Prince Edward's ex girlfriend Ruthie Henshall to pen tell-all memoir: 'When a showgirl falls in love with a prince'
The pair dated back in the dayPrince Edward’s ex-girlfriend Ruthie Henshall has revealed she is releasing a tell-all memoir about their romance.
West End star Ruthie, 58, dated the Duke of Edinburgh, 61, on and off for several years during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Edward later found love with future wife Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh.
But now, Ruthie is set to release a bombshell book, divulging the details of her relationship with Prince Edward.
Ruthie Henshall to release book about ex Prince Edward
Ruthie’s new memoir, The Showgirl and the Prince, is set to hit the shelves on July 9.
Packed within its pages will be stories about her romance with Edward. These include afternoon tea with Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor and Buckingham Palace visits.
Talking about why she decided to put pen to paper, Ruthie explained: “I found old diaries which I began writing in the 80s and then found all my letters from Prince Edward, and I was struck by how precious this time in my life was.”
Reflecting on her life experience, she added to the Telegraph: “I was on the West End stage – my dream since I was a girl – and shared a love with a man very few people even know.
“If this was someone else’s story, I would think they had made it up. So here it is – a look behind the curtain of a crazy life in musical theatre and what happens next when a showgirl falls in love with a prince.”
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‘A look behind the curtain of a crazy life’
Meanwhile talking about Edward, Ruthie added to the publication that she fell in love with him because he was “kind and thoughtful”.
The publication also claims the release of the book is “likely to create angst amid courtiers and the wider Royal Family as it reels from the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor“.
It is not known if the royals have been given a preview of Ruthie’s book.
Edward and Ruthie’s romance began back in 1998. At the time, Ruthie was performing in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats as a chorus girl. Edward meanwhile, worked as a production assistant for the impresario.
Although they ended up splitting, the pair remained on good terms, even reportedly attending his wedding to Sophie in 1999.
“I have nothing but nice things to say about them all. The Queen, in particular, was lovely. Here I was, this chorus girl dating her son – it must have been her worst nightmare!” she previously said.
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