Wills & Kate deny it, but someone is talking.

Prince William has lashed out at critics who have dubbed him, his family and his friends as elitist and stuck up.

According to reports, Wills has been horrified at the accusations of snobbery and also the personal attacks on Carole Middleton.

A friend of William's told the Daily Mail: : "William does not believe that anyone genuinely - or even remotely - connected with him would say such things and is horrified that these reports have emerged.

"He suspects there is a great deal of mischief-making going on - although who by, he has no idea - and thinks it is extremely unfair and totally unnecessary, particularly for Kate and her family."

Buckingham Palace has also denied reports that the Queen was appalled by Carole Middleton's lack of social graces, also denying that Her Majesty had ever met Carole. A source told the Daily Mail: "There has never been any meetings between the two and the Queen certainly wouldn't voice an opinion on her," said one.

"To suggest that the Palace was snobbish in any way about Miss Middleton and her family could be very damaging. That's just not the way things work nowadays."

Meanwhile, Prince William is trying to get on with his life. A royal aide told the Daily Mail: "The simple fact of the matter is that two young people who met at university have unfortunately drifted apart after four years. The break-up is completely amicable and both Kate and William are still very supportive of each other.

"William just wants to put the past few days behind him and get on with his life and I am sure the same goes for Kate."

Kate has fought back at claims that her friends are talking by issuing a statement through her lawyers, Harbottle and Lewis. Her lawyers denied Kate had unofficially authorised any "so-called friends" to speak to media sources. Whether this is true or not is yet to be seen.

Camilla Parker Bowles also denied ever speaking to the press, yet it was subsequently revealed that she had a reporting relationship with former royal editor of The Sun, Stuart Higgins. Diana, Princess of Wales also had special "relationships" with members of the press. Richard Kay and Andrew Morton both received information from Diana on many occasions.

In an environment whereby they cannot speak publicly, royals and those around them use other tactics to issue points of view. It's not surprising that both William and Kate have chosen to deny allowing friends speak on their behalf. What is surprising is that anyone would actually believe them given past evidence of royals and others speaking through friends.

Time may very well reveal what we already suspect. Someone is talking.