Prince Harry’s first girlfriend said ‘he’ll turn out just like Andrew’, court hears | Royal | News
Prince Harry’s first girlfriend warned she could be like her uncle the former Duke of York, the High Court has heard during the duke’s privacy case against a newspaper publisher.
The claim was revealed in evidence given by journalist Barbara Jones, who told the court she visited Harry’s then-girlfriend Chelsy Davy in Cape Town in 2004 while she was working as The Mail’s Africa correspondent on Sunday. Davy confirmed she was having an affair with Prince Harry during that meeting, Jones said.
The court heard Jones returned three months later with a source named Joe Osman, who claimed he knew Davy’s brother because he was selling cannabis. According to The Times, Jones said he waited in his car outside the property in Cape Town’s Newlands suburb while Osman spent about 20 minutes inside.
He later recorded what he said was a conversation he had with Davy.
According to Jones, Osman claimed Davy told Harry there was “no point” in pursuing a career as an army officer and warned that he would “be just like Prince Andrew”.
The source also claimed Davy told him he had encouraged Harry to rent a Nazi uniform when he called him from a costume rental shop, the court heard.
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The claim relates to the famous controversy in 2005, when Harry attended a fancy dress party wearing a Nazi uniform with swastika sleeves. At the time, Clarence House released a statement saying the prince apologized “for any offense” caused by the incident.
Jones told the court Davy had also described Harry as someone who “acted like a coward” for allowing him to be imprisoned at Highgrove House following the backlash.
The evidence forms part of Harry’s ongoing legal case against Associated Newspapers, which he accuses of illegally collecting information.
Duke is one of several prominent figures making claims in the case, including Elton John. Plaintiffs allege journalists used illegal methods, such as eavesdropping on voicemails, to obtain private information.
Associated Newspapers and its journalists deny the allegations and say no illegal activity took place.
Harry also told the court that neither he nor Davy had friends at the time who would speak to the press about their relationship.
The trial continues at the High Court in London.
