Cressida Bonas – Prince Harry’s girlfriend
Prince Harry and Cressida Bonas have already discussed a marriage. As they prepare to attend her half-sister’s wedding.
Cressida seen canoodling with the 28-year-old Prince on a Swiss ski slope this week, will jet to South Africa to see Isabella Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe wed Sir Richard Branson’s businessman son Sam.
Harry, a pal of Sam, is due in Lesotho and at a gala dinner in Johannesburg next week before enjoying “undisclosed private time”.
That has fuelled speculation he will be a guest of honour at the wedding with his 24-year-old new beau.
A pal said – “Harry and Cressie are at the exciting stage of a relationship where they just want to spend as much time together as possible.
“He has ties to the Branson family, so everyone’s incredibly excited at the prospect of seeing them together in South Africa.”
Cressida Bonas.
The pair were spotted cuddling on the ski slopes of an exclusive ski resort in Verbier, Switzerland earlier this week.
It was her 24th birthday and the couple joined Prince Andrew, his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson, and their fashion infamous daughters Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie on the slopes.
“They are definitely dating, but it is not serious” – a mutual friend of the pair told E! Online. “They have known each other a while, but only recently has it turned into more than friendship. They are not exclusive though, just having fun.”
It’s the first time Prince Harry has been spotted in publicly embracing a new squeeze since splitting with former flame Chelsy Davy in 2010.
Prince Harry was first linked with Bonas in mid-2012.
But in August it was reported she’d dumped the third-in-line to the royal throne following his nude antics in Las Vegas.
Some suggested she felt humiliated following the release of naked pictures of Prince Harry partying with other women in Sin City.
Wednesday’s ski-slope hug followed a more private display of affection at an up-market restaurant in the Swiss ski resort of Verbier.
“Cressida climbed on to Harry’s knee” – a fellow diner told The Sun.
“He started softly rubbing her hair then they began kissing.
“It was quite passionate – much more than a peck on the lips.”
So who is Cressida Bonas?
The 24-year-old model and would-be-actress is the daughter of Lady Mary Gaye Curzon, a British “It” girl from the 1960′s who is four times divorced – according to The Daily Mail.
Her father is Jeffrey Bonas, who studied at Harrow and Oxford before becoming an entrepreneur and businessman, according to E! Online.
Like Prince Harry’s ex Chelsy Davy, Bonas studied at Leeds University after attending the elite Stowe School, where boarding students pay 46,000 dollars a year – according to The Daily Mail.
She’s also dabbled in acting, having played Desdemona in Othello while at Leeds, according to The Mirror.
Bonas is not the first person in her family with ties to royalty. Her older half-sister is Isabella Gough-Calthorpe, a British movie star, a rumored former flame of Prince William, and fiance of Richard Branson’s son Sam – according to The Daily Mail.
A true blue blood, Bonas is friends with Princess Eugenie, who set her up with the prince, as well as Arthur Landon, a young socialite who stands to inherit some 300 million dollars – according to The Mirror.
Landon is also close friends with Prince Harry, and defended him after his now-infamous bender in Las Vegas, The Daily Mail reported at the time.
Prior to linking up with the prince, Bonas used to date Harry Wentworth-Stanley, whose stepfather is a cousin the Queen, according to The Mirror.