Harry branded ‘disrespectful’ towards women ‘during Swiss ski trip where he spent night with teen 8 years younger’
PRINCE Harry spouted lewd banter about younger women and made a crude joke involving a shot glass during a wild skiing weekend, a source has revealed.
A former pal accused the Duke of Sussex of being disrespectful towards women after the Prince, then 27, spent the night with a teenage British beauty eight years his junior.
And they revealed how the Prince later demanded that the girl sign a non-disclosure agreement in a bid to prevent her speaking out about their encounter.
The incident took place when Harry visited a branch of pal Guy Pelly’s nightclub Public in Verbier, in the Swiss Alps.
Harry, who was single at the time, had travelled to the resort with upper-crust pals including Pelly and Tom Inskip.
At the club, the Prince allegedly made the crude remark about the shot glass.
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The source explained: “There were people in there drinking shots, and with shot glasses balanced on skis and stuff like that.
“Harry grabbed a glass and made a joke about it. He was talking in particular about a young British girl, who was about 19 at the time.
"Someone took the glass off him though and returned it to the bar.
“But it showed what he thought was acceptable banter about girls.
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“It may have been a joke. However, it seemed he was accustomed as a fully paid-up member of the Royal Family to getting what he wanted.
"This appeared to be girls, free drinks and VIP treatment.
“His behaviour seems at odds with him now moaning about being a prince and how he was ‘caged’ by it on Netflix and in his book — and saying he’s a feminist.”
On the night out, friends are said to have noticed how Harry had vanished with the teenage girl, who went back to his hotel.
He was staying at the £300-a-night Nevai.
Our source said: “She was young, attractive and posh.
"The next morning I heard Harry had apparently requested that she sign a non-disclosure agreement to stop her talking about their encounter.
“I am not that surprised by some of the stuff in his book, because he shows he was playing around a lot when he was younger and was not particularly responsible.”
The Sun on Sunday knows the name of the woman — who appeared in Tatler magazine while younger and is now married — but has decided not to identify her.
On another occasion, Harry is said to have invited a younger nightclub hostess he met while out in London to royal residence Balmoral, along with his pals.
The source explained: “She was a young girl, 21 or 22, and of course she jumped at the chance to go to Balmoral for a shooting weekend.
“Harry had seen her working in a club and took a shine to her.
"He tended to go for blondes in particular at the time.
“She was northern and working class and had an accent — and was extremely attractive.”
Harry officially invited her as Guy Pelly’s ‘plus one’ but it was said it was the Prince who seemed to have set his sights on her.
Our source went on: “While she went and enjoyed it, she did not allow anything romantic to happen.
“But I recall Harry criticising her afterwards and mocking her and her accent.
"That is what Harry was like back then.
“He can preach about every subject under the sun, but there are a lot of people out there who knew what he was like back then and knew him during his wilder days.”
The source said they decided to speak out about Harry’s behaviour towards girls after the Prince described himself as a feminist.
They said: “I feel this shows hypocrisy by Harry.”
Harry made the comment visiting the Tomorrow’s Women Wirral charity with Meghan in Birkenhead in 2019.
The charity’s boss Angela Murphy said: “During a discussion Prince Harry, to our delight, declared ‘I’m a feminist’ and highlighted that it is equally important for men to support the movement in female empowerment.”
And, in an interview with US activist Gloria Steinem in August 2020, Meghan proudly repeated Harry’s claim.
She said: “I love that when he just came in he said, ‘You know that I’m a feminist too. It’s really important to me that you know that.’”
Our source, who saw Prince Harry regularly on the clubbing scene, told how they witnessed the Duke of Sussex’s hell-raising behaviour in Verbier in 2011.
They said: “He certainly enjoyed the fact he was an eligible prince back then.”
On the same ski trip, Harry is said to have “made a fool of himself” at a restaurant dinner by claiming to be a wine expert.
Our source said he ordered an €800 bottle of red wine, but when a pal bought a cheaper bottle and got him to blind taste both, he picked the €35 one as best.
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And our source went on: “He then refused to backtrack and was sticking to his guns saying they had to drink the expensive one.”
We approached Prince Harry’s representatives for comment.
