think of many worse nightmares of a life than Diana’s, with never a second’s privacy. I think that’s why Will and Kate dated for years and years–they had to make sure that she was really OK with the horrible life she was signing up for. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-williams-hair-should-he-shave-it/706882/70 "2014-12-12T23:52:36Z")
Luxury royal estates, the finest hotels in the world, private island resorts. Hell, Balmoral. Those poor, poor royals, I do pity them so. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-williams-hair-should-he-shave-it/706882/71 "2014-12-13T07:12:04Z")
Hair plugs or a toupee at this point would look bad, now. It would make him seem self-conscious, bowing to fashion and what other people think. ---
**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-williams-hair-should-he-shave-it/706882/72 "2014-12-13T07:15:56Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Because people generally marry partners roughly as attractive as they are, so this case is sort of an exception to the rule. And because it is more fun to talk about hot women than bald men. He’s still a goodlooking guy. Hair isn’t everything ---
**Author:** ![blue\_infinity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_infinity/32/2817_2.png) [@blue\_infinity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blue_infinity)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-williams-hair-should-he-shave-it/706882/73 "2014-12-13T07:37:57Z")
[It does not look fine.](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/04/07/article-2598777-1CE4B23900000578-232_306x423.jpg) I would let it go. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-williams-hair-should-he-shave-it/706882/74 "2014-12-13T08:02:09Z")
I think he should keep it. I’m inclined to say that the only persons whose opinions count on this are the Duke and Duchess themselves, but– –it’s a really terrible idea for the second in line to the throne to shave his head completely. At some point it looks not like “Bruce Willis,” but “far-right skinhead.” ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-williams-hair-should-he-shave-it/706882/75 "2014-12-13T10:25:40Z")
> [@GrumpyBunny](#): > > So, slightly OT, but not terribly: how do bald guys keep the yarmulke on? Double sticky tape would probably work. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-williams-hair-should-he-shave-it/706882.md?page=3)