The Woman Harry Lost His Virginity to Was Shocked by How Honest He Was About Their Encounter

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Even among the many, many OMGWTF revelations in Prince Harry's memoir, Spare, the story he shared about losing his virginity stood out.

To refresh, Harry described his first time as an "inglorious episode with an older woman," writing:

Fresh on the heels of some recent hints from actor Rupert Everett that Harry's version of his own damn virginity story wasn't accurate, a woman claiming to be Harry's costar in the instantly-infamous "inglorious episode" has come forward to set the record straight (and, understandably, to just pull the metaphorical bandaid off and put an end to the "hunt" royal fans and media have been on to identify her since Spare was published). To that end, she recently granted multiple interviews, including notable on-the-record chats with The Sun on Sunday and The Mail on Sunday so she could take charge of her part of this narrative.

So, world, meet Sasha Walpole, who claims she is the woman Harry wrote about (and who says his account of their tryst is shockingly accurate, FWIW).

Sasha was a royal groom at then-Prince Charles' home, Highgrove, when her alleged royal deflowering went down. She's 40 now—just two years older than Harry—so while she was technically an "older woman," she's probably closer to his age than you might have imagined reading the passage in Spare.

In fact, she was actually photographed publicly hanging out with Harry and some of his other friends in June 2001 (Getty Images labels the pics "Playful Prince Harry & Friends At The Beaufort Polo Club, Near Tetbury, Gloucestershire"), and in the snaps her vibe toward Harry ranges from Playful BFF energy:

To, wait, actually these two look v close:

To what might be the most perfect and hilarious exasperated side-eye ever caught on film:

"At first I thought I could hide and that it would blow over. But as the names of different women, some of whom I know, became public I realized that to make the speculation stop, I needed to tell the truth," Sasha, who now works as a digger driver and landscaper, explained (per The Daily Beast). "At least now I can tell my story, in my words, with the correct context and detail, and without panicking. I can stop looking over my shoulder. I wanted to take control of the situation before it took control of me…I would never have spoken out if Harry hadn’t. I’m not that sort of person. If I was going to talk about it, I could have done so a long time ago. He has brought it to my door by writing about it."

Sasha went on to explain that she kept her experience with Harry a secret for 21 years (suggesting that their sex-behind-a-pub adventure went down in 2002, the year after the pics above were taken), not because he was royalty, but because he was a friend (and, as everyone knows, polite friends don't go around broadcasting the fact that they had drunken public sex with each other).

Sasha added that she full stop didn't understand why Harry decided to get so detailed in describing his first time, which she pointed out was "fine if you’re not the other person involved," but if you are "then you suddenly feel as if your world is getting a little bit smaller." But, even though Harry's decision to share the story put a spotlight on her, Sasha A) isn't mad about it and B) doesn't disagree with his description of the encounter at all. In her own words:

So, um, consider this passage officially fact checked?

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