These days, Prince Harry is a SoCal-based husband and father, who’s probably in bed by 10 every night after performing an elaborate skincare routine.
But in his single days, the “spare” prince took full advantage of the fact that he was not as heavily burdened by responsibility as his older brother, William.
In fact, there was a time, not all that long ago, when Harry was exchanging texts with a female journalist who playfully nicknamed him “Mr. Mischief.”
As you’re probably aware, Harry has been involved in a lot of privacy lawsuits against major media outlets in recent months.
And this week, a closing hearing in his trial against the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday publisher Associated Newspapers yielded some surprising info about the Prince’s past.
In messages from 2011 and 2012, Harry exchanged some very flirty messages with a journalist named Charlotte Griffiths.
“It’s H, in case u were confused by name and picture!!! X,” he wrote in one message dated Dec. 4, 2011. (per Page Six)
“What a fun weekend of naughtiness — can’t we all get up to no good in the countryside every weekend damn it?? Smooches,” Griffiths replied before referring to Harry as “Mr. Mischief.”
Harry added that it was “the best of those weekends I’ve been to” and then asked about his new nickname, writing:
“Mr mischief? How do I get that title … l was surely no worse than anyone else!!”
He then griped that he had to “make polite conversation with strange people at a dinner” while “begging them for money for charity.”
So yeah, even when Harry is partying with friends, he still has to perform certain royal duties. No wonder he was so happy to leave the UK!
In other texts, Griffith referred to Harry as “H bomb” (her talent for coming up with nicknames is top-tier) and wrote that “we missed you so much at Arthur’s last week.”
Now, obviously, all of this took place well before Harry met and married Meghan.
So there’s nothing terribly salacious about this story. But the Harry-hating sectors of the British tabloid press (which have grown in size, possibly in response to his lawsuits) are already acting like this is some sort of major scandal
And it’s more than a little ironic that Harry’s past is being exposed due to a lawsuit that he filed in order to protect his privacy — another reminder of why so many public figures just tolerate slander.
While closing arguments were delivered on Tuesday, no verdict has been rendered in Harry’s lawsuit against the Mail.
And neither he nor Charlotte has spoken publicly about their text exchanges.
We’ll have further updates on this developing story as new information becomes available.