Prince Harry is a 'lost soul' who is 'very vulnerable to influences', says biographer

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Larcombe said that this propensity was demonstrated in Harry's seven-year, on-and-off relationship with his 36-year-old first love, Chelsy Davy, from 2004 to 2011.

Harry was 19 and on a gap year in South Africa when he first met the Zimbabwean student. According to reports, the couple dated over the summer and after Harry went back to the United Kingdom.

"Harry befriended a whole group of her chums, basically he morphed into Chelsy's friends," Larcombe said.

The relationship was the focus of intense media scrutiny. The prince was photographed sleeping in a tent, canoeing, and sunbathing during the couple's camping excursions in Africa, generating considerable media attention.

"He got a girlfriend who was from Africa, and before you knew it, Harry was walking around in his bare feet, sitting by campfire, paddling by in the outbacks of Africa," Larcombe said.

According to the royal expert, Harry's subsequent committed relationship with the 33-year-old British actress and model Cressida Bonas followed a similar pattern. Bonas was a "Bohemian society girl who dragged Harry along to the Glastonbury Rock Festival," according to Larcombe.

"With Cressida, he was the Bohemian, going to music festivals dressed in brand new, expensive clothes. And he sort of turned up almost like he'd been dressed by her. It's really awkward looking. He looked ridiculous. The point is he really just morphed depending on who he's with, and that's a worrying sign," Larcombe said.

The author also claimed Harry's adaptability was once again on display in his marriage to 41-year-old Meghan Markle, whom he wed in 2018. In January 2020, Harry and the former 'Suits' actress made the announcement that they would leave their positions as senior royals and relocate to Markle's native America.

Just this week, the couple released two pictures of themselves from a charity event in the UK just before Queen Elizabeth II passed away. Just a day after King Charles, Queen Consort Camilla, Prince William, and Kate Middleton appeared for an official royal portrait that Buckingham Palace published, the timing of the release has sparked some questions. Many people who follow the royal family believed that Harry and Meghan's new images were meant to be an insult to them.

"These pictures they released this week show Harry is not in charge, Meghan is the driving force in their relationship, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. It's a modern thing. But Harry has had to give up just about everything he ever had in order to make that possible for Meghan," Larcombe explained.

Larcombe emphasized that Harry's general openness to external influences has frequently led to unfavorable results.

"I think Harry's a very lost soul and has been potentially before his mother died. Harry's a great guy, but has been very vulnerable to influences. Look how influences have affected Prince Harry's life," he said. "I'll go through a quick list. When he was in the last year at his high school, he gets in with a crowd of people that are taking drugs and Harry gets caught. When he goes with his friends to a fancy dress party, he wears a Nazi outfit and gets called out."

"When he goes to celebrate the end of Sandhurst, he gets dragged along to a strip club, he gets found out and then when he goes to Las Vegas, he turns stripper himself and Harry gets found out. These are all as a result of influences, bad influences, in his life because he is someone who is susceptible to being very influenced and easily led by the people around him. And I don't see how anyone could argue against that," Larcombe added.