Before meeting Meghan Markle, Prince Harry was very close to Chelsy Davy, his girlfriend at the time. Only the latter finally broke up with the prince, after attending his older brother’s wedding.
On April 29, 2011, the world was riveted on the wedding of Prince William and his fiancée Kate Middleton at Westminster Abbey. In front of members of the British Royal Family, the two lovebirds passed the ring on each other’s fingers.
Kate Middleton‘s life was turned upside down when she became the Duchess of Cambridge and joined the family of Queen Elizabeth II. But it also had an impact on the life of Prince Harry, Prince William‘s younger brother.
Kate and William’s Wedding
At the time, Prince Harry was in a relationship with Chelsy Davy; a relationship that was, it must be said, on a rollercoaster ride. If you don’t know the name of this beautiful blonde, she is a lawyer from Zimbabwe whom Princess Diana’s son has known since he was in school.
The two of them were very close, especially since Chelsy Davy helped Prince Harry through some very hard and complicated times in his life. The only concern was that Chelsy Davy had a hard time being in the spotlight. And it was finally the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton that made her realize that she didn’t want such a life.
Chelsy Davy’s decision
The young lady was invited as a close friend of Prince Harry at the wedding, especially since she knew the bride and groom well too. In his book Battle of Brothers, writer Robert Lacey explained that Chelsy Davy ended his relationship with Prince Harry after the royal wedding.
“According to a friend, she told Harry that she could never make the sacrifices she saw Kate make, especially when it came to shaping her life to the constant attention of the press,” the Mirror reports. In another book by journalist Angela Levin, Harry: Conversations with the Prince, a relative added that Chelsy Davy cared too much about her private life, and that she wanted to keep it secret at all costs. Something that Meghan Markle also fought for when she moved thousands of miles away from London, California…
