Prince Harry has admitted he was “immature” and made a “stupid decision” by flirting with a brunette while dating Chelsy Davy.
The duke was in an on-again, off-again relationship with his former flame for seven years, with Harry today claiming the relationship felt “doomed”.
And he today shed light on the relationship as he testified in the phone hacking trial against the Mirror Group papers.
He admitted he had been “immature” during the relationship with Chelsy, particularly referencing an article in 2005 that detailed claims about his party lifestyle.
Chelsy was said to have been “furious” and gave Prince Harry a “tongue-lashing down the phone”, according to the report at the time.
And in his 55-page submission, Prince Harry admitted he was “immature” and made a “stupid decision” after “allegations that I had been flirting with a brunette at the party”.
He said: “I had been immature, I hadn’t really thought about my actions and I had made a stupid decision.”
He added that “it was a challenging period for me”.
The identity of the woman was not discussed in court. And further details of the tumultuous relationship between Harry and Chelsy were revealed in the High Court today.
Harry also discussed another article, ‘Chelsy Is Not Happy’, which claimed Prince Harry’s ex-girlfriend flew into a rage over a visit he made to a lap-dancing club in 2006.
Chelsy “let rip in a string of phone calls” and a “highly placed source” claimed she had gone “berserk”, according to the article.
In his submission, Prince Harry said: “It said she slammed the phone down because she was too angry, and then called back to scream at me for half an hour.”
But he insisted his long-term girlfriend had not been annoyed with him about the reports that he had been given a lap dance.
In his submission, he said: “To the best of my recollection, I don’t think Chelsy did go mad about me going there.
“We did speak about it over the phone, but I promised her that I hadn’t had a lap dance and stayed with the three other cadets that had girlfriends.”
