But over on Vancouver Island, Canada, where the couple are living with ten-month-old Archie, their neighbours are waging a war of their own, refusing to back down and forming a united front against the rest of the world.
And it has stunned people all over the world. Vancouver Island The local newspaper, The Victoria Times Colonist, which has a circulation of 35,000, is refusing to print any stories about the royal couple, their home, their activities or their lives.
Despite being offered cash for information, the newspaper editor and publisher Dave Obee has decided not to cover their stay on the island, writing: "Their connection to our island is worthy of note, but their day-to-day existence here is not.
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