A 40-year-old woman has revealed she was the one who took Prince Harry’s virginity in a muddy field 21-years-ago.
The mother of two has kept the secret of the fumble-tumble – only to discover Harry had written about it at length in his memoir Spare.
Sasha Walpole said she heard about the naming by a WhatsApp message from a friend.
She said the experience was “surreal” and and caused her to “panic”.
She sought legal advice.
Sasha said: “I don’t understand why he went into such detail.
“He could have said he lost his virginity and left it at that.
“But he described how it happened – in a field behind a pub.
“That’s fine if you’re not the other person involved.
“But if you’re me, then you suddenly feel as if your world is getting a little bit smaller.”
At the time Ms Walpole was a groom at King’s Charles’ Highgrove home in.
She said she would never have spoken of the moment had Harry not brought up the fling.
She said: “I am not that sort of person.
“He has brought it to my door by writing about it.”
In a joint interview with The Sun and Mail of Sunday Ms Walpole said:
“It is his story, and he’s entitled to write what he wants.
“He didn’t name me but people who were there that night, or simply part of that social circle, would be able to work out it was me.
“Possibly, Harry could have thought about that before publishing.
“He could have found me if he had tried.”
The Duke was aged 16 and Sasha turned 19 the following day.
The evening started with birthday drinks.
He described her as an “older woman”.
He wrote: “She liked horses, quite a lot, and treated me not unlike a young stallion.
“Quick ride, after which she’d smacked my rump and sent me off to graze.
“Among the many things about it that were wrong:
“It happened in a grassy field behind a busy pub.”
Ms Walpole said: “‘I kept this a secret for 21 years.
“I did it because Harry was a friend, regardless of whether he’s a Prince or not.
“I didn’t invite any of this attention, but I know the hunt would have kept going until people found me.
“‘Panic cut in. I live in a quiet area, and it got to the stage when a strange car drove by, I’d think, ‘Is this it?’
“I worried that I’d wake up one morning and find a barrage of cameras outside my house.”
She said that so many friends knew it was her that she felt she had to “take control of the situation before it took control of me.”
The incident took place at The Vine Tree pub in Norton, Wiltshire, on July 21, 2001.