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Ruthie: My romps in Palace

I’m A Celeb star tells of Prince Edward romance

- BY MARK JEFFERIES Showbiz Editor mark.jefferies@mirror.co.uk @mirrorjeff­ers

I’M A Celebrity star Ruthie Henshall told of “sh*gging in the bedrooms” at Buckingham Palace as she opened up about her one-time relationsh­ip with Prince Edward.

The West End musicals star also described drunkenly singing to the Royal Family at Balmoral.

Speaking to Shane Richie about her five-year relationsh­ip with Edward in the 90s, Ruthie said: “I genuinely fell in love with him.”

The 53-year-old told how they met when Edward was working for Andrew Lloyd Webber, who offered her the lead in A Star Is Born.

Edward later invited her to his home to watch the film version.

Referring to Shane’s performanc­e of the Lambeth Walk outside Buckingham Palace for the VE Day anniversar­y, Ruthie told him: “You sang in the gardens, I sh*gged in the bedrooms.”

And speaking about bout a visit to Balmoral, she said: “I don’t remember er a lot... Charles gave me my first m art ini.i.

I had two and I was like, ‘Woah’.” Ruthie told how Princess Margaret also asked her to sing a song from Les Miserables, which she was starring in. She said: “I sang I Dreamed A Dream and I must have change changed key three times becaus because I was so p*ssed.” Ruth Ruthie is said to still be on good terms with Edward Edward, who married wife Sophie i in 1999. mark

 ??  ?? PRINCE & THE SHOWGIRL Couple in 1993
PRINCE & THE SHOWGIRL Couple in 1993
 ??  ?? CONFESSION Ruthie in show
CONFESSION Ruthie in show

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