Kammala wannan magana: An san shi a matsayin "Wills" a cikin iyali, William an kira shi "Wombat" da mahaifiyarsa, wanda yake so shi da ɗan'uwansa, Harry, don samun kwarewa mai zurfi fiye da waɗanda ke samuwa ga 'ya'yan sarauta. Ta kai su Walt Disney World da McDonald's, asibitocin cutar kanjamau, mafaka ga marasa gida, kuma ta saya musu abubuwa da matasa ke da su, kamar wasannin bidiyo. Iyayensa sun saki a 1996. Diana ta mutu a wani hadarin mota a farkon sa'o'i na 31 ga Agusta, 1997. William, sa'an nan yana da shekaru 15, tare da ɗan'uwansa mai shekaru 12 da mahaifinsu, suna zama a Balmoral Castle a lokacin. Yariman Wales ya jira har sai 'ya'yansa sun farka da safe don ya gaya musu game da mutuwar mahaifiyarsu. William ya raka mahaifinsa, ɗan'uwansa, kakan mahaifinsa Prince Philip, Duke na Edinburgh, da kawunsa na mahaifiyarsa Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer, a lokacin da yake
jana'izar mahaifiyar. William da Harry sun bi bayan jana'izar daga Fadar Kensington zuwa Westminster Abbey.