Even princes have to go outside to smoke! New photos emerge showing Harry enjoying a crafty cigarette with friends while celebrating his birthday at a Chelsea pub
A series of new images have emerged of Prince Harry enjoying a puff on a friend’s cigarette during his birthday celebrations last week.
The photographs, thought to be taken outside the London pub where he marked turning 31, clearly show Harry and a group of fellow smokers enjoying a nicotine hit on the pavement.
With a birthday, an appearance at the Battle of Britain anniversary and the small matter of 82,000 rugby fans to address at Twickenham, it was certainly quite a week for the royal.
Perhaps he was steeling his nerves to deliver that stirring speech at the opening of the Rugby World Cup on Friday night, or maybe he was just allowing himself a tobacco-laced birthday treat.
Wearing a white shirt and jeans, Harry was seen kicking back with friends – including long-time pal Guy Pelly and cousin Zara Phillips and husband Mike Tindall – at The Cross Keys pub in Chelsea.
It is Pelly’s wife, Elizabeth, who was on hand with a packet of cigarettes.
The sheepish-looking prince clearly didn’t want to be seen lighting up so Elizabeth obliged before handing the lit cigarette for him to smoke.
After inhaling, the super-fit prince can be seen handing the cigarette back, only to repeat the process again moments later.
Femail has contacted Kensington Palace for comment.
Also in attendance at the birthday bash, which was reported to have lasted five hours was Harry’s old flame Cressida Bonas.
Their appearance together inevitably added fuel to the rumours that the prince is keen to re-kindle his romance with 26-year-old Cress, as she is known to her friends
A well-placed source told the Mail: ‘They were out with a group of friends having a drink to celebrate Harry’s 31st. It was also a chance for him to say hello to some of his pals, having spent the summer working in Africa.
‘Harry and Cress have always kept in touch and are fond of each other. They aren’t together at the moment and although you can never say never.
Alongside appearing at the 75th Battle of Britain anniversary events last week, in which he gave up the chance to fly in a spitfire to enable a veteran pilot to experience it, he also enjoyed a huge audience at the opening ceremony of the Rugby World Cup in Twickenham.
He even made a cameo in the ceremony’s introductory film, appearing as a humble gardener alongside former England player Jonny Wilkinson.
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