Prince William typically anxious Queen Elizabeth when he flew his household in helicopters, ignoring an previous royal journey rule of not flying together with his inheritor, Prince George. Although the concept of not having two heirs on the identical flight has been accomplished away with, there’s one other, lesser-known journey regulation that the Royal Family reportedly follows on business airways—and it’s been revealed by a shocking supply.
Former Love Island star Helena Ford, who appeared on season 12 of the U.Okay. actuality present in addition to Love Island: All Stars 2026, labored as a British Airways flight attendant earlier than heading into the villa. She just lately advised the “Private Parts” podcast that Prince William, Princess Kate and their youngsters flew on BA throughout her time within the skies, and so they have been truly not permitted to take a seat in the perfect part of the aircraft.
“I think there is a thing in place where they can’t fly in the highest cabin, so if there’s a first class, they have to sit in business, and if there isn’t a first class, they have to sit in Traveller Plus,” Ford mentioned, including that the Prince and Princess of Wales flew in enterprise class since their aircraft additionally had a pricier first-class possibility.
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Members of the Royal Family incessantly journey on official authorities plane, however Prince William and Princess Kate have chosen business flights for a number of journeys, like their 2016 India tour and their Earthshot Prize go to to Boston. The Princess of Wales even flew in economic system along with her three youngsters when heading on a brief flight to Balmoral in the summertime of 2022.
Ford says the Waleses have been “coming back from St. Lucia” on the time she served them, seemingly throughout one in all their trips to Mustique, as commercial flights land there before boarding a private flight to the island.
The ex-Love Islander continued that although the Prince and Princess of Wales flew commercial when she was working, they weren’t seated with average travelers.
The reality star explained that “the whole of business was security, but they were dressed as normal people so you wouldn’t know.” Ford also said she wasn’t sure why William and Kate couldn’t fly in the highest class, but revealed “you couldn’t call them their own name, they had like, fake names and stuff.”
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