Daily Mail

Wills, the real prince of wheels!

- By Rebecca English Royal Correspond­ent

HE would clearly love to re-live his boy racer days, but Prince William knows riding this supercharg­ed ‘silver dream machine’ is a mission impossible.

He jumped at the chance to sit on this hand-built Norton SG7, which has a top speed of 208mph, but confessed: ‘I’m a father of three, I have to tone it down now.’ William also revealed he has been forced to downsize from his Ducati 1209 to a less powerful bike from the same manufactur­er.

He wistfully told visitors to The Isle of Man TT races that riding was not just about emulating Tom Cruise in the film franchise, adding: ‘I miss the big trips, for me biking was always about being with everybody else.’

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Cruise control: Prince William can only dream of hitting the open road like film star Tom Cruise, above left
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