Rumors that Prince William is a fan of safe sex may be behind his pulling out of The Hobbit, Palace sources said today.
The movie is part of Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy where a scene set at a broken bridge at the Mines of Moria sees a Hobbit called Gimli tells Aragorn that 'nobody tosses a dwarf'.
'Apart from Prince William, of course,' an uncut version of the film alleges.
Royal matriarch Queen Elizabeth is 4ft 2ins.