Much like his spirit animal Bridget Jones, Prince Harry has had some noticeable weight fluctuations over the years. Nothing crazy, really, but you can always tell when Harry has been partying too hard, because he gains weight on his face. But for a while now, it seems like Harry has been keeping himself pretty lean and healthy. According to the Daily Mail’s gossip girl, that’s because Harry has been getting his life/body in order with a new diet and a new fitness routine. But of course he’s still partying. What he’s missing in dairy, he’s making up for in tequila shots.

Prince Harry has gone on a dairy-free diet in his pursuit of the perfect body, I can reveal. But while the Prince will happily avoid adding a splash of full-fat milk to his morning cuppa, I’m afraid he shows far less dedication when presented with a row of shot glasses and the chance to party with 12 women.

Fun-loving Harry, 31, joined Jemima Khan and a group of her pals at a ‘celebration of life’ bash at trendy Notting Hill restaurant, Casa Cruz, on Wednesday. Harry went to the exclusive venue for dinner on its roof terrace with two friends, but after they left he wandered over to Jemima’s table for rounds of shots. The women, who were thrilled to have the handsome Prince in their midst, were wearing matching grey T-shirts with the name of the actress Martha Plimpton on them. Although he may well have been nursing a sore head the following morning, I’m told that Harry would soon have got back to his healthy living routine.

Sources say he rarely misses a day of working out in the gym – he is a frequent visitor to the Third Space in Soho, and also drops in to the trendy Core Collective, run by his high-society pal Jason de Savary, for some high intensity interval training. Harry has always had a trim physique but has been consulting a nutritionist for several weeks.

But as he now tucks into dairy-free alternatives, I wonder what his father thinks of it – after all, Charles is a dairy farmer and the brains behind the popular Duchy Originals food brand.

[From The Daily Mail]

Even when I was younger, I wasn’t much of a dairy person. These days, I eat ice cream a few times a month but that’s about it. What I’m saying is that I can’t really speak to eliminating dairy as a diet choice because my diet has always been very light on dairy anyway. I’ve actually always suspected that I have a lactose sensitivity, which seems pretty common these days especially with people of Asian descent (like me). I can speak to eliminating alcohol as a diet choice though – I stopped drinking several years back and I lost weight and felt better in general. It sounds like Harry is mostly sticking to a good diet and fitness routine, but he’s giving himself some cheat days where he has a few drinks or gorges on pasta or whatever.

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