Prince William i Princess Kate Middletonthe university colleague Ben Duncan he died at the age of 45, several British media have reported.
Duncan, who appeared in UK’s big brother in 2010, he fell about 100 feet from a rooftop bar (on the seventh floor) of the Trafalgar St Hotel. James of London. The events took place on Thursday, October 30.
London’s Metropolitan Police confirmed that “officers responded to concerns about a man on the roof of a building in Cockspur Street, Westminster,” in a statement to the Daily Mailwho was the first to report the news. The incident took place shortly after 23:00 local time.
“The man sadly fell from a height. Despite the best efforts of London Ambulance Service, he was sadly pronounced dead at the scene,” the statement added. “His death is unexpected but not suspicious.”
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A London Ambulance Service also spoke of Duncan’s death in a separate statement Daily Mail. (The publication also reported that there were tall plastic screens around the edge of the roof bar.)
“‘We dispatched resources to the scene, including an ambulance crew, an incident response officer, paramedics in rapid response cars and paramedics from our hazardous area response team,’ they shared. “We also dispatched a trauma team in a London Air Ambulance car. Sadly, despite the best efforts of our crews, one man was pronounced dead at the scene.”
Before his reality TV career, Duncan attended St Andrews University at the same time as William and Kate, both 43. He was reportedly part of her group of friends while at school and that’s when the royals started dating. we understands that William and Duncan were not friends as reported.
Duncan previously met William and Kate during a 2010 interview.
“Because we had Will and Kate with us, we had royal protection officers swarming the place,” he recalled at the time. “We knew they hit it off and we knew something was going on, but they just stood by themselves to push through.”
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Duncan also recalled the famous fashion show where Kate’s clue goes first caught William’s attention.
“‘It was the end of his freshman year. I was there, and there were a lot of hot girls in person,” he recalled. “She was wearing a very bold dress, with a stocking-like dress. He was sitting in the front row and his eyes were like stalks.”
Duncan added: “She walked past him on her way down the catwalk and things were never the same again – the whole history of the monarchy had been altered.”
Us Weekly William’s team has been contacted for comment.
Apart from his time in the UK big brotherDuncan also appeared come to dinner with me, Ladette to Lady i Celebrity Coach Trip. Duncan talked about his reality TV fame during an interview with digital spy in 2010.
“Someone asked me a couple of weeks ago if my life had changed. And the thing is, I’ve never had a 9 to 5 job, so in many ways it hasn’t at all,” he added. “Of course people now ask me for photos and attention on the street, but I’ve always been the kind of person who would talk to people on the street. I’ve always loved parties and I’ve been around the London party scene, so that hasn’t changed. I pick and choose my events more carefully now, that’s one thing that’s changed.”