What Should Prince William Do About His Hair?

By Rob Shuter Posted Mar 4th 2011 08:18AM

When it comes to their hair, Prince William and Prince Harry both have had a great sense of humor. A year ago, when the brothers had their official portraits unveiled, Harry joked, "I'm a little bit more ginger in there than I am in real life, and [William was] given more hair so, apart from that, it is what it is ... it could have been worse!"

Now, with William's wedding coming up, all anyone can talk about -- besides Kate Middleton's dress, of course -- is his disappearing hair line and what he'll eventually have to do about it. There are several camps, including the hair transplant crowd, the let-it-all-go set and fans of the shave-it-all-off route.

I asked celebrity hairstylist to the stars Gregg Giannillo, from the Giannillo salon in NYC, what he thought about a possible Bruce Willis look for Will.

"It all depends on the shape of the head," Gregg tells me. "Some men have a very proportionately shaped head, where shaving it may actually accentuate otherwise unnoticeable features such as eyes. Prince William looks great whatever he chooses to do."

Agreed, but in the short term, royal watchers are worried that on his wedding day, Will won't be able to benefit from an artists touch, like he did in the brotherly portrait.

"It's not practical to add hair to every official photo," a royal insider tells me. "If you look at the composition of both images that were released [of William and Harry] you can see how much effort was made to make William's hair look as full as possible. Yet the silly part about all this is Willy doesn't care. If he had his way he would just shave his head and be done with it."

Anything but the Prince Charles comb-over, is all I can say!

Tags: Prince William, royal wedding

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Friday 04 March

By Zero

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He should get a BIG BEER BELLY right after marriage so it'll match fine.

By themeeker

There you go! This is the last word! LOL.

By Hairy

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so men go bald-who cares-its a fact-and it affects the majority-so its not like its anything unusual-men go bald and women are forced to shave their legs n stuff-so who said this life was fair?

By Caroline

Let it be! Leave it as it is. PLEASE DON'T SHAVE IT -- awful look for men. Wish that would go out of "style." Men always say they like women to be "natural"; women want the same thing. Bald-on-purpose is gross.

By Lori

Why does he have to do anything with his hair? Who are you to say he has to do something with his hair? It's his hair. He looks fine. Leave him alone. This is news?????

By ms.r

i bet harry's hair stays put hm lets see. i bet it does

By Adam

Who cares? He doesn't have to do anything about it.

By Tom

Really? The media has nothing worthwhile to pursue? Nothing newsworthy to inform us of? They determine that the best story is to talk about the future king of england's hair. He's getting married, he's living an amazing life and has served his nation with honor. He's about to take on some of the most important roles in his life and all the media has noticed is his hair line and a little balding... My god... Turn yourselves off for awhile... maybe the refresh button will jump start your supposed minds...

By omraee entertainment

A man always has enough hair.

I spend some of my time removing almost all of mine.

Thats' me, though.

The question is Who cares, and waht he wants to do about there opinion.

By Bonbon

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If i were william i would have undertaken a hair transplant he has the money, he is a handsome young man, he should do it!

By Bait

Well said Kellymcpain. He was a cute kid. But even by the time he turned 20 I never thought he was handsome. He has jowls and buck teeth. As for his dad's side of the family, your statement is correct but I never thought Diana's looks were so spectacular either. She had a big nose and she was round shouldered. Now, that doesn't make them bad people, it is what's on the inside that counts; but as long as people are going to talk about looks, on a scale of 1-10, William and his mum (RIP)are/were just about a 6. Kate, on the other hand, is a true beauty.

Sunday 06 March

By Maria

@bait...my sentiments exactly. Dianna was no great beauty by a long shot. ( always with her head down, looking up at the camera, trying to look coy...drove me nuts.)
He's a good looking man...far from spectacular.
As for the Windsor's...The Queen and her sister were very lovely, when younger. Queen's husband was a handsome devil, when younger. Charles was a good looking lad also, until older. His brother's are still handsome. So what is all this about William getting his aweful looks from the Windsor's?
I wish him and Kate all the best.

By Conrad Shagwell

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I wanna know if Kate will "mow the front lawn" to match him.

By Daniel

Same thing happened to me. I just waited until I could not longer style it, and then shaved it all off. It looks WAY better. I wish I had done it sooner. I can afford a transplant, but it just isn't worth it. Who cares? Not my girlfriend. Life isn't a fashion show people. Plus, I never have to pay for a haircut, like, ever again.

By Sharon

He should do nothing and accept himself the way he is. I don't think there is much he can do for male balding.

By randyrasc

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He should get a military buzz cut and embrace his hair loss. The sooner he accepts it, the less it will matter.

By scotttimscott09

Let's get our priorities in order. I for one would give up my full head of hair for more time with my recently deceased wife who died a horrible, wretched death due to the ravages of ALS/Lou Gehrig's disease.

By YellowRose3218

Prince William should be happy with what God gave him.
Theres absolutly nothing wrong with any man losing his hair.
It happens, its a natural part of growing older.
The man looks great as is.

By JJ

Harry and William have two different fathers. Harry has a full head of RED hair and William has balding blond hair. That Hewitt guy is Harry's father. One day someone will get the DNA and prove it..........

Saturday 05 March

By sarah charles

wialliam due to his mother pure royal heritage from all her past grandparents which had a high regal gene in hair as well as his grandmother's hair which is full and shiney,which lady diana spencer was related too as well as the romanov's.They were beautiful people and white smooth milky skin with some yugosyvia ,or dutch,or german...diana had more than normal beauty from whince we normally see the royal family soo william turn out better looking than his father.

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