Actor Will Mellor says he encountered Prince William during a night out in London when a confrontation turned into a physical fight. Mellor says the future king stepped in to break it up after noticing the incident in a “posh” nightclub setting.

The reports all draw on Mellor’s comments made during Fearne Cotton’s Happy Place podcast. Across outlets, the core details are consistent: Mellor describes being surprised by William’s presence and by his swift intervention during the altercation, with the night ultimately ending badly.

While the basic story is shared, headlines and framing vary in how directly they highlight “breaking up” the fight and how surprised Mellor is by William being in that environment. One outlet repeats the same account in an almost identical way, leading with the podcast context and William’s intervention.