The woman Prince Harry lost his virginity to steps forward

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www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11713609/Im-older-woman-took-Harrys-virginity-Digger-driver-Sasha-Walpole-40-comes-forward.html

We could also speculate that they were going to out Harry, and he put it in his book first, to take the wind out of their sails.

Haha - the book supposedly took 2 years to write - not the most effective way to get a story out there before tomorrow morning's papers.

Given she kept his secret for all this time, he could have done the decent thing and not made it obvious it was her and implied she was an older woman taking advantage of him. She’s younger than his wife!

Unprotected drunken sex with his father’s employee, who was a teenager like him, and then ghosting her doesn’t put him in a good light at all. She was respectful and decent enough to stay quiet; he really should have returned the favour.

He described it as a humiliating episode with an older woman.
Harry, just check please, could that apply to your current situation?

Who's the 'child' here?

Both were above the age of consent and there was only a 3 year age difference between them.

Not unusual behaviour for a teenage boy but very crass from a thirty eight year old man(child)

Which IMO is exactly the same as the situation with the matron story

We've probably all done daft things when young, but most develop the judgement around what's appropriate to re-tell in later life and how to do it

Completely agree

www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/royals/woman-who-took-harrys-virginity-explains-why-she-has-gone-public/news-story/3bb1eaa9c0a09bd253839da7f335b90b

She's now been very clear that she spoke out because her friends, family and the tabloids knew it was her and she struggled to live with the anxiety of looking over her shoulder.' They were hunting her to our her. She was being contacted by heaps of people who knew her at the time and has put it together that it was her. She said that the stories coming out were not true and they she had to take control of the narrative. She also confirms that she has no warning from H that he planned to put this in the book. I hope that this satisfies the posters claiming she wanted 15 minutes of fame. It seems that she has no choice and doesn't seem to have many millions to buy security and feel more safe.

The poor women. I can't understand how Harry can claim to want his own privacy and control of the narrative and absolutely fail to respect anyone elses. Megan told that cute story on Oprah about only sharing one photo of what you feel comfortable with and refusing to open your phone and show more. They both need to give their heads a wobble and think about the privacy, security and feelings of others. This women has described the situation as a ticking time bomb and is clearly struggling with her friends, family and wider social group talking about her as an older women who used him like a young stallion. It's humiliating and obviously not true in the context of a 17 year old and a 19 year old. I can only imagine how Harry would react if a man described Megan this way. If this was published by Megan's ex husband he would be incensed. I hate the way that they claim to care greatly about mental health and boundaries and privacy but show zero regard for family, who should put up with things for the honour of being near them, or average people, who just don't seem to matter.

They would be vastly more popular if they were nearly as in touch with the average person as they think they are and offered the respect to others that they want for themselves. She makes it clear in the article that she wishes he had thought before publishing or at least contacted her, basic courtesy. The both seem to struggle with treating others who they want to be treated.

Also, he didn't ghost her. Neither of them made contact with each other.

I'm sure she was aware of the imbalance in their station in life. She would not have thought it appropriate to try to contact the son of her employer. It might have been seen as an attempt at blackmail. I'm sure she expected that he would appear at the pub another time, or call around to the stables to say hi. But he didn't bother. As he puts it, the ball was firmly in his court.

Well put @ilovepuppies2019 .

I like to think there's a whatsapp support group for all the people on the receiving end of the fabrications of these two - Sasha, the Archbishop, the flight instructor, Mishal Husain, Kerry Kennedy, Oprah..

I wonder how they feel at the think tank which hired him to help fight misinformation.

I think you have a very poor attitude towards women and how they should be treated. It's not acceptable to call a woman a slut, even if she'd slept with 100 men. It's not a coincidence there's no male equivalent word. Surely people left these derogatory words behind years ago.

The 'story' has been around for 2 decades and isn't especially salacious, so why would the press have been waiting to pounce until now?

And of course he sold her private story. Just because you don't mention a person's name, that does not mean they can't be identified. It will have been quite easy for the press to track her down, which is very likely what happened, leaving her with little choice but to cooperate.

I thought Harry was engaged in some sort of campaign against the tabloids? Surely he must have known that would happen when he included a story like this? Did he really think the press he rails against from his California mansion would not have been doing detective work about this woman the moment the story came out? And that they would have no more concern for Sasha's privacy and dignity, and that of her family, than he did?

Or does Harry's 'brave stance' against the British media begin and end with himself and his wife?

The book came out almost a month ago. If she'd wanted to cash in she could have done it then. Her story has been given to the Mail and the Sun I believe, both organisations that have the resources and money to track someone down. Some people who knew her seem to have been aware and it would have been a matter of time until she was outed, an ordinary woman without a gated mansion and squads of protection. Talking to the Press at such points is a matter of survival, even without the money aspect.

However, of course it is only St Harry the Multimillionaire who should be able to talk about other people in print for $$$$.

Totally and utterly this👏

I'm surprised how unpleasant some people are being about this woman.

She's done nothing to hurt Harry, she didn't bring the story into the public domain, there's no evidence that she's going to suddenly go on reality TV and to talk about her as an adult having sex with a 16 year old boy is silly - she'd just turned 19 and Harry was 2 months off being 17.

Maybe she'll get her own 'documentary' on Netflix where she can pretend to snog her husband atop the kitchen cabinets, and feign fear when the 'paps' are chasing her?

Because when the stakes are this high, doesn't it make sense to hear her story from her?

Two years. It was the summer of 2001.

So she's slightly younger than Meghan?

I wonder how she would react if her husband referred to her as an 'older woman'?

Two years and the little shit had bought a round of vodka shots.

If this was published by Megan's ex husband (Harry) would be incensed

On that subject I'm actually quite impressed that Trevor's kept schtum all these years; he's not exactly a pauper, but it's unimaginable that the filthy media won't have offered him a packet to "tell all" and he's never done it

FWIW I don't think who shagged who in a field matters a stuff - as said, many of us have done silly things when young - but the principle matters, and it's a bit hard to see Harry whine about consent and the media's narrative while chucking others on the scrapheap to satisfy his own

He seems astoundingly lacking in empathy.

Only two years between them, she was almost 19, and he was nearly 17.

How does that differ from the multitude of FWB situationships and ONS that you read about on here, where it's all about doing what you fancy at the time for a bit of a thrill and no commitments (which is what their fling was).

She isn't being passive or resigned, it's was meh back then and it's meh now. Why should she have to fawn over him just because he is who he is, she's got her own life and family, and seems to be grounded and self-confident.

Seconded.

@ilovepuppies2019 what a great post.

I actually feel sick by those defending Harry. He had all power & she had none. Swap Harry’s name for Andrew & the comments would be very different.

It’s time that the people Harry has denigrated in his book & others came out & said for a man who defends his own privacy doesn’t give a shit for anyone else’s.