Prince William showed off his new beard last month in a video for Team GB, alongside the Princess of Wales.
The 42-year-old Prince of Wales looked rather unshaven as he praised British Olympians after the Paris Games.
However, it wasn’t the first time William had been seen with a beard. In 2008, when he was 26, he sported one when he attended the Christmas service at Sandringham.
King Charles occasionally sported an impressive beard in his younger years, including in 1976. And his brother Prince Andrew sported a thick stubble in 1983.
Prince Harry has sported a beard for years, but claims in his memoir Spare that his facial hair led to a feud with his brother before he married Meghan Markle in 2018.
He claimed William was “furious” when his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, gave Harry permission to keep his beard for the wedding.
Overseas, King Felipe of Spain, among others, has had a beard for several years now, as have King Frederik of Denmark and King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands.
It looks like the beard is here to stay, as Prince William visited the Saatchi Gallery to view Homelessness: Reframed, a groundbreaking exhibition
Prince William sported a beard in a video alongside the Princess of Wales praising British Olympians after the Paris Games last month. However, this isn’t the first time William has been seen with facial hair
The prince also sported a beard in 2008 when he attended Christmas service at St Mary’s Church in Sandringham with his family
Prince Harry, who has sported a beard for a number of years, revealed in Spare how he asked the Queen’s permission to have facial hair for his wedding to Meghan Markle in 2018. He is pictured at the ceremony with Prince William
King Charles has also sported facial hair before, including in 1976 when the then Prince of Wales attended the Badminton Horse Trials
Prince Charles on another day at the Badminton Horse Trials in 1976
Prince Andrew, perhaps taking notes from his older brother Charles, also sported facial hair in his younger years. Above: With a beard at the Chester Races, May 1983
Bearded Prince Andrew stands between his brother Prince Andrew and father Prince Philip during their summer holiday in Scotland, August 1983
King Felipe of Spain has had a beard for a number of years now, including when he attended the awards ceremony of the 42nd Copa del Rey Mapfre Sailing Cup in Mallorca in early August.
Dutch King Willem-Alexander also has a beard. Above: With Prince Harry at the Invictus Games in 2022
King Frederik of Denmark has had a beard for years. Above: Watching basketball at the Paris Olympics