Dating is difficult enough when you’re just a totally normal person with no royal connections or media interest to speak of, so it’s unsurprising that Prince Harry finds it very tough indeed. In a new interview with the Sunday Times, the fifth in line to the throne has revealed that he has a ‘massive paranoia that sits inside’ about the level of scrutiny that would come with any relationship.
‘If or when I do find a girlfriend, I will do my utmost […] to ensure that me and her can get to the point where we're actually comfortable with each other before the massive invasion that is inevitably going to happen into her privacy,’ he explained.
‘The other concern is that even if I talk to a girl, that person is then suddenly my wife, and people go knocking on her door.’ And we thought it was bad enough just having our Grandma asking us if we'd met 'any nice boys yet?'
Harry, who is currently in Florida for the second Invictus Games, dated Chelsy Davy from 2004 to 2011, and Cressida Bonas from 2012 to 2014. He also admitted that being a royal makes it pretty difficult to get out and meet people. 'There is very little private life,' he said. 'I'm not putting work before the idea of a family, marriage and all that kind of stuff. To be fair, I haven't had that many opportunities to get out there and meet people. At the moment, my focus is very much on work. But if someone slips into my life then that's absolutely fantastic.'
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