Princess Kate shooting down a famous rumor about an early crush on has gone newly viral on .

The Princess of Wales was on her bedroom wall during her school days, but she later told an interviewer this was false.

of her response went newly viral on TikTok after it was liked more than 108,000 times and viewed over 781,000 times. It was posted with the message: “#PRINCESSCATHERINE || slay queen!”

The footage comes from the couple’s engagement interview in November 2010 when : “There’s a story that goes around that you had a picture of him on your wall as a child.”

In the original film, Kate laughed, while William said: “There wasn’t just one; there was like 10.”

“He wishes,” Kate replied.

The TikTok post from @mqrxad starts as Kate then says: “No, I had the Levi’s guy on my wall, not a picture of William, sorry.”

In the original interview, William then joked: “It was me and Levi’s honestly.”

One fan replied to the video, writing “she’s so iconic,” while another posted: “Listen to how she says sorry. She so humble.”

History of the William Poster Rumor

Robert Jobson outlined the origin of the rumor in his book, Catherine, the Princess of Wales: A Biography: “There were reports that Catherine had a schoolgirl crush on Prince William when he was at Eton College, and her former housemate Jessica Hay even claimed she had a picture of him on her wall at school.

“During the ITV interview with Tom Bradby to mark their engagement, however, Catherine firmly quashed this rumor,” Jobson wrote.

Jessica Hay made the claim in an interview with journalist Sean Smith for his biography Kate, which suggested the during her early school career.

However, Hay later told the U.K. newspaper Daily Mail she had been misquoted: “I found it quite unfair. I didn’t even get any payment for it. My friends are going to be thinking, ‘She’s sold herself out.'”

The Mail quoted Smith rebutting this allegation: “This was a recorded interview with Jessica, and she has not been misquoted.”

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