Prince Harry Girlfriend Cressida Bonas: Five Things To Know About The Next Kate Middleton?
Prince Harry's girlfriend Cressida Bonas has caused quite a stir since she graced the cover of Tatler magazine October 2013 issue. Here's five things to know about the new girlfriend in Prince Harry's life, and how she may just be the next Kate Middleton.
Kate Middleton made the cover of Tatler in 2011, which was eight years after she began dating Prince William, the Daily Mail reports, suggesting that the relationship between Prince Harry and his girlfriend Cressida Bonas is getting serious.
InStyle.com reports a few important things to know about a potential future Mrs. Prince Harry.
Cressida's mother was a socialite. Cressida's mother, Lady Mary-Gaye Curzon, is the daughter of the late Earl Howe and an heir to the Curzon banking family and was also known as an It-girl back in the 1960s.
Her half-sister is married to the son of the founder of Virgin Group. Cressida's half-sister, Isabella Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, is married to Richard Branson's son, Sam Branson. Richard Branson is the founder of Virgin Group. Isabella has also appeared on the silver screen including films "How to Lose Friends and Alienate People" and "Stage Beauty."
Cressida went to the same school as Prince Harry's ex-girlfriend. Cressida studied dance at Leeds University, the same school Prince Harry's ex-girlfriend Chelsy Davy attended, InStyle.com reports. Bonas recently graduated from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in Greenwich, where she studied contemporary dance.
Prince Harry met Bonas through his cousin, Princess Eugenie. The two met through Prince Harry's cousin Princess Eugenie of York, who happens to be close friends with Cressida as well.
Cressida's family calls her "Smalls." According to The Daily Beast, the Tatler article on Bonas revealed that she is nicknamed "Smalls" or "Smally" in her family, "because she's the youngest of her large brood of siblings from her mother, sparky Sixties heartbreaker Lady MaryGaye Curzon."