Did Prince William Really Have A Relationship With Britney Spears?

Britney Spears celebrated her 40th birthday on December 2, 2021, and she has been making headlines fairly frequently over the past several months. For the first time in 13 years, after a long battle, the "Piece of Me" singer is living a life free of a conservatorship; Judge Brenda Penny made the ruling on November 12. "The conservatorship of the person and estate of Britney Jean Spears is no longer required," she said, according to The New York Times.

Back in her heyday, Britney was one of the most talked about pop stars in the world. Even beyond that, the entertainer was unsurprisingly in the dreams of many boys, including one royal heir. Britney and Prince William are around the same age, and evidently connected way back when the future king was just a teenager. Britney and William had been talking, which is something that Britney admitted herself. "Yeah, it was just like, all blown out of proportion — we exchanged e-mails for a little bit and he was supposed to come and see me somewhere but it didn't work out," she said during an interview on a British talk show, according to ABC News. The pop star claims that William actually stood her up — and the two never got the chance to meet in person. But did they actually have an online relationship?

In the new book, "Brothers and Wives: Inside the Private Lives of William, Kate, Harry and Meghan," author Christopher Andersen claims that Britney Spears and Prince William actually had a bit of a thing despite never actually meeting face to face. The two "tried to get together back when they were young, and he also had a kind of similar cyber relationship with Lauren Bush," Anderson told Us Weekly. Interestingly, Spears denied having any kind of cyber relationship with William during her interview on the "Frank Skinner Show," according to ABC News. 

While Spears never actually dated a Brit, she did find a few guys from across the pond quite attractive. One in particular? Soccer star David Beckham. "I think he's cute," she told The Associated Press (via ABC News). "I'm hoping he'll help me with the soccer moves for the commercial," she said. In another interview, she said that Beckham was her "favorite" soccer player and called him a "cutie," according to Digital Spy.

As the story goes, Prince William actually had quite the crush on Britney Spears when he was younger. According to Perez Hilton, younger Wills was "infatuated" with the pop star — and she thought it was "hilarious." Despite Britney's claim that William essentially ghosted her back in the day, she didn't seem to have any hard feelings toward him in the years that followed. In fact, back in 2011, she was hoping to see William and his wife, Kate Middleton, at her Femme Fatale concert during its UK leg. "That would be crazy and cool. I think they're a beautiful couple. Unfortunately I didn't get to watch the wedding but I heard it was beautiful," Spears said during an interview with Glamour magazine (via Perez Hilton). 

During another interview, Britney recognized that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were extremely busy, and probably wouldn't be able to attend her show. "I'm sure they're very, very busy, but if they could squeeze it in that would be very cool," she said on Daybreak, according to Yahoo! News.

Not only did Britney Spears want to see the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at her concert, but she also talked about getting Kate Middleton to wear a pair of undergarments from a collaboration that she did with ASOS in 2014. According to Closer, the pop princess actually sent some of her undies to Kate in hopes that she'd wear them. "Oh wouldn't that be splendid," Britney said in a British accent when asked how she would feel if Kate sported a pair of the panties. "I would love to see Kate in my underwear designs. I'm going to send her one of every piece. So she'll have plenty to choose from," Britney added. For the record, Brit's favorite color from the Intimate Britney Spears collection was red. No word on whether or not Britney actually sent any panties to Kate or if the duchess actually wore any of under garments from Britney's collection. 

Of course, things with Prince William — or David Beckham, for that matter — didn't work out for Britney, but she went on to date Justin Timberlake before marrying back-up dancer Kevin Federline, and having two children with him. That relationship didn't pan out, either, but Spears may have finally found her happily ever after; she's currently engaged to model and actor Sam Asghari.