Someone (who will remain nameless) asked me seriously if I wanted to go on a cruise with them. For real. No disrespect to all of the people out there who like cruises and such, but that sounds like hell to me. Being stuck in the middle of the ocean with all kinds of gross viruses – ugh. There are so many stories about people getting severely ill on cruise ships. But then again, if I ever did go on a ship, it would be a peasanty vacation because I couldn’t afford a yacht vacation. I’m so obviously NOT royal. Prince Harry decided to see his new romance with Camilla Thurlow had “sea legs” – they went on vacation on a luxury yacht with some friends.
All at sea! Prince Harry and his new girlfriend Camilla Thurlow took their romance to the open waters this past weekend, embarking on a cruise together, Us Weekly can exclusively reveal. Thurlow, 25, joined the redheaded royal, 29, for a vacation on a luxury yacht, which began on Saturday, Aug. 23, in Saint-Tropez, France with a few friends. They are traveling with pal Ben Goldsmith and his model financée Jemima Jones.
“This trip’s partly to celebrate Harry’s 30th birthday which is just weeks away,” a source explains to Us. Prince William’s younger brother will celebrate his milestone 30th on Sept. 15. “It’s also because he deserves some time off work to relax and recharge his batteries.” Harry has been busy organizing the Invictus Games, held Sept. 10 through 14.
After he was first seen kissing Thurlow at a nightclub in July, Harry chose to bring his new love interest along for his time off. “They stayed in touch via text after the first night they kissed,” a second source tells Us, about the couple who was spotted locking lips in London.
“It’s a sign that he’s really smitten with Camilla that he feels comfortable to invite her away with friends he’s known for years,” the first insider adds to Us.
The group of pals will be traveling in style, as the impressive liner boasts a luxe master suite, six other bedrooms, an on-deck jacuzzi, gym, swimming platform, and helipad.
After he unwinds, the young royal may be considering what’s ahead for him in his personal life. A third source tells Us Weekly that Harry “is keen to settle down” and “thinking about what he wants in life.” This reflective period follows Harry’s split from longtime girlfriend Cressida Bonas this past April.
Now, his goals could include a future with Thurlow, who is a former Miss Edinburgh and works as a projects officer for The Halo Trust, a UK nonprofit which was once a project close to the heart of Harry’s late mother, Princess Diana. Kensington Palace had no comment on the romantic getaway.
I’m sure there will be Will & Waity defenders yelling, “SEE? Harry goes on vacation too, you never say anything about HIM.” Well, Harry has a job (he still works for the military, although it’s reportedly just an office job) AND he keeps a steady schedule of charitable commitments. When Harry goes on vacation, it feels like he’s genuinely earned it. That being said… I would not want to go on a boat with a new boyfriend. It feels like a relationship test. One that I would fail as soon as I got some terrible virus and started puking off the poop deck. I hope Camilla passes the test.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
All I can imagine is that poor girl having to poop with harry in the next room.
With that comment, my morning went from awful to awesome,
Can’t stop laughing!
That is a real test of a relationship, isn’t it?
hahahahahah
If they survive this, they can survive marriage too.
Thank you for the morning thought as I eat a muffin and sip coffee. 🙂
By the way, is it just me, or does it appear that Harry’s hair is thinning? Perhaps it’s just the light in the photos, but, I don’t know…it looks as if it is.
the windsor genes always come home to roost
i´ve seen that before and i was wondering if anyone noted this but me..
He’s thinning and balding. He’s got a patch that isn’t near William’s level, but is noticable to be a section of balding
I mean no offense to bald-top lovers, but I keep wondering why these two very handsome princes haven’t tried to hold on their beauty with hair plugs… (Dr’s insert some of the patients’s own hair into bald spots, and it keeps on growing indefinitely, as their own; as it is their own).
William could own some of his past “dreaminess”, and Harry could remain the darling rake. And their popularity could increase by swooning women everywhere.
Yup the ultimate test of a relationship, can you survive a weekend on a boat albeit this is more like a floating hotel than a sail boat.
That’ s really not an appropriate new relationship arrangement. This wouldn’t’ happen for me in the first few months of dating. Romance killer for certain.
Well we all get to this point after awhile. Although not with Prince Harry!
lol
OMG. I always think of the same sorts of things.
You are my poop sister.
Best comment for the first comment on this thread 🙂
For privacy, wait until the other person goes up to the poop deck.
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it now: he’ll marry this one. I don’t know anything about her, but I think “it’s time” and if she’s amenable… it will happen. I say they date for a year and are engaged for a year. He’ll be married before he’s 32.
Yup. And she’s kind of perfect for it, too. Even more middle class than Kate, works for his mother’s charity already, and would probably be interested in trading up her life.
I’m on the fence. As perfect as a person is on paper doesn’t ensure a relationship to last. And they could end as quickly as Cressida did and He could move on as quickly as he did to Camilla.
Show me a ring, spotlighting her at charity functions and we’ll talk.
