She was Prince Harry’s girlfriend for seven years, and the one he said was “different” from everyone else.
Chelsy Davy, who turns 39 today, recently welcomed her second child with her husband, Eton-educated hotelier Sam Cutmore-Scott.
He announced the birth of his daughter. with the launch of a new jewelery range, the Chloe Collection, named after her baby, through her company Aya Jewels, which she founded in 2016. The couple also have a son, Leo, born in 2022.
Chelsy, who had been born and raised in Zimbabwe before moving to Cape Town, met the prince at Berkshire Polo Club, but the relationship did not begin until years later, in 2004, when they got together. when Harry was in the South African capital with his friends.
They were hosting a barbecue, so the prince called her to invite her, Harry recalled in his memoir, Spare. He arrived with his brother and friend at his side.
Harry was attracted to her because of how “completely unconcerned” she was about her royal status.
She didn’t have ‘throne syndrome’, as Harry described it, and wasn’t interested in knowing much about her family’s royal formalities.
Prince Harry kisses Chelsy Davy in the royal box during a match at Guards Polo Club in July 2006.
Chelsy Davy recently welcomed her second child with her husband, Sam Cutmore-Scott, an Eton-educated hotelier.
Chelsy Davy, who turns 39 today, attends a dance at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge Hotel in October 2011.
She also had a similar connection to Africa as Harry, and the couple spent the night bonding over their shared love of the continent.
Chelsy had attended a British boarding school, but rushed home during the holidays; It was a feeling that Harry identified with.
As the prince wrote, “She understood it,” and it was the basis of their growing romantic connection.
The evening was a success and Harry convinced Chelsy to join him and his friends on a trip to Botswana the next day.
They spent three days walking and shared their first kiss before she returned home to Cape Town.
She announced the birth of her daughter by launching her new jewelry range, the Chloe Collection, named after her daughter, on social media.
The prince and his then-girlfriend attended a memorial service in Windsor in May 2008.
Chelsy with Kate Middleton while Prince William and Prince Harry play in a charity polo match in 2006.
Chelsy smiles with Prince William at Melissa Percy and Thomas van Straubenzee’s wedding in 2013
Chelsy joined Prince Harry at London’s Mahiki nightclub in 2007.
Africa provided them with a safe haven without paparazzi, but when they later flew together back to Britain, they were soon photographed and their secret was exposed.
It was something Harry had more experience with, but Chelsy, who grew up the daughter of a businessman and a farmer, wasn’t too interested.
Harry took the entrance exams to Sandhurst, a military academy where both he and his brother, Prince William, would eventually graduate.
After receiving his start date, he approached Chelsy again and invited him to stay at his parents’ house in Cape Town.
Harry recalled: “If you designed the in-laws from scratch, you couldn’t do much better than these guys.”
He returned to Africa several times to see Chelsy. On one trip, when he had a month off, he spent time at her parents’ house before the two left together for Botswana.
The couple kissing in the royal box at the Concert for Diana in July 2007
Prince Harry plays polo while Chelsy and then-Prince Charles watch at Cirencester Park Polo Club in 2006.
It was during that trip that he was faced with the reality of whether he could see a future with Chelsy and began to wonder if he wanted to ask her to deal with the pressures of life with a member of the Royal Family.
Harry recalled how paparazzi began following Chelsy while she was at university in Leeds, and this continued when she returned to Cape Town.
A tracking device was found under her car and Chelsy herself wondered if she wanted that kind of life.
In October 2006, Harry went to Chelsy’s 21st birthday party in Cape Town wearing a fedora paired with a T-shirt with a picture of Chelsy on the back and the words on the front: “Spike (one of their nicknames), official bodyguard”. to Miss CD.
The Mail reported at the time how Chelsy referred to Harry in a speech as “my dear Haz”, while the prince told anyone who would listen how proud he was of her.
But their relationship came to an end in May 2010 and they went to Botswana one last time after he graduated from a helicopter training course.
Chelsy pushes a luggage trolley out of Heathrow Airport after landing in Cape Town in 2005.
Chelsy attended Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank’s wedding in 2018
Harry was going to be deployed again soon and Chelsy “wanted to travel, have fun, be young” without the pressures of the media.
Despite their split, they remained friendly and Chelsy attended Prince William and Kate’s wedding in 2011 as Harry’s date.
The Mail reported at the time how they “spent much of the night dancing together.”
However, a friend said Chelsy “has watched what Kate has been through and how much she has had to sacrifice, and she says it’s not about her.”
Ultimately, the couple separated and Harry married Meghan Markle in 2018.
Chelsy attended her wedding with another ex-girlfriend, Cressida Bonas. Later that year, he also attended the wedding of Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank.
