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Prince William and Kate Middleton have developed something of a reputation for living like us common folk. Kate wears the same clothes on repeated occasions! William scarfs down nachos at airports! Kate shops at the Gap! As such, it shouldn't come as such a surprise that William was seen flying coach after leaving Memphis on Sunday, the morning after he regaled hundreds of wedding-goers with a spirited rendition of "Shout." William was snapped sitting by the plane's window by U.S. television reporter Eli Ross, who was sitting a few rows behind him on the Memphis-to-Dallas flight. "I am still amazed #Prince William flies COACH. That's pretty humble/awesome. Who knew?" Ross wrote, no doubt confusing hundreds of Prince fanatics eagerly awaiting news about the musician's forthcoming new album.
The back of William's head (which we would know even if it were buried among a thousand fur pelts in a ditch! ) is unmistakable in the shot. According to the Daily Mail, William is "understood to have ordered water during the 1hour 30 domestic flight." (Water! So chic right now.) William and Harry are said to have paid for the trip to pal Guy Pelly's wedding out of their own pockets, and the Daily Mail notes that the reason for William's frugality may have been related to his security detail, as the princes are at all times accompanied by a team of four taxpayer-funded officers. The Daily Beast quips that "you wouldn't catch Prince Charles [flying coach]," indicating, perhaps, a generational shift in the royal ranks.
Harry, however, was nowhere to be seen on William's flight, which means it is still possible the twerk-happy, newly single redhead returned to London on a gold-plated private jet piloted by Snoop Dogg, populated by the casts of the three most recent Real World seasons, and D.J.ed by an Avicii-Skrillex collab! oration.
Source : http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2014/05/prince-william-flew-coach-memphis-wedding?mbid%3Dsocial_twitter