I agree that if they fall in love, he’s beyond ready to get married, and men tend to marry the person they’re dating when they decide it’s time to marry, if that makes sense. I’m agreeing with you, if you couldn’t tell from that babble. More coffee, please.
Good Morning, GNAT! You said what I was trying to say 😉 I do think for men, especially, and probably women, too. That when it’s time, it’s time, and the next suitable person is THE ONE. All of us probably have dated people we could’ve married, if it had been the right timing, but (those of us who are married) married the right person at the right time. And I think his timing is all set… so… I think if they date for any length of time, she will be it.
I agree with you both, he just seems so ready to get married. And it seems like the majority of his close guy friends have settled down at this point, which seems like it would be an influencing factor for Harry. So as soon as he gets serious with someone who wants to be a princess, it will happen.
So like Miranda on Sex and the City said: His light is on? 🙂
Exactly!
Is that a reference to Logan’s Run or a taxi?
Taxi 🙂
(and hi, bettyrose!)
Hi TOK! Okay, just for anyone who hasn’t seen one of the greatest films *ever* . . . in Logan’s Run, the people have a light on their hands that goes off at age 30, meaning it’s time for them to be “recycled” (i.e. die – because life pretty much ends at 30 in a world of youth obsession) but it could totally apply to 30 year old eligible bachelors, meaning it’s time to get married. Stat. (In my world, 30 year olds are just youngin’s still figuring it all out, but my peeps have no genetic mandates that must be fulfilled at young ages, unlike the royals/aristos).
I think you’re right, GiGi. And he is going to start looking pathetic after a few more years if he doesn’t marry, much as Charles was viewed prior to his marriage to Diana, which is why Diana was dug up and chosen. So, instead of being pushed into a non-functional marriage, he’d better high-tail it to the alter with a girl who can handle all of the publicity as well as Harry’s rather scary relatives. (I would hate to be the one seated next to the Queen and told that my dress is too short or having Charles whisper in my ear that I need to show more decorum as a royal. We are not amused!)
(Hums “Get me to the Church on time as she goes about her day.)
I think that there must be many polite hints before Her Majesty says anything. Kate was put on the carpet publically with a bum minder, after *repeatedly* flashing the public.
Is it wrong to suspect he’s being encouraged in this relationship to throw the Scotts a carrot and calm the Independence movement? I hope not. I’d like to see Harry marry someone he truly loves, not that I have anything against Camilla.
I don’t know enough about it to speculate, but there is about 1000 years of precedence for the royals trading their young into politically convenient couplings.
Woah, good call.
“throw the scots a carrot” was very appropriate here in so many ways.
The part about her being a beauty queen turns me off a little. Other than that, she seems well-rounded.
Sames.
I agree!
Good thing she followed up with a great job!
But Maybe she could give Kate an eyeliner intervention!
I was turned off by that too until I read that one of life goals that she listed during that time was that she wanted to have a job that she loved. And now she works for the Halo Trust. That makes her a winner in my book.
Maybe she has been plotting to land Harry just as Kate plotted for William! Ooooo conspiracy!
I’m right there with you Kaiser. Yachts, hot tubs….yuck virusy yuk. I don’t care how luxurious it may be.
Hot tubs are VILE and disgusting! Especially public ones at hotels/resorts/on ships. Just nasty breeding grounds for….euchhh! You’d never het me into a hot tub…or even a sauna, either.
I agree on tour boats as well as hot tubs. And if you have heart problems, getting into a hot tub can even kill you. And that isn’t even death by cooties, which is what I would fear!
I have had a bad time with every hot tub i’ve ever been in.
Too little Chlorine and a friend in the same tub same time got a staph infection.
Too much Chlorine and we all got lightheaded. Hot tub was on an indoor deck. Our fault for only opening windows and not the doors I guess.
And every other time i’ve shook violently both in and out of the tub after a 10 minute marker.
Anyone else convulse while still in hot tubs?
I knew a dude who did maintenance on hot tubs – he said you are basically bathing in other peoples sweat.
Mitch, thanks for sharing – euhhh!
Not his usual type.
She has the same name as his step mother. That would be an issue for me. I’d need a nick name.
Cam? Thurilla? Illa-T? Not-Cressida? Miss Edinburgh 2008? Ballcap McCapperson? Judy?
How about Cruella?
Cammie would be pretty.
Thriller surely
Um, how about “Thrilla”?
Diana’s brother was also named Charles. The aristo set seems to have a different ick factor.
They also stick with a pretty small set of names, for the most part. Every now and then you get your Cressidas, but I feel like aristos are generally named a handful of classic English names.
The name Diana is Greek, no? William is German but English is Germanic so maybe that counts as Anglo.
@bettyrose The House of Windsor was the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, which is German, until 1917 when it was changed to Windsor due to anti-German sentiment during WW1.
Yes, I know of their German heritage, but I was wondering whether their family names could truly be considered English.
