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Sophie Goodall

Prince Harry 'downed 10 shots before losing virginity - then hid in phone box'

A woman who claims she took Prince Harry's virginity when he was a teenager says the young royal hid in a telephone box to evade his security, who were searching for him after he snuck out for the secret tryst.

Sasha Walpole, 40, last night told two newspapers what she says are details of the "exciting" tryst that occurred on an evening in July 2001.

She claimed the pair had sex in a field after sneaking out of a nearby pub together to smoke cigarettes unseen, before they hatched a plan to evade the Duke of Sussex's bodyguards.

Sasha told how the pair started the night by downing countless shots of tequila, Baileys and sambuca at the Vine Tree Inn in Norton, Wiltshire, to celebrate her 19th birthday in 2001.

She admitted that she had been feeling down after being dumped by her boyfriend, with Harry on a mission to cheer his friend up.

Sasha and Prince Harry knew each other when the former worked for his father (UK Press via Getty Images)

After going outside for a smoke, she told The Sun that the pair ended up having sex, with Sasha admitting "it just happened".

The digger driver admitted that once the pair's liaison had ended, they split up in a bid to avoid Harry's bodyguards who were out searching for him, with one being driven around in Sasha's friend's Ford Fiesta.

Sasha said that after drinking five shots each, Harry suggested the pair go outside to smoke a cigarette together.

The pair snuck out through the car park, before climbing over a fence and into a field behind the pub.

The Duke of Sussex had left the pub in order to smoke cigarettes without his security team knowing (Getty Images)
Prince Harry in 2022 - he claims he lost his virginity in a field behind a pub (Getty Images)

She said that the pair initially snuck away as Harry didn’t want his security team to know he was smoking, as King Charles did not approve of his son's habit.

But shortly after finishing their Marlboro Lights, Harry kissed Sasha, which quickly turned into spontaneous booze-fuelled sex.

Sasha admitted that “it just happened”, describing it as “naughty” and “exciting”.

Not long after the liaison ended, which Sasha said lasted “about five minutes”, Harry’s security team were on the lookout for him.

The former Highgrove groom told of the 'exciting' experience (UK Press via Getty Images)

Sasha recounted that there was no kissing after they slept together, as the pair tried to figure out what to do next.

In a bid to stay private and evade Harry’s minders, the pair hatched a plan to go back to the pub separately, from different directions.

As Sasha returned to the pub, Harry's security detail were frantically looking for him, despite the pair only being gone for around 15 minutes in total.

Her friend Bryony had even been roped in to take Harry’s security guard out on the road to locate him, as the pair drove around the area in Bryony's Ford Fiesta.

Prince Harry pictured in July 2001, around about the time he claims to have lost his virginity in a field behind a pub (Getty Images)
With wife Meghan in Australia in 2018 (Getty Images)

In a bid to stay hidden, Harry had hidden himself in a telephone box near the pub.

Sasha said: “We had been gone about 15 minutes, and it was long enough for the security to start worrying where he was.

“Everyone was coming out of the pub and Harry wasn’t there. My friend Bryony had ended up in her blue 1.1 Fiesta with one of the back-up security guards driving around on a Harry Hunt. They found him in a phone box down the road.”

Sasha’s friend Bryony also spoke of how she had to drive Harry’s bodyguard around looking for him, saying she had noticed that her two friends had gone.

She said a security officer jumped in her car and she dropped him at the phone box.

She went on to confirm that Harry was in the phone box, with the security guard exiting the car to speak with Harry.

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