Prince William once found himself in the middle of a nightclub brawl, stepping in to rescue a furious television star after an evening of partying took an unexpected turn.
British actor Will Mellor, 50, revealed that the future king personally pulled him away from a fight after several partygoers allegedly began shoving him while he was using crutches for an injured knee.
The bizarre confrontation unfolded at Boujis, an exclusive London nightclub once popular with William and other members of Britain’s high society. Mellor recalled the incident during a November 2 appearance on Fearne Cotton’s Happy Place podcast.
According to Mellor, the evening began with an unexpected encounter in the club’s restroom, where he found himself standing beside the prince.
“I went for a wee and Prince William was stood next to me. And he went, ‘All right Will?'” the actor recalled, admitting he was stunned that William even recognized him.
But the night soon took a dramatic turn.
Mellor, who had injured his knee playing soccer, said he was enjoying himself on the dance floor when several wealthy-looking partygoers began deliberately knocking him off his crutches.
Rather than walking away, the actor admitted he lost his temper and lunged at one of the men, sending them both tumbling to the floor.
“There were a few upper-class posh people in there all dancing and they thought it was funny to shoulder barge me off my crutches,” Mellor explained.
The confrontation quickly escalated into a physical fight, but just as things threatened to spiral further out of control, an unlikely peacemaker appeared.
Mellor suddenly felt someone grabbing his shoulders and pulling him away from the other man.
“Leave it Will, he’s not worth it,” the person told him.
To his astonishment, it was Prince William.
The royal’s intervention brought the scuffle to an end, but it did not save Mellor from being thrown out of the nightclub.
As security officers approached, the actor desperately appealed to William to explain what had happened.
“William, tell them it wasn’t my fault,” Mellor recalled pleading.
The prince reportedly reassured him, saying, “It’s alright, don’t worry about it.”
Despite having the future king on his side, Mellor was escorted out of the venue.
The hilarious aftermath became even more memorable when a friend contacted him the following day to describe the extraordinary sight of William calming him down as though they were longtime friends.
The incident reportedly occurred years before William became Prince of Wales. Boujis, a fashionable South Kensington nightclub that closed in 2016, was once a favorite destination for the young royal and Kate Middleton during their early relationship.
Mellor, meanwhile, became a familiar face on British television through shows including Hollyoaks, Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps and Coronation Street.
The actor revisited the extraordinary royal encounter while promoting his memoir, Where There’s a Will: My Story, released November 5.
Although the story has attracted fresh attention, it is not an entirely new revelation. Mellor previously discussed the nightclub encounter during a 2016 television appearance.
Still, the resurfaced anecdote offers an amusing glimpse into William’s younger years, long before the responsibilities of becoming Britain’s next king took center stage.
And for Mellor, getting kicked out of a nightclub was apparently a small price to pay for a story involving a future monarch who personally stepped in to break up his fight.