{"id":181358,"date":"2025-06-13T15:01:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T15:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/181358\/"},"modified":"2025-06-13T15:01:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T15:01:11","slug":"how-did-prince-williams-friend-sunjay-kapur-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/181358\/","title":{"rendered":"How Did Prince William&#8217;s Friend Sunjay Kapur Die?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stylecaster.com\/t\/prince-william\/\" id=\"auto-tag_prince-william\" data-tag=\"prince-william\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prince William<\/a>\u2018s friend passed away in a tragic accident. The news comes after some devastating updates to <a href=\"https:\/\/stylecaster.com\/t\/king-charles\/\" id=\"auto-tag_king-charles\" data-tag=\"king-charles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">King Charles<\/a>\u2018 health. <\/p>\n<p>Prince William\u2019s friend Sunjay Kapur died on June 12, 2025, after he swallowed a bee at a polo match, which triggered a heart attack. Kapur was the billionaire businessman and chairman of global car parts giant Sona Comstar. He was 52. <\/p>\n<p>Kapur was a well known figure in the polo circuit in the UK. He frequently met up with <a href=\"https:\/\/stylecaster.com\/entertainment\/celebrity-news\/1234832346\/prince-william-resemblance-princess-diana\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/stylecaster.com\/entertainment\/celebrity-news\/1234832346\/prince-william-resemblance-princess-diana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prince William<\/a> who is also an avid Polo player. <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/stylecaster.com\/entertainment\/celebrity-news\/1234834906\/prince-harry-meghan-markle-trooping-the-colour\/\" title=\"\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-card-index=\"0\" data-post-id=\"1234834906\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1749826870_161_meghan-markle-prince-harry-king-charles.jpg\" alt=\"Meghan Markle, Prince Harry, King Charles\" height=\"168\" width=\"300\"   loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-attachment-id=\"1234834917\" data-wp-size=\"nova_size__sixteenbynine_small_cropped\"\/><\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/stylecaster.com\/entertainment\/celebrity-news\/1234834749\/princess-beatrice-eugenie-trooping-the-colour\/\" title=\"\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-card-index=\"1\" data-post-id=\"1234834749\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1749826871_85_princess-eugenie-charles-andrew-beatrice_9c7267.jpg\" alt=\"Princess Beatrice, King Charles, Prince Andrew, Princess Eugenie\" height=\"168\" width=\"300\"   loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-attachment-id=\"1234834754\" data-wp-size=\"nova_size__sixteenbynine_small_cropped\"\/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Just hours before the accident, Kapur made a tribute to the Air India plane crash tragedy. \u201cTerrible news of the tragic Air India crash in Ahmedabad,\u201d he wrote on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sunjaykapur\/status\/1933127523648307353\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">X.<\/a> My thoughts and prayers are with all the families affected. May they find strength in this difficult hour.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/stylecaster.com\/entertainment\/celebrity-news\/1234818334\/when-william-king\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Related: The 1 Way William\u2019s Reign as King Will Be Different Than Charles\u2019 Amid Reports He Wants Harry \u2018Harshly Dealt With\u2019 for How He \u2018Betrayed the Family\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The news comes after reports that Prince William\u2019s father King Charles\u2019 cancer is incurable. \u201cThe talk now is that he may die \u2018with\u2019 cancer, but not \u2018of\u2019 cancer following a rigorous treatment program,\u201d she revealed in\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/\">The Telegraph<\/a>. She also confirmed that King Charles\u2019 80th anniversary plans in 2028 are \u201ctentative\u201d due to his ailing health.<\/p>\n<p>Royal author Tom Quinn told\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harpersbazaar.com\/celebrity\/latest\/a64504238\/what-prince-william-monarchy-coronation-will-look-like-exclusive\/\">Harper\u2019s Bazaar<\/a>\u00a0that the Prince of Wales\u2019 succession plans are ramping up. \u201cThe people I\u2019ve spoken to have said that the succession planning, as they call it, began even before\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stylecaster.com\/entertainment\/celebrity-news\/1234812085\/charles-side-effects-cancer\/\">Charles\u2019 diagnosis<\/a>,\u201d he said. \u201cI mean, he\u2019s the oldest Prince of Wales to become king in history, so succession planning had begun before Charles came to the throne simply because of the age issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One part of William\u2019s most ardent tasks as King to deal with his brother\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/stylecaster.com\/t\/prince-harry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prince Harry<\/a> after the Duke of Sussex pleaded for reconciliation with his family. \u201cIt\u2019s no secret William wants Harry more\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stylecaster.com\/entertainment\/celebrity-news\/1234817699\/harry-meghan-titles-removed\/\">harshly dealt with<\/a>. He thinks he has betrayed the family from top to bottom, which is the ultimate Windsor crime. It wouldn\u2019t take much to provoke him to flex his muscles when he is king,\u201d a palace insider told\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/meghan-and-harry-could-be-stripped-of-hrh-titles-by-vengeful-prince-william\/\">The Daily Beast<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prince William\u2018s friend passed away in a tragic accident. 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