--- title: Prince William's Shaved Head Is Dividing Internet, Photos description: The Internet had plenty to say after it appeared that Prince William had debuted a new shaved hairstyle this week. canonical: https://time.com/5108658/prince-william-hair-reactions/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-18T20:59:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:46:22.852Z og:title: The Internet Really Loves Prince William's Shaved Head og:description: New hair for the Duke of Cambridge og:url: https://time.com/5108658/prince-william-hair-reactions/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt96cb01f2546846e0/6988f8b4cf40a8ac65c4aff7/prince-william-shaves-head.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: The Duke Of Cambridge Launch's Nationwide Veterans Programme og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Really Loves Prince William's Shaved Head twitter:description: New hair for the Duke of Cambridge twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt96cb01f2546846e0/6988f8b4cf40a8ac65c4aff7/prince-william-shaves-head.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet Is Overwhelmed With Feelings About Prince William's Freshly Shorn Head  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 18, 2018 8:59 PM UTC  LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 18: Prince William, Duke of Cambridge speaks with military veterans now working for the NHS as he visits Evelina London Children's Hospital to launch a nationwide programme to help veterans find work in the NHS on January 18, 2018 in London, England. (Photo by Daniel Leal-Olivas - WPA Pool/Getty Images) LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 18: Prince William, Duke of Cambridge speaks with military veterans now working for the NHS as he visits Evelina London Children's Hospital to launch a nationwide programme to help veterans find work in the NHS on January 18, 2018 in London, England. (Photo by Daniel Leal-Olivas - WPA Pool/Getty Images)WPA Pool—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 18, 2018 8:59 PM UTC While plenty of people have been busy paying attention to [Meghan Markle’s](http://time.com/5108303/meghan-markle-sustainable-fashion-philanthropy/) artfully mussed low chignon, another royal’s new hairstyle — or rather, the lack thereof — made its debut. [Prince William](http://time.com/5061268/prince-william-harry-star-wars-last-jedi-red-carpet/) showed off what appeared to be a freshly shorn, very closely cropped haircut during an appearance at the Evelina London Children’s Hospital. As might be expected, the Internet had all of the feelings about the [Duke of Cambridge’s](http://time.com/4926861/prince-william-kate-middleton-pregnant/) new haircut and took to Twitter to discuss the style’s most riveting aspects, including takes on the seeming shave, which many found to be his most flattering look yet.  LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 18: Prince William, Duke of Cambridge speaks with military veterans now working for the NHS as he visits Evelina London Children's Hospital to launch a nationwide programme to help veterans find work in the NHS on January 18, 2018 in London, England. (Photo by Daniel Leal-Olivas - WPA Pool/Getty Images) WPA Pool—Getty Images See some of the reactions below. > [](https://twitter.com/CambridgeAwe/status/954002624914870272) > [](https://twitter.com/SimonJohnPalmer/status/953988992780845057) > [](https://twitter.com/TheoDaDon/status/953996297626931200) > [](https://twitter.com/kmfmofficial/status/954016330662989825) > [](https://twitter.com/NeilQuigley/status/954091269579567105) Prince William visited the hospital to show his support for the Step Into Health initiative benefiting veterans. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5108658/prince-william-hair-reactions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5108658/prince-william-hair-reactions/"},"headline":"The Internet Is Overwhelmed With Feelings About Prince William's Freshly Shorn Head","datePublished":"2018-01-18T20:59:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:46:22.852Z","description":"New hair for the Duke of Cambridge","url":"https://time.com/5108658/prince-william-hair-reactions/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Royal Family","celebrities","viral","Prince William"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt96cb01f2546846e0/6988f8b4cf40a8ac65c4aff7/prince-william-shaves-head.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt96cb01f2546846e0/6988f8b4cf40a8ac65c4aff7/prince-william-shaves-head.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Duke Of Cambridge Launch's Nationwide Veterans Programme","caption":"The Duke Of Cambridge Launch's Nationwide Veterans Programme","creditText":"WPA Pool—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5108658/prince-william-hair-reactions/","name":"The Internet Is Overwhelmed With Feelings About Prince William's Freshly Shorn Head"}}]}] ```