Elizabeth Hurley responds to speculation that she is the mystery older woman who took teenage Prince Harry’s virginity and ‘treated him like a stallion’ behind a Wiltshire pub

Elizabeth Hurley has laughed off speculation that she is the older woman responsible for claiming Prince Harry’s virginity after he documented his first sexual encounter in his bestselling memoir.  

Writing in explosive 2023 release Spare, the Duke Of Sussex recounted how his anonymous first lover treated him like a ‘young stallion’ and detailed how the steamy exchange took place in a field behind a ‘very busy pub’ in Wiltshire. 

Sasha Walpole, a 40-year old mother-of-two who is only two years Harry’s senior, has since said she was his unnamed partner after meeting the young prince while working as a groom for King Charles, then the Prince Of Wales, at his Gloucestershire estate, Highgrove.

But the admission hasn’t stopped furious speculation regarding the sexual encounter and the potential identity of his first lover, with some pointing the finger at 58-year old Hurley. 

Addressing the rumours on Wednesday evening during an appearance on Watch What Happens Live, the actress flatly denied having any association with the Royal.  

Elizabeth Hurley has laughed off speculation that she is the older woman responsible for claiming a teenage Prince Harry’s virginity (pictured with son Damian)

Prince Harry pictured months before his 17th birthday in July 2001 at Cirencester Polo Club

‘That was ludicrous!’ she told host Andy Cohen. ‘He said, “She was English. She was older than me. It was in Gloucestershire.” And they were like, “Ah, it’s Elizabeth.” It was absurd. It was ridiculous.’

She added: ‘It was like saying, “He’s great-looking. He’s American.” Oh, it’s Andy Cohen. I’ve never met him in my life!’

The actress was previously asked about the rumour during an interview with the Saturday Times magazine.

When asked about whether the rumour that it was her is true, she replied: ‘Not me. Not guilty. Ha!’ before going on to add ‘No. Not me. Absolutely not’.

In 2001, the royal was still a student at Eton College in Windsor when one of the Royal Family’s bodyguards Marko paid him a visit.

At the beginning of the meeting, Prince Harry says he suspected Marko had heard about the one-night stand – which he described as a ‘humiliating’ experience. 

Over lunch in a cafeteria in the city centre, the bodyguard – who had a ‘sombre look’ on his face – told the Prince that he had been sent to ‘find out the truth’.

Harry, now a parent-of-two with wife Meghan Markle, wrote: ‘I suspected he was referring to my recent loss of virginity, a humiliating episode with an older woman who liked macho horses and who treated me like a young stallion.

Writing in explosive 2023 release Spare, The Duke Of Sussex recounted how his anonymous first lover treated him like a ‘young stallion’

Addressing the rumours on Wednesday evening during an appearance on Watch What Happens Live, the actress flatly denied having any association with the Royal

Elizabeth insisted she has never met the prince, describing rumours of a fling as ‘ludicrous’ 

‘I mounted her quickly, after which she spanked my ass and sent me away. One of my many mistakes was letting it happen in a field, just behind a very busy pub. No doubt someone had seen us.’

However, the real reason Marko had been sent to check up on Harry was because King Charles’ press office had been informed a newspaper had evidence of him taking drugs -which Harry said was ‘all lies’.

Three years after his rendezvous with the anonymous older woman, Prince Harry started dating Chelsea Davy. 

Former royal groom Walpole later claimed to be the woman in question, and revealed it was Harry who made the first move, leading to their ‘spontaneous and sparky’ sex in a field behind The Vine Tree pub in the Wiltshire village of Norton. 

And, in a touch of farce, she said his bodyguard was out hunting for him in a borrowed Ford Fiesta at the time.

Walpole, a mother of two who drives diggers for a living, had invited Harry, then a 16-year-old Eton schoolboy – not 17 as suggested in Spare – to the pub to celebrate her 19th birthday.

Sasha Walpole , a mother-of-two who at 40 is only two years Harry’s senior, has since said she is the unnamed woman who took Harry’s virginity in a field behind a Wiltshire pub 

Walpole, Harry and friends lark about at the Beaufort Polo Club near Tetbury in Gloucestershire back in 2001

As last orders were called, the young prince asked her: ‘Should we go for a smoke?’ and they crept into an adjacent field to have a cigarette out of sight of his security detail.

‘He started to kiss me,’ she told the Daily Mail. ‘It was passionate, intense. We both knew. It went from a kiss on to the floor pretty quickly.

‘It was instant, fiery, wham bam, between two friends. It was sparky because we shouldn’t have been doing it. He wasn’t ‘Prince Harry’ to me, this was Harry, my friend, and the situation had got a little bit out of control. 

‘It felt naughty, I suppose, in the sense that it shouldn’t be happening.’

She added: ‘We didn’t set out to do it – it wasn’t premeditated and I didn’t know he was a virgin. There were no virgin vibes – he seemed to know what he was doing. It was quick, wild, exciting. We were both drunk. It wouldn’t have happened if we weren’t.’

‘He said, “She was English. She was older than me. It was in Gloucestershire.” And they were like, “Ah, it’s Elizabeth,’ the actress told host Andy Cohen said on Wednesday evening

‘It was like saying, “He’s great-looking. He’s American.” Oh, it’s Andy Cohen . I’ve never met him in my life!’ she added 

In Spare, Harry claimed it was ‘a quick ride, after which she’d smacked my rump and sent me off to graze’. 

‘I don’t mind him saying that because it isn’t really very glorious, is it? We were drunk and having sex in a field,’ she said. 

‘It’s his sense of humour. [We were part of] a massive horse scene and the slap happened in a horsey context, the book is a funny interpretation of that. 

‘His description is accurate – the real shock when I saw what he’d written was how true it was. That’s what took me back the most. I’m not offended.

‘Afterwards I did grab his bum and give him a slap. I gave him a little squeeze as well. He had a peachy bum. I don’t know about the stallion thing; I think that was more to do with the fact that I worked with horses.’ 

She added: ‘To tell the truth, he didn’t make sure I was happy. He was young. It’s not until you are older you understand that stuff. It really was just a moment of passion.’