Yeah, I know, it has to be a turn off for him akin to walking in on his Grandparents doing it.
He sure moves on quickly.
Like Leo and George.
Had anyone seen photos of her yet? If they’ve been dating a few months, he seems to be keeping her underwraps. Royal gossip peeps, when do you think we’ll see shots of this young lady?
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/07/19/article-2698363-1FC8E02100000578-602_306x450.jpg
Oh! She’s cute! Looks a bit like his sister-in-law though, doesn’t she?
Thanks for the photo! I think she’s very cute, does resemble Kate, and is much prettier than Harry’s two biggest loves.
She’s pretty. Thanks, maybeiamcrazy, I too was so curious. I actually only clicked to see photos…
I love that she’s a brunette, for a change. Come over to the dark side, Harry.
She’s cute, and she has a job. Marry her, Harry. (JOKING)
I don’t see the Kate resemblance, other than the brown hair. But that may be enough for the media.
HARRY MARRIES A WOMAN JUST LIKE HIS SISTER IN LAW!!!!!
There are a few photos around if you do a google images search. Most of them aren’t all that good, but they are definitely there.
There don’t seem to be many… I could just find one of her in a baseball cap. I guess some people are saying she’s a Waity lookalike? I don’t think so.
http://www.fashionnstyle.com/articles/24731/20140827/who-is-camilla-thurlow-prince-harry-new-girlfriend.htm gives some info on her. She seems sweet and normal. I hope she can handle the craziness if she is indeed ‘the one.’
She’s a million times prettier than Waity, and seems to be more energetic and focused on a wonderful career. I think Harry’s got a keeper.
She’s more relaxed and natural looking. She could easily go the way Kate went with pre engagement work and weightloss.
I hear what you are saying FLORC, but I doubt that the young lady Harry marries will be a kiss ass-brown noser, like Kate, nor as helpless and hapless. She’ll have more flash for sure, if Harry’s past girlfriends are any indication of what he likes.
Thanks, everyone! I’ve seen the ballcap photo but not the others. Is it unusual that the UK paps haven’t photographed her or Harry is just keeping her under wraps?
Her social media pics have already been downloaded onto fan sites, lots of party pics of her floating on tumbler
I NEVER thought Harry looked like his dad until I saw that last picture.
it’s the eyebrows!
thought the same thing Houston Grl!
A profile of the queen and Harry shows an exact replica of the queens nose on Harry – it’s amazing, slope and all.
Boat holidays are what these people do, yes? How many pictures have we seen of girlfriend Kate backflipping of yachts in teeny weeny bikinis?
It’ll be fun having two Camillas in one family…
FOREARMS!
She seems like a good fit but I’m still waiting. Relationships can go either way.
Harry needs to leave these girls alone and get with an older Kentucky girl.
BTW-That older Kentucky girl being me, of course.
Or maybe he picked up a scottish girlfriend as a PR move in advance of the referendum. cynical, i know, but someone had to say it.
Harry’s got a new girl…..big whoop.
She’s going down the same dating path as his last ones. I wouldn’t bet the house that she’s going to get the ring and a HRH. The press got ginned up about Cressida and look how that panned out.
Exactly.
But this is the fun part…watching what the media does. I wonder how long it will be before they do a composit of what their children will look like just as they did for Cressida and Harry’s future kids.
Umm, who goes on a vacation 2 weeks before the massive event they’re responsible for putting on? Or am I just doing events wrong and this isn’t supposed to be the busiest part? It must just be us plebs that wait until after the event to celebrate.
Rebound.
She probably won’t last either…another party girl that they are trying to package as “the one”. And although I like Harry, I don’t that feel he’s a great catch at this point either. Hes still known to have that wandering eye and need s to get that drinking and passing out all over the place under control first. Age doesn’t utomatically means maturity and working for a charity doesn’t mean you are a good fit.
But I Iike Harry when he’s dating. It’s fun to read all the speculations.
She might party too hard.
http://www.everyjoe.com/2014/07/19/news/camilla-thurlow-facebook-photos-prince-harry-girlfriend/#1
Thanks for posting that link Sassy. She’s pretty. I wish him the best and hope he marries his true love.
IMO – If this becomes a little more serious, then he will marry her. I have a little bit of intuition, and pick up his ‘3rd’ lady would become his wife.
Wow I just realized his gfs’ names’ begin with the letter C : Chelsy…Cressida…Camilla
And once again Beatrice is the matchmaker.
Bea needs to hang it up. She’s 0 for 1 now.
Palace has denied he’s went on vacation and Harry has informed friends he’s NOT even dating her.
It’s on twitter. Two reporters contacted the Palace.
Palace and Harry’s friends have denied the story.
Palace has told two British Royal Reporters that Harry is not in St. Tropez and he is not dating Camilla. Harry informed friends he is not dating Camilla at all.
Story is untrue.
I Read Phil Dampier and another reporter ,they have it in their twitter threads.
He’s not dating her and wasn’t in St.Tropez on holiday w her.