My goodness, Prince Harry looks HOT in this photo. I’ve always had a thing for Harry in t-shirts, but good God, he just looks impossibly delicious here. The young lass in the photo is Olivia Tallent, daughter of Garry Tallent, member of the E Street Band. Bruce Springsteen performed at Wembley Stadium on Sunday and Harry was there. He was backstage, mingling with attractive 19-year-old American girls. Olivia posted this photo with the caption “New boyfriend.” She also posted this: “Princess Olivia has a pretty nice ring to it, right?” She was obviously joking, but her tweets got a mountain of interest and the poor girl had to delete the photo.
Meanwhile, CB sent me this story and we both think that this is a tale of a drunken Ginger Snap. If it’s not a flat-out lie, then Harry was absolutely smashed when this happened.
Looks like the world’s most eligible bachelor, Prince Harry is ready to find love on TV — and no, it’s not The Bachelor or Bachelorette. The royal apparently wants to take part in ITV’s Take Me Out dating game show. The show’s host Paddy McGuinness revealed on BBC Radio One that Harry approached him on a night out and asked him if he could take part in the show that involves a man trying to secure a date with one of thirty female contestants.
Paddy told the radio show, “We’re having something to drink in the evening and who do I bump into? Prince Harry.” The comedian continued, “[Harry] walks in the room [and] he comes straight up to me and he goes, ‘I want to be on your show – I want to go to Fernando’s.'”
Successful couples on the dating show carry out their first dates on the tropical island of Fernando’s, which is a fictional location in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife.
Paddy responded to the prince, “I was like, I don’t think you need the help.” The TV host admitted that he and his friends were stunned by the royal’s request.
“I’m a lad from Bolton and I’ve got a prince of England asking me if he can go to Fernando’s,” Paddy said. “It doesn’t get much better than that. All the lads had their mouths open thinking, ‘what the hell happened?'”
Drunken Ginger Snap, or was he trying to be funny and it was just awkward? Or is this guy making it all up? Who knows? What I do know is that this doesn’t help my image of Harry as the Bridget Jones of the royal family. He drinks too much and watches reality dating shows and tries to flirt with 19-year-old American lasses. He keeps a diary too.
Also, the Express’s royal reporter Richard Palmer was making a big deal yesterday on Twitter about Harry’s lack of long-term plans. Keep in mind that Harry did another event yesterday on behalf of another charity, and Harry is still getting lumped in with the Dolittles.
Prince Harry meets promising boxer Shanay, aged 13 @DoubleJabABC pic.twitter.com/3WeglUj14c
— Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) June 6, 2016
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet, WENN, Twitter.
I think His Royal Hotness was making a joke.
Harry has a lack of future plans? So what are Invictus, Sentebale, and Heads Together if not long term projects that Harry is very involved in?
That’s Willnot throwing him under the bus.
I would watch that show if Harry was on there
I would audition for that show if Harry was on there!!
And I’m too old. 😀
Harry gets lumped in with the Dolittles because he mistakenly threw his lot in with them and the KP press office. He should go back to Clarence House.
Harry was tipsy and joking, like a “hey can you get me set up?” kind of thing. In reality, Harry’s world is small, because he can’t trust people…like this dude just showed by blabbing about this.
Agree.
Exactly! How could someone not see this as a joke?!
That’s sweet that he said that to Paddy. I’d never have guessed he’d be sitting down to watch Take me Out on a Saturday night. If he did go on, I have a feeling all the girls’ lights would stay on.
Honestly, am the same age as Harry. Starting to think I should just settle, rather than continuing on the dating scene…. 🙁
No, never just settle!!! It’s not worth being unhappy and possibly regretful because society’s outdated idea of what age you must get married and have a family. You may think time is running out, but the perfect person for you is out there. Remember, you always find what you’re looking for, when you’re not looking for it. 😊
@Pri…..please, please don’t do that! I did that at your age and so lived to regret it. You are only beholden to you. Not society, not family, not anyone else. Enjoy your young years and wait for the right one. I know that sounds like tired, old, cliched advice. But it’s old and cliched for a reason. Because it’s true.
So many women I know now in their 30’s and 40’s settled and are now MISERABLE either having affairs, drinking heavily, or severely depressed. Add children to the mix and you have a no easy way out situation. I am 35, have not settled, and although I am a touch sad marriage hasn’t happened for me yet, I am comforted that I am not miserable.
