“The King” author Christopher Andersen made the claim after the resurfacing of a 2011 interview in which the embattled music mogul chatted about wanting the royals to attend his blowout bashes.
“Diddy invited both William and Harry back when, as he put it, the brothers ‘were young bucks getting into trouble themselves,’” the journalist told Fox News Digital Wednesday. “Obviously, in their youth, both princes made plenty of headlines with their party animal antics at nightclubs in and around London.”
“Diddy made a point of inviting them to his parties,” Andersen continued. “But those invitations were wisely turned down, and after William and Kate [Middleton] got engaged [in 2010], Diddy got the hint and stopped inviting them altogether.”
Both William, now 42, and Harry, now 40, were regular club-goers and, as the royal pundit noted, “might easily have said yes and attended one of Diddy’s wild parties.”
However, “thanks to their palace handlers, they dodged a bullet there,” according to Andersen.
Combs, now 54, confirmed during a 2011 appearance on “The Graham Norton Show” that invitations had been proffered to the “young bucks.”
“Not anymore,” Graham Norton noted, pointing out that William was about to marry Middleton later that year.
“Don’t ruin our royal wedding for us,” the TV host jokingly pleaded, prompting Combs to reassure him that the princes were no longer being invited.
“Trust me, they’re off the list,” he shared.
Combs is believed to have first met the princes when he performed at a benefit concert in honor of their late mother, Princess Diana, in 2007.
The rapper famously hosted extravagant parties that drew a slew of bold-faced names. The soirees have come under intense scrutiny since he was arrested last month and charged with racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution.
A raid of Combs’ homes in March unearthed 1,000 bottles of lubricant and baby oil that were allegedly used during his “freak-off” parties.
He has denied any wrongdoing and is being held in remand at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, NY.
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