The Prince and Princess of Wales were asked about a period when they split up early in their relationship, after William dumped Kate by phone at the end of 2006.
Their reaction to the question—during their engagement interview in November 2010—was one of a number of clips that resurfaced on social media platform TikTok.
The montage begins with a snippet of Kate and William learning to do first aid, followed by William joking about needing to put his hands in his pockets as well as a radio appearance, all from separate royal engagements.
The post goes on to show a moment from their pooled engagement interview in which journalist Tom Bradby asks: “You split up, famously, all over the papers, what was all that about?”
In reality, their answers were quite a bit longer in the full interview, in which Prince William said: “We did split up for a bit but that was just, you know, we were both very young.
“It was at university and we were sort of both finding ourselves as such and being, you know, different characters and stuff.
“It was a devastating blow to Catherine, who felt doubly let down at being dumped over the phone. Though it wasn’t the first time William had called time on their relationship, it felt final.”
The TikTok post was liked 4,200 times and viewed 57,000 times and focuses on a particular moment when Kate said “it wasn’t all bad,” before William replied “phew.”
