A brief, long-distance romance existed between Prince William and Britney Spears.

There will be plenty of individuals who have crushes on you when you're the biggest pop artist in the world, but not all of them will be aristocrats. In the late 1990s, there were speculations that Prince William was wanting to meet up with Britney Spears and had a thing for pop princesses. He originally had a fancy for Baby Spice.

Her most well-known ex-boyfriend is probably Timberlake, although Spears has also had relationships with British nobility. She had been "very friendly" with the young prince in the early 2000s, according to People magazine. Prince William of the United Kingdom was maybe her most well-known reported love interest. Rumors of a secret romance between Britney Spears and the British royal first surfaced in 2002, following the end of her relationship with Justin Timberlake. Since Prince William stood her up, there was actually no connection.

In an interview with the presenter of "The Frank Skinner Show" in 2002, according to People, Spears said, "Yeah, it was just like, all blown out of proportion, we exchanged emails for a little while, and he was going to come and visit me someplace, but it didn't work out." Spears rebuffed Skinner's expression of outrage that William had humiliated her. She remarked, "He's a busy person.