Prince Harry says he lost virginity in a field to an older woman

In his new memoir 'Spare', Prince Harry has spoken openly about losing his virginity to an older woman in a field behind a pub.

The Duke of Sussex's new autobiography is out on the 10 January, and is set to unravel never before heard stories about Harry's life in the Royal Family.

One of those is the intimate details surrounding Harry losing his virginity at the age of 17 to an older woman.

While the identity of the woman remains a mystery, Harry spoke on how his first lover treated him like a 'young stallion'.

All this happened back in 2001 when Harry was a student at Elton College in Windsor.

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The prince ended up confessing everything about losing his virginity to one of the Royal Family's bodyguards, Marco.

Harry endured a humiliating experience in a cafeteria after Marco said he had come to find out the truth.

As per the Daily Mail, Harry wrote in 'Spare': "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.

"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."

Harry hadn't need to tell the bodyguard the gory details, as Marco was actually checking up on him for a different reason.

At the time, King Charles' press office had been alerted that a newspaper had evidence that Harry was taking drugs - something Harry said was 'all lies'.

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The conversation of drugs did actually come up in Harry's new memoir, with him revealing for the first time that he took cocaine as a teenager.

In Sky News quotes from the book, Harry said: "Of course I had been taking cocaine at that time.

"At someone’s house, during a hunting weekend, I was offered a line, and since then I had consumed some more.

"It wasn’t very fun, and it didn’t make me feel especially happy as seemed to happen to others, but it did make me feel different, and that was my main objective. To feel. To be different."

"I was a 17-year-old willing to try almost anything that would alter the pre-established order."

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