William's childhood hairdresser shares sweet detail about their meetings

02 June 2024 , 10:08

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William loved Diana's hairdresser as a young child for one sweet reason (Image: Mirrorpix)

When Prince William was a child, he and his younger brother Prince Harry had their hair cut by the same iconic stylist who looked after their mother's famous locks. Princess Diana's hairdo was as well known as the groundbreaking looks she put together - and not many children can boast that they had such an expert tending to their do when they were so young.

The hairdresser now since revealed that Prince William always looked forward to his haircuts - but not because he had such an expert doing them. Instead, it was for an incredibly sweet reason to which many little kids would relate.

As reported in People Magazine, Richard Dalton - a long-term member of Diana's styling team - revealed that William simply loved getting his haircut because it meant that he would be allowed extra screen time as the hairdresser got to work.

William would pop a chair onto the coffee table because, from his childhood perspective, a haircut meant one thing and one thing only: "extra television". Dalton was the first person to give William and Harry a haircut and continued to work with them until 1991 when the now-Prince of Wales was nine years old.

He added that Diana's trust in him meant he was even allowed into the inner sanctum of the royal children's childhood space - the nursery - and that he found the two boys pretty much adorable as he worked with them.

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The hairdresser reportedly met Diana when she was a teenager and worked with her for around a decade, and he explained the pair got on well and spent a lot of time together during their time working collaboratively. He also revealed that whenever Diana had to wear a tiara as she conducted her royal duties, a lot of work went into her hair, and it was no mean feat, with two appointments a day sometimes needed.

However, despite the hard work that went into helping make Diana into one of the 20th century's biggest style icons, the pair always enjoyed their time working together. "I don't think we were ever serious, it was always fun," he explained, adding that in his view, "[She was] extremely, extremely special. Her beauty was from within...She was more beautiful in real life than any picture."

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