Prince William, King Charles and more royals who have sported beards and facial hair

The Prince of Wales prompted a big reaction when he sported stubble in a video message for Team GB with the Princess of Wales in August 2024. Prince William is usually clean-shaven but seemed to be in full holiday mode during the royal family's annual summer break. The video was shot in Norfolk, where the Waleses have their country home, Anmer Hall. 

Prince Harry was the perfect boyish royal when he had a fully shaven face, but now he's matured into an adult, he truly suits having a beard.

Prince William didn't sport a beard for very long, but the royal looked very dapper in 2008 during a trip to Sandringham when he sported a full beard. By the time he walked down the aisle with wife Kate, it was all gone and William has never looked back.

Speaking about William's facial hair, Jim explained the Prince of Wales had opted for a "classic, full beard" praising the royal for keeping it well-groomed.

And as to whether William should bring his beard back, Jim enthused: "Definitely! Particularly as he has lost a lot of his hair, adding a beard will help to balance out his look.

"William also has an oval face shape, which works well with a full beard and is great for accentuating your face and cheekbones. I would say if he was to opt for a beard again, he would look great with a full beard as he had previously, again keeping this more groomed and polished for a sophisticated look. However, he would also look great with a stylish stubble."

In truth, we could never properly imagine King Charles having a beard, but he did wear one briefly in his youth. These days, the monarch prefers a clean-shaven face.

Like his son, Charles also went for a classic beard, however, Jim opined that the King should now remain clean-shaven. "Although King Charles looked great with his beard, I would say at his age now, he looks great clean-shaven, particularly as he likes to style his hair slicked back or to the side regularly," he shared.

Mike Tindall is another royal gent who certainly suits having a beard, just look how distinguished he is on the left! But during his rugby days, the star decided to be clean-shaven.

King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands has been sporting his well-groomed ginger facial hair for several years now. And we believe he certainly suits the style a lot more than when he was clean-shaven.

The newly-crowned King of Denmark is certainly a fan of his grey facial hair. He looks like an entirely different person in the photo on the right without it!

Although King Philippe of Belgium prefers to go without facial hair these days, the royal did appear to be very regal when he sported a small beard.

When Spain's King Felipe acceded to the throne in 2014, he was fully clean-shaven, however, as the years have gone on, the royal has decided to embrace a full grey beard.

Crown Prince Haakon has such a baby face without his facial hair! The royal has fully embraced his beard over the years and we think it really suits the Norwegian heir to the throne.

Prince Carl Philip looks like quite the gentleman with his beard, but back in his younger days, he had an Orlando Bloom vibe going with his clean-shaven appearance.

The Monaco royal suits both having a beard and going clean-shaven. Which one do you prefer?

Pierre Casiraghi is another Monaco royal who suits having a beard or going without. But with his facial hair, he almost resembles Miles Teller in Top Gun 2!

We round off this list with the late Queen's cousin, Prince Michael of Kent. Although it's almost impossible to imagine the royal without his signature white beard, in the photo on the left he was fully clean-shaven as he posed with his new bride, Princess Michael of Kent. What a difference!