Bald ambition: Kate helps William try out some toupees

The Royals have recently been stung twice for revealing too much flesh. So it is perhaps appropriate that Prince William has been spotted desperately trying to cover up… But it is his expanding bald patch which Wills is worried about drawing attention to.

In need of a little help: William looks at his bald patch in the mirror

Receding hairlines are always going to be problematic when you are in the public eye. You have two choices: embrace your new hairstyle or try to hide it. Most chose the latter, but with very varied results.

Wayne Rooney invested £30,000 in hair implants but has since admitted that the result was not quite what he had hoped.

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Helping hand: Kate carefully places a toupee on her husband’s head

…she then arranges the wig but it is not quite the same colour as William’s hair

Prince William seems to be looking at cheaper ways to hide his baldness, a newly released video shows The Duke of Cambridge and his wife, Kate, trying out a selection of toupees before turning to a Regaine foam – which helps boost hair growth – for some extra help.

The final result is pretty convincing and both William and Kate seem happy with his new head of hair. So, if you think the Prince looks a little more hirsute at forthcoming engagements, you saw it here first.