I didn’t find Mr. Right (at Harry’s age) until I quit looking.
@Bluhare: That is such a cool reply. But its hard to ‘quit looking’ atleast subconsciously … I’m Harry’s age and nearly all my friends are married,..many are infact now parents. I am professionally doing very well , far better than most of my batchmates (I did graduate top of my class) I travel around the world for my holidays paying from my own salary..I am very content in my own company but many times, especially at social occassions I do feel a pinch tht I am RSVP-ing solo 😐 I do definitely want kids but perhaps not as a single parent as that would be too much for my family though they are very progressive otherwise. I do not want to settle certainly not with an incompatible partner…but I have a constant fear that my time is running out 🙁
I went through that too, Urbanliz. But I remember clearly one day I decided that if I wasn’t going to get married, that there was nothing wrong with my life as it was and I should get out there and enjoy it. It helped that one of my best friends was much older than me, never married, and had one of the busiest lives I knew. And she was the person I looked at when I came to that conclusion. I did NOT need a man to make my life a happy and productive one. And I went out with that atttitude.
Then, of course, I met him. And I seriously resisted it too. I think when you are actively looking, you overlook some things as they don’t match with your ideal. That is exactly what happened to me. My man was not who I thought I wanted. And I would never have seen the potential if I was still out looking for a husband.
@Bluhare 🙂 Alright..so although I have never met you (and I don’t have a friend to look upto as far as being unmarried goes, unlike your example) , I’ll remember your anecdote and replies the next time I feel like ‘may be its time to settle’ 🙂 cheers!
This is a nice story, bluhare.
I really wish society didn’t put so much pressure for women to settle down. We grow up conditioned to think that we’ll only be happy when we find someone, and it makes it much more difficult for us to make peace with the fact that we won’t get married or have kids. Sometimes we end up overlooking all the great things in our lives, such as work, friends and family because we are focused on finding a partner.
I think about this constantly. If I ever have children, i’ll try my best to show them that relationships are just a part of their lives, not a pre-requisite for happiness.
Thank you for this exchange!!! I’m really feeling this right now. Approaching 40 (!) with no long term partner/husband in sight. Most days I really enjoy my freedom and the great things I’ve got going on, but sometimes it’s hard to dismiss the conditioning that there must be something wrong with me since I haven’t been able to pair up.
Athina Onassis would be perfect. Harry need someone smart who has her shit together. She needs someone who isn’t an asshole and will treat her well.
That’s actually sort of perfect. How do we arrange it?
If Zara knows Athina, she should invite them both over for dinner.
Temperament wise she could be a good match, but Athina is WAY too private. She would never want to live in the fishbowl of the BRF, being married to the son of the heir, even if he is only the spare.
Harry you’re drunk go home
Drunk or not, the top photo is the best I’ve ever seen of him.
And he’s just hitting his stride now- meaning he’s left the awkward 20s for sure and getting much more mature and experienced.
It would be interesting to hear from people here on CB who’ve seen him in person lately.
I’ve got the impression Harry is more mature in some ways but still very much free and not carrying about having anything serious. He is a playful person, charming and totally flirty, if I had his privilege, options and looks, I wouldn’t care about anything other than do a good job and enjoy my life. Thus, his brother had already secured the future of the family with his two kids, he doesn’t own this responsibility to any one.
Ah, and I’d have him drunk, sober, anytime, anywhere. He’s FUN!
I think I just died a little from laughing. For people who don’t know about Take Me Out, it’s campy British reality-competition at its best/worst. Think of it kind of like the bachelor on speed. The guy appears in front of 30+ girls, who turn their lights on if they like him or off if they don’t. He then has 2/3 more rounds to impress them/put them off, and the lights dwindle if they don’t want to go on a date with him. If there’s more than 1 girl with their light on by the end, the guy gets to choose who he takes to Fernando for a 1st date.
This show was my guilty TV pleasure when I was in England. It’s delightfully pandering to the TV viewers’ love buttons while keeping it light and fun, unlike shows like the bachelor that try to convince you the guy is going to find his perfect girl on a reality TV show. I can totally see Prince Harry joking about wanting to go on the show on a lark. (also, Paddy McGuiness is the best campy MC ever.)
This show is so funny – the guys always look like such losers, and the females can be so ditsy
I’ve never seen it, but props to the host for this stellar bit of free promotion. That’s one savvy name-drop.
The latest gossip is Ellie Goulding has had a flirtation