Harry’s right-hand woman beats Prince to the altar...
AS ONE of Prince Harry’s closest aides, Clara Madden is guaranteed a prominent pew at the Royal Wedding. Her own nuptials were, however, much more intimate.
I can reveal that the ‘blonde bombshell’, as colleagues describe her, has ‘secretly’ tied the knot with Nick Loughran, who was media adviser to Harry and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
‘Nick and Clara got married very quietly,’ claims a friend.
Nick previously courted Kate’s then private secretary, Rebecca Deacon, so his new relationship allegedly caused some awkwardness at Kensington Palace. He left for a job in PR shortly afterwards.
Clara, who is in charge of project management for Harry and Meghan Markle, formerly worked for William and Kate. They met Clara’s parents when they visited her native New Zealand in 2014. Her mother Robyn revealed: ‘William said to me that Clara is the star of the office.’