A REALITY star who once dated Prince Harry despite their 13-year age gap has revealed the odd reason she gave him the nickname “baby”.
Divorcee Catherine Ommanney says she had a fling with the King’s son when he was just 21 and she was a 34-year-old mother of two.
Catherine Ommanney has lifted the lid on her fling with Prince Harry
The 51-year-old gave the royal the nickname ‘baby’
Catherine, now 51, told The Celeb Report on Sunday they acted like teenagers and kissed passionately during dates.
She says she affectionately nicknamed him “baby” as he had a habit of sucking on lollipops.
Catherine says she had the “time of my life” in 2006 with the prince — who gave her the “most passionate kiss I’ve ever had”.
Harry was in a long-term on-off relationship with socialite Chelsy Davy at the time of their fling.
She is not sure if Harry was on a break from Chelsy.
Catherine, who once starred in American reality TV show The Real Housewives of DC, was separated from ex-husband Stephen when she and Harry met at trendy Art Bar in London’s Chelsea in May 2006.
She told The Celeb Report on Sunday: “We had some mutual friends in the property business and he introduced himself.
“Harry was wearing an Australian-style hat that made me laugh so I asked him, ‘What are you doing looking like a t*** in that?’.
“I don’t think he was used to people taking the Mickey and once we started talking, it was like there was no one else was in the room.”
Catherine has lifted the lid after learning that Harry, 38, was writing about his ex-girlfriends in his new memoir.
Speaking from Majorca, where she now lives, the interior designer said: “He was only 21 so a relationship was the furthest thing from my mind.
“But when everyone started leaving at around 11pm, Harry pointed to one of three Range Rovers parked outside and said, ‘Hop in with me,’ which I found very flattering.
“We were driven to Eclipse nightclub in South Kensington and whisked downstairs to the VIP area.
“A few moments later the manager came over and asked, ‘What is your favourite song?’ Harry said, ‘Gnarