What happened to Prince Harry’s ex, Chelsy Davy? Before Meghan Markle, he dated the Zimbabwean former ‘it girl’ for seven years – and she just gave birth to a secret baby
- Davy dated the royal on and off for seven years, and they reportedly hooked up for the last time at Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding in 2011
- The jewellery entrepreneur has been busy since, dating James Marshall, an ex of one of Markle’s friends, and having a baby with Prince Harry’s old schoolmate
Harry met Davy during his gap year in Cape Town in 2004, according to The Independent. The two began an on-off relationship that would last the next seven years, throughout the couple’s most formative years as they navigated young adulthood together.
Raised in Zimbabwe, she was an unexpected choice of romantic partner for Prince Harry. She raised eyebrows both for her outsider status in British high society (she moved to England for school when she was 15) and her “party girl” reputation in the press.
In 2011, after years of trying to make it work, the two lovers eventually called it quits for good. Prince Harry went on to meet and fall in love with Markle, while Davy seemingly disappeared from the public eye – until news of her giving birth to a baby boy in January surfaced earlier this week.
From being a London “it girl” and tabloid darling to having a secret pregnancy kept under wraps from the world, what has Davy been up to in the decade since she and her royal ex-lover split?
It wasn’t a clean break between the two
After the break-up, Prince Harry and Davy reportedly remained on very good terms – so good, in fact, that she was invited to the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton in April 2011.