The Duke of Sussex has revealed how he used cocaine and lost his virginity to an older woman in a field behind a pub.
The shocking confession come from his new book, Spare, in which Harry said he had "taken cocaine" during a shooting weekend by the summer of 2002 - when he was 17, according to the Times. The 38-year-old wrote that it was not "fun and it did not make me feel as happy as it seemed to make others but it did make me feel different and that was my main goal."
He added: "I was a 17-year-old willing to try almost anything that would upset the established order. At least that was what I was trying to convince myself of." The duke also described how he lost his virginity to an unnamed older woman the same age, according to the Daily Mail.
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He claims that the event took place in a field behind a "very busy pub" and the woman treated him like a "young stallion". Harry writes: “I suspected he was referring to my recent loss of virginity, a humiliating episode with an older woman who liked macho horses and who treated me like a young stallion.
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“I mounted her quickly, after which she spanked my ass and sent me away. One of my many mistakes was letting it happen in a field, just behind a very busy pub. No doubt someone had seen us.”
The memoir is not the first time Harry has spoken about taking drugs.
In his 2021 interview with the US broadcaster Oprah Winfrey, he said: “I was willing to drink. I was willing to take drugs. I was willing to try and do the things that made me feel less like I was feeling.”
According to The Telegraph, which obtained a Spanish language copy of the memoir, Harry also recalled how he killed 25 people during his tour in Afghanistan. In the book, he described watching a video of each "kill" when he returned to base.
"So, my number is 25. It’s not a number that fills me with satisfaction, but nor does it embarrass me,” he wrote.
Harry first went to war in 2007 on a 10-week tour of duty fighting the Taliban in dangerous Helmand Province, operating as a battlefield air controller behind enemy lines. In September 2012, he made it back to Afghanistan for a second time.
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