The British royal family has dominated headlines in 2024, the biggest story, of course, being weeks of conspiracy-theory-laden social-media rumors about the absence of Kate Middleton or Catherine, the Princess of Wales from public life amid a health crisis. If you were paying attention to the twists and turns of this multi-month saga, you may have encountered the name Rose Hanbury or, as she is properly known, the Marchioness of Cholmondeley (pronounced CHUM-lee). Since 2019, rumors have circulated on gossip blogs and royal social-media spaces of a supposed affair between the marchioness and Prince William despite lawyers for both parties strongly denying that there’s any truth to them. The controversy over Catherine’s whereabouts earlier this year exported the speculations across the pond and into mainstream news after Stephen Colbert joked about the alleged affair between William and Rose, whom Colbert referred to as “the Marching Band of Chicanery” and “the Marcus Mumford of Chumbawamba” during a March 12 Late Show …

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