Members of the royal family will backtrack today as Australian actress Rebel Wilson claimed she was invited by a Firm insider to a drug-fuelled orgy at the home of an American tech billionaire in 2014.
In her new book, Rebel Rising, the Pitch Perfect star, 44, says a male member of the royal family who was “15th or 20th in line to the British throne” was “hesitant” at the party where drugs were passed around ‘like candy’.
While he has not named who he is, certain members of the family, and his neighbors, have spoken publicly about drug use in the past.
Prince Harry wrote in his memoir Spare that he had used cocaine “several times.” Meanwhile, both Lord Frederick Windsor and King Charles’ stepson Tom Parker Bowles have admitted to using cocaine. There is no suggestion that these are the people Rebel is referring to.
Here, Femail looks at the royals who have spoken out about drug use…
TOM PARKER BOWLING
Pictured: Tom Parker Bowles, Camilla’s son, attending a party in 1998.
Tom is pictured with his mother Camilla Parker Bowles in 2018.
In 1999, Camilla’s son Tom Parker Bowles was caught in a sting operation organized by the now-defunct News of the World.
Tom, who was 24 at the time, was secretly filmed giving cocaine to a journalist while working at the Cannes Film Festival in France.
He also later admitted to doing cocaine with “someone he found last night” while working in France.
Charleswho was then a patron of the anti-drug charity Phoenix House, was “quite angry” and “scolded him”, according to reports at the time.
PRINCE HARRY
Pictured: Harry attending the after-party at the China White club on International Cartier Day in 2004.
Harry is photographed in Florida last week.
In addition to writing about drugs in his memoir, Spare, Prince Harry’s drug use and partying lifestyle have been well documented.
In Spare, the Duke of Sussex sensationally admitted to having used cocaine “several times” during his partying years.
He also confessed to having used cannabis and magic mushrooms, and ended up hallucinating that a container was talking to him.
He also described smoking cigarettes, cannabis and drinking on the Windsor Castle golf course while studying at Eton.
During the Golden Jubilee in 2002, the duke described being dragged into an office by an anonymous member of Royal Household staff after a journalist asked him about his drug habits.
In February 2002 it was also reported that King Charles, then Prince of Wales, sent Harry to visit Featherstone Lodge Rehabilitation Center in Peckham.
His Majesty made the decision after discovering that the prince had taken drugs at the parties.
In 2012, Harry enjoyed a wild weekend in Las Vegas, where he was photographed wearing just a necklace while a naked girl hid behind him after a game of naked pool in his VIP suite.
MR. FREDERICK WINDSOR
Pictured: Lord Freddie Windsor admitted taking cocaine after being photographed lying on the dance floor of a nightclub at the age of 22.
Frederick, pictured with his sister, has now abandoned his partying days.
Lord Frederick-Windsor (L) and Tom Parker Bowles attend the UNICEF End Child Exploitation campaign party at the RAC Club on October 20, 2003.
Lord Frederick Windsor, son of Queen Elizabeth’s first cousin Prince Michael of Kent, also admitted to using cocaine after his photograph was taken on the floor of a London club, aged 22, in 1999.
Frederick, who is now the, was seen snorting cocaine after succumbing to peer pressure.
The royal, who is now married to Peep Show star Sophie Winkleman, retold the story and said she regretted it.
Frederick and his sister Lady Gabriella were taken by their mother to a drug rehabilitation center when they were teenagers, so that they could see the problems caused by addiction.
nicolas knatchbull
PICTURED: Nicholas Knatchbull with his godfather, Prince Charles. Prince Charles and the Queen invited Countess Penelope to Philip’s funeral, the only friend present at the service held during pandemic restrictions.
Nicholas Knatchbull, godson of King Charles and heir to the £100m Mountbatten fortune, has battled drug addiction.
Nicholas Knatchbull, godson of King Charles and heir to the £100m Mountbatten fortune, has battled drug addiction.
The great-grandson of Lord Mountbatten, godfather to King Charles and a very close confidant, he was Prince William’s mentor at Eton.
But after leaving school, he became addicted to drugs and dropped out of Edinburgh University after just six weeks.
A typical evening involved drug use, clubbing, and often ended with him performing dangerous high-speed maneuvers in the car his father had bought him.
He previously boasted about allegedly giving Prince Harry his first cannabis joint when they were both students at Eton and how he smoked crack cocaine when the Queen came to stay with his parents at their mansion.
Over the years, he has used crack cocaine, heroin, ketamine and MDMA.
Devastated, his parents tried to keep him under curfew at Broadlands, the Hampshire home where the Queen and Prince Philip spent their honeymoon, but ended up sending him to detox clinics costing up to £10,000 a week in Essex, Surrey, London , South Africa and Arizona.
When he fled The Priory, they had no choice but to commit him under the Mental Health Act.
…but Kate is a patron of an anti-drugs charity.
The Princess of Wales, patron of addiction recovery charity The Forward Trust, said addiction is “a serious health condition” and “not a choice”.
At the same time, senior royals, such as the Princess of Wales, are leading anti-drug charities.
Kate has previously posted a message of support for those suffering from addiction, urging them not to let shame stop them from asking for help.
The Princess of Wales, patron of addiction recovery charity The Forward Trust, said addiction is “a serious health condition” and “not a choice”.
Their message of support for the Taking Action on Addiction campaign is presented in video form on the first day of Addiction Awareness Week.
In the video, Kate, now 42, said: ‘Addiction is a serious mental illness that can happen to anyone, regardless of age, sex, race or nationality.
‘As a patron of The Forward Trust, I have met many people who have suffered the effects of addiction. Attitudes towards addiction are changing.