"I doubt I'll be in Harry's book because a prince can't run away with a 34-year-old mother of two," she said.
Catherine Ommanney refers to the memoirs of the thirties,
Spare
, to be published on January 10, 2023 and in which he would however evoke his conquests of yesteryear.
The former star of reality TV show 'The Real Housewives of DC' has opened up for the first time about her past romance with the prince, which occurred when she was 34 and he was 21. "I had so much fun", she thus launched in the columns of the
Sun
, on Saturday November 26, when discussing her month-long romance with the young man, which occurred in 2006.
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“He was not used to being laughed at”
At the time, Catherine Ommanney had just separated from her ex-husband Stephen when she met Lady Diana's son at the Art Bar in London in the mid-2000s. real estate and he came to introduce himself, she said.
Harry was wearing an Aussie style hat which made me laugh (…) I think he wasn't used to people laughing at him and once we started talking it was like if there was no one else in the room.”
An exchange that she then thought was innocent.
"He was 21 and the idea of a relationship hadn't even crossed my mind," she said.
Especially since she did not know at the time if the prince was still with Chelsy Davy.
"But when everyone started leaving around 11pm, Harry pointed to one of the three Range Rovers parked outside and said, 'Come with me', which I thought was very flattering." , she continued.
The two later reportedly went to the Eclipse nightclub in Kensington.
"Babe"
"Moments after we arrived, the venue manager came over and asked, 'What's your favorite song?'
Harry replied, "
Crazy
, from Gnarls Barkley."
She came by a second later and I said, "You're so spoiled."
Harry laughed."
An evening during which the young prince would have behaved in a childish way.
"I started chatting with someone and Harry took the fabric from the champagne bucket and put it on my head," she said.
I was a little upset because it was cold.”
The 30-year-old, as well as one of her bodyguards, would then have reprimanded him.
“I saw him get caught like that a few times,” she added when referring to the one she nicknamed “Baby” because he constantly had a lollipop in his mouth.
The duo would then have gone to another club, before Catherine Ommanney asked the prince to make her a bacon sandwich.
Both would then have taken refuge with a friend of the prince in Chelsea.
“The most passionate kiss of my life”
“We went up to the bathroom and we started doing stupid things like teenagers, singing with toothbrushes as microphones, remembered Catherine Ommaney.
We got in the tub with our clothes on and one of our friends took a picture with my phone."
The duo would then have gone to the kitchen to make bacon sandwiches, sharing confidences and bursts of laughter.
"We started bickering and after about fifteen minutes I told him I had to go home," she explained.
That's when he grabbed me by the waist, lifted me off the floor and held me against the wall.
He gave me the most amazing and passionate kiss I have ever experienced in my life.
I was absolutely speechless.”
Prince Harry would then have accompanied her home to her daughters Ruby and Jade, then aged 6 and 8.
The duo would have continued to exchange text messages before meeting again a week later, in a bar in Kensington.
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A polo match in Barbados
“We kissed again and Harry was very flattering, telling me how beautiful I looked.
We saw each other several times, always in private bars.
The romance reportedly ended when it was fanned in the media.
After two other appointments, Prince Harry would have changed his number, and Catherine would not have seen him again until 2009, during a polo match in Barbados.
Either the year following her marriage to her second husband, from whom she is now separated.
“Harry pushed aside his bodyguards to come over and give me a kiss and a hug, then we had a great chat,” said the one who now lives in Mallorca.
Looking back, it's a shame we couldn't stay friends.
I had a lot of fun with him, because we have the same sense of humor.
Catherine Ommanney thus underlined that she hoped to see Meghan Markle “take care of him”.
And today describes Prince Harry in these terms: “Without wanting to be pretentious, I think that we both liked each other, even though he was far too young for me.
If he wasn't a member of the royal family and was maybe ten years older, he would be the perfect man for me."