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Prince William was banned from his a local rental video rental store near his university as he failed to pay multiple late fines, a shop assistant has claimed.
A former employee at the store near St Andrews University claimed the heir to the throne was a regular patron – but not always a good one.
Identified only as Zoe, the retail worker said that the Prince of Wales particularly favoured the 2002 comedy film ‘Boat Trip’, which he rented out repeatedly.
The prince however was eventually banned from the store after he repeatedly returned DVDs too late and his bodyguards failed to pay the fines.
She told The Sun: “We used to serve Prince William quite regularly in the video shop in St Andrews before everything went digital.
“His DVDs were always late and his bodyguards would never want to pay the fines.
“We would end up, because it was just part of it, we had to ban Prince William until he paid up, which he always did in the end. He’s very nice.”
Boat Trip, which Zoe says “is not very good”, follows two staight men accidentally boarding a gay cruise under the guise it was a singles’ cruise.
The movie’s artwork features a scantily clad Victoria Silvstedt, a Swedish actress, wearing a bikini and riding a banana.
William attended the University of St Andrews in Scotland as a History of Art student in 2001 before later switched his main subject to geography.
The young prince met his future wife, Kate Middleton, the same year he began university. He famously pursued after he saw her walk down a runway for a charity fashion show.
