• According to a royal specialist, Prince William places a high priority on his family’s privacy.
• The Duke of Cambridge, who is reserved about his life outside of official obligations, grew ‘controlling’ following his mother Diana’s highly public existence.
• Speaking to ITV documentary Katie Nicholl revealed that William “guards the privacy of his family more highly than anything else in his life”.

Ms Nicholl noted that “it doesn’t take a psychologist to work out why”, adding, “you only need to look at this own background”.

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Meanwhile, the Duke of Cambridge is still upset over his mother’s explosive interview with Martin Bashir, in which she was persuaded to make scandalous claims.

A source told The Daily Mail: “His anger was palpable, but he went away and did his research and placed the issues in their true historical context.”

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“While he is still furious about the way in which his mother was duped, he is not going to hold our national broadcaster to account for something that happened a quarter of a century ago,” the insider added.