The Mail on Sunday

Harry pays the price for Wills’ dad dance – as HIS ski trip is axed

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SHOTS of his elder brother William ‘ dad dancing’ on his recent lads’ skiing trip to Verbier may well have raised a smile on Prince Harry’s lips.

But now poor Harry is laughing on the other side of his face – after cancelling a trip he was planning to the lively Swiss resort in t he aftermath of William’s high jinx.

On top of his very awkward dance moves, William, 34, was caught on camera chatting to a blonde at the Verbier nightclub – when he placed a hand on her waist – and at a boozy lunch attended by a 24-year-old former topless model from Australia.

After the wave of negative publicity that followed, Harry, 32, has pulled out of a big party in the resort this weekend, and will be in London with girlfriend Meghan Markle instead.

The bash at Le Rouge bar had been organised by Harry’s close friend Jacobi Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe for his record company, Housekeepi­ng.

Harry will also miss t he chance to catch up with best pal Tom ‘Skippy’ Inskip and his new wife Lara Hughes-Young.

The couple, whose wedding Harry and Meghan attended in Jamaica three weeks ago, are skiing in nearby Zermatt and Harry could easily have nipped across to see them.

Last night one of Harry’s Verbier friends said: ‘Everyone was expecting him, but he’d be mad to be seen here after the furore his brother created.’

William is said to be incandesce­nt after the pictures of him partying went public and has vowed never to go dancing in Verbier again.

The friend added: ‘The mood in Verbier is very pro-William. No one here thinks he did anything wrong. The worry is that the whole incident will affect Verbier’s reputation as a haven for royals and high society.’

Staying away from the whole scene may be a wise move for Harry, who has appeared in videos and photograph­s while partying, often with Skippy not far

ROYAL RAVE: William ‘dad dancing’ at the Verbier club. Right: Prince Harry away. They were on the Las Vegas trip in 2012 that resulted in pictures appearing of Harry frolicking naked in his hotel room. And the pair have form in ski resorts as in the same year they were seen hurling snowballs at passersby from a chalet balcony.

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