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Harry proposes to Chelsy... but there's no official engagement
Last updated at 15:37pm on 19.08.07
Harry and Chelsy on a recent holiday in Barbados
Prince Harry has asked his girlfriend Chelsy Davy to marry him - and she has said yes.
The Prince finally popped the question when the couple were on a recent safari break in Botswana according to the Sunday Mirror.
However, they do not intend to become officially engaged until Chelsy finishes her post-graduate course in politics at Leeds University and Harry has served the Army overseas.
Blonde Zimbabwean Chelsy, who is currently recuperating after an emergency appendix operation, is said to be planning on spending weekends with Harry at Highgrove in Gloucestershire when she moves to Leeds next month.
A friend of Chelsy's was quoted as saying that Harry "has come to realise that what he and Chelsy have is pretty special."
The couple have decided to keep Chelsy out of the public eye as much as possible with her not planning on being by his side at the upcoming Princess Diana's memorial service.
Meanwhile Harry's brother Prince William is on a make-or-break holiday with Kate Middleton at an undisclosed location in the Indian Ocean.
Reader views (4)
They wont last...whatever!
- Alex, London, UK
The best of luck to both of them. I just hope the public and the press will be kind, particularly given the somewhat dubious links between Miss Davy's father and the Zimbabwean Government. I hope people will remember that His Royal Highness is marrying HER and not her father!
- A.P. Schrader, Prittlewell, England
Congratulations to them both. Hope their relationship continues to strengthen once they are together on a less holiday idyll basis. I think it's sensible to take their time as they are both very young and Harry would be the first person to want to avoid divorce and upset. Also important to know if Chelsy can withstand the inevitable onslaught of media frenzy once they do become engaged.
- Lis, Oxford, UK
We so must have a Queen Chelsy. This is great news.
- Nina Stanhope, London UK
