Prince William named 'sexiest bald man' of 2024

Did the beard effect play a role? For the second year in a row, Prince William received the title “sexiest bald man” of the year 2024. A very serious ranking carried out each year by the public relations agency Reboot and which is established every year since 2021.

And at 42, the future king even beat several big Hollywood stars. He came to the top of the ranking with “an almost perfect score” of 9.86 out of 10, followed by actor Dwayne Johnson, with a score of 8.88 out of 10. A clear lead for Prince William. The podium is completed by former player and basketball legend Shaquille O'Neal, with a score of 8.84 out of 10.

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Although this classification may seem trivial, it is based on scientific data to note and classify bald personalities among themselves. The agency uses in particular the “cranial shine factor”, “the attractiveness of the voice” or even “the facial proximity of the golden ratio”, i.e. the symmetry of facial features. Kate Middleton's husband also appears to “still have sex appeal today,” says the study, which found that more than 16,800 people searched for “shirtless” and “naked” images of the heir to the British throne this year on Google.

In 5th place in 2022

If Prince William has always been at the top of the ranking, he fell to 5th place in 2022. Has his new look allowed him to regain points? Since the start of the school year, Prince William has sported a three-day beard. A communication strategy for some, a way of freeing themselves from the dictates of royal protocol for others.

Either way his new look works. But this year, Prince William is not the only one of King Charles III's children to be part of this kind of ranking: his brother, Prince Harry, is in 25th place in the list of “50 most successful men”. hottest ever” this year, established by the magazine Harper’s Bazaar.