BOMBSHELL: I dated Prince Edward – I still remember Queen Elizabeth’s five word warning
Prince Edward’s ex-girlfriend has spoken out (Image: Getty)
Details about Prince Edward’s romantic life before marrying Sophie in 1999 have been unveiled after an ex-girlfriend, Ruthie Henshall, released a bombshell memoir about their private love affair. The Showgirl and the Prince not only showcased the realities of working in theatre but also revealed how the West End and Broadway star navigated her secret relationship with the Duke of Edinburgh while establishing her career.
Ruthie shared that she’d met the Royal in 1988 when the Prince abandoned his military career to pursue the performing arts and worked as a production assistant at Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Really Useful Theatre Company. At the time, she was on stage for the musical, Cats, starring as Jemima. Ruthie admitted: “He was tall, blond, very calm. I was pleasantly surprised by how attractive I found him, although it wasn’t an overwhelming feeling of ‘Phwoar’. I gave him my best smile and said, ‘Welcome to the litter’. ‘I’m the runt,’ he said, making me laugh. And I thought, ‘You’re not what I expected.'”
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Ruthie Henshall kicked off her West End career in the musical Cats (Image: Getty)
Three months after their first date, Ruthie and Edward shared their first kiss at Windsor and added: “But the following day, he sent me a letter asking me if I’d be patient about sleeping together, as however much he fancied me he didn’t want to go too fast and spoil something so special.”
During the early stages of their romance, she became “friendly with Laura on the Buckingham Palace switchboard,” on the days the prince went off to work and made herself comfortable at the Palace before meeting the rest of his family.
This came after “we finally made love, in January 1989,” when, “Edward had planned for us to meet ‘spontaneously’, so I wouldn’t be terrified at the prospect.” Ruthie wrote that the late Queen was “evidently proud to see her son had met someone” before issuing the warning.
The Queen met Ruthie during an afternoon tea (Image: Getty)
The author recalled joining Sarah Ferguson, Princess Margaret, Prince Philip and the Queen Mother at an outdoor table for sandwiches “with the crusts cut off” and Earl Grey tea.
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She said: “I told the table about my first riding lesson and how dreadful I’d been. I’d once seen a girl get kicked by a horse and had been scared of horses ever since.
“The Queen told me that horses smell fear. ‘They can pick up on emotions. And never stand behind a horse. It can’t see you, so it will be afraid and kick out,’ she said, adding kindly, ‘I’m sure with a few more lessons, Edward will make a horsewoman out of you.'”
