A former royal staffer is pulling back the curtain on Prince William and Kate Middleton's reported WhatsApp nicknames.
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Jack Stooks, who worked for King Charles for 21 years as a gardener at Highgrove, shared a rare glimpse into how members of the royal family reportedly identified one another on the messaging app.
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"I remember Princes William and Harry always had the latest phones," Stooks explained to GB News.
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"They actually gave their numbers out to staff so we could contact them about logistical things.
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They also had our numbers, and they would just WhatsApp us if they needed anything."
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"We couldn't have them saved under their real names, so they had nicknames instead," said Stooks.
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"William was 'Bobcat', Harry was 'Baz', and when Catherine joined the family, she became ‘Mrs. Bobcat.’
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Stooks told Fox News Digital on behalf of OLBG that only a limited number of staff were given the royals' phone numbers, which had to be kept a closely guarded secret.
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"We had the family under different names, so that if anyone's phone was taken, the number could be differentiated," he explained.
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"That way, no one knew which number was which.
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They all change their numbers regularly, so I don't have any of their phone numbers now.
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WATCH: ROYAL FAMILY'S CHEEKY NICKNAMES FOR EACH OTHER REVEALED
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The nickname I gave to Harry on my phone was ‘Baz,’" Stooks shared.
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"He was always called ‘Baz’ by his friends, so I just took that.
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From memory, William was ‘Wombat,’ again because that is what his friends called him."
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Fox News Digital reached out to Buckingham Palace and Kensington Palace for comment.
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Stooks told GB News that the royal family "are big WhatsApp users."
"He may have a lot of privilege, but William was never one to demand something from staff," Stooks told the outlet.
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He would always check how busy I was before asking me to do errands for him.
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And whenever I said I would do something for William, he would always reply: 'You're a legend.'
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"They have groups with their friends, and there is also a family group with the royal cousins, including Prince William, Zara Tindall, Peter Phillips and the York sisters," he continued.
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"They're very much like any other family when it comes to keeping in touch through their phones."
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Several royal experts told Fox News Digital that members of the royal family have long used nicknames.
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Some are terms of affection, while others have reportedly been used as aliases for privacy or security.
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"When they had a security issue, William and Kate are known as Danny Collins and Daphne Clark, DC," royal broadcaster Ian Pelham Turner told Fox News Digital.
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"In other words, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge," he said, referring to the Prince and Princess of Wales.
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"The late queen was always known as Sharon, believe it or not, just for the simple S, which stood for sovereign."
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"King Charles and Queen Camilla, do they call themselves that?
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No," said Turner.
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"They call themselves Fred and Gladys.
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Because in the 1950s and 1960s, Prince Charles used to listen to a radio show each week called 'The Goon Show,' which was a comedy show where Fred and Gladys were called.
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When he started a romance with Queen Camilla, the joke started as well.
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That's where Fred and Gladys first started.
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"And then you would think, why on earth would the queen, Elizabeth that is, be called any other nickname other than Your Majesty?" he said.
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"Prince Philip used to call the queen Cabbage."
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British broadcaster Helena Chard told Fox News Digital that the name derived from the French "mon petit chou," or "my little cabbage."
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"I believe he also affectionately called her sausage," Chard added.
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"When Prince William, as a little boy, fell at Buckingham Palace, he was overheard by a guest crying out, 'Gary! Gary!’" said British royals expert Hilary Fordwich.
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"The Queen told the surprised guest, 'I'm Gary.
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He hasn't learned to say "Granny" yet.'
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Several royal experts noted that at university, William was known as "Steve" in an attempt to fly under the radar.
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…and 21 more, not listed.
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