Will Mellor reveals unexpected encounter with Prince William after he stepped in to break up a fight the actor got into in a 'posh' London nightclub

Will Mellor has shared an incredible story about a past encounter with Prince William.Speaking on Fearne Cotton's Happy Place podcast, the actor, 50, revealed the future king once broke up a fight between him and a nightclub reveller.Plugging his autobiography Where There's A Will: My Story, the Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps star branded his royal exchange 'the best story in the book'.He told Fearne: 'One of the best stories in the book is Prince William breaking up a fight you're in. Yeah. Yeah. I was on crutches as well. I mean, what's wrong with me? Uh I was Prince William. Yeah, we we was a place... 'He's on the floor and I'm fighting with this lad on the floor. Um, and then I've got these hands on me shoulders picking me up and I'm sort of doing what I do. And then I hear this person going, 'Leave it, Will. He's not worth it. Leave it...'And it was Prince William and he's got his hands on me shoulders looking at me now doing, "Will, leave it. He's not worth it."' Will Mellor has shared an incredible story about a past encounter with Prince William Speaking on Fearne Cotton's Happy Place podcast, the actor, 50, revealed the future king once broke up a fight between him and a nightclub reveller (Prince William pictured in July) Will continued the hilarious anecdote by revealing the Secret Service were also present to protect William in the midst of his intervention. He said: 'I'm going, "He's not me off me crutches, Will. He's not me off me crutches." I'm going mad. Anyway, I can see the Secret Service. Obviously, they're on the peripherals and they're coming in and I thought, "I've gone here, aren't I?" 'And and then and then I'm going, "Tell them, William. It's not my fault. They they pushed me off." Anyway, they're carrying me out and I'm still shouting, "William, tell him it wasn't my fault.' And he's going, "It's all right. Don't worry about it." 'Anyway, just a future king. And I got thrown out of the club..'This the funny part of this story is I go home the next day and my mate phones me goes, "I'll never forget seeing Prince William with his hands on your shoulders going, 'Leave it, Will. It's not worth it." Like it was like it was one of your mates.'Despite the jovial tale, other parts of the podcast were more hard-hitting as he broke down in tears and said he 'hated himself' during his battle with depression following the death of his father and sister.The actor lost his father Bill to cancer in April 2020, just two weeks after his diagnosis, and his sister Joanne died from a heart attack in 2012 at the age of 44.Joanne was born with Marfan syndrome, a genetic connective tissue disorder, and was both mentally and physically disabled. Despite the jovial tale, other parts of the podcast were more hard-hitting as he broke down in tears and said he 'hated himself' during his battle with depression following the death of his father and sister Will broke down in tears as he recalled his battle with depression Will explained that during her life she had multiple health scares where they were told she was going to die. However, in 2012 she returned from a respite trip with a care company and two weeks later she died of a heart attack.'I slipped into depression after that and I wasn't a good person,' recalled Will, as he opened up about her death on the recent episode of the podcast.He explained: 'I wasn't a good person to be around. I'm a positive person. You know me. I'm a live wire of I want to make everybody happy. I try and make everyone laugh.'It's hard to talk about because looking back I couldn't help it. But I didn't even want to get out of bed. So that means I wasn't a positive person around my children.'He added: 'I never thought I would find myself in that cloud and not see colour anymore.'And I couldn't because I couldn't protect her anymore. I couldn't change it. That's what the killer is. Because I always thought, "Oh, I can fix things. I'll do anything to help people if I can". And I couldn't help her.'I just did the wrong thing. Drinking, gambling, trying to find a high in life which sent me further down the hole. I hated myself for it. But I got through it. My wife got me through it.' The actor's dad Bill died suddenly in April 2020 and Will was unable to comfort his grieving mother due to social distancing guidelines (pictured with his parents in 2017)Fearne asked: 'What was that moment where you like, "Oh, I can cope slightly better now".''It was stopping the things that was making me worse, the drinking and going out and trying to pretend everything's all right. Because that's what I was very good at.No one would have known if I'd have gone out to the pub. You'd have "Oh, Will's in great spirits". It's when I got home and I woke up the next morning in that cloud again,' said Will.'But I didn't realise that what I was doing to myself, drinking and you know, gambling and whatever else just made me worse.'So my wife sticking by me and going, "Come on, we're going to do this for the kids and being around the kids because they're my world and they're magic and they can they can do great things. Sorry, I'm very emotional. I'm sorry.'I struggle with my emotions are just there on the surface all the time and I when I talk about these things, it's because I care and I can't help it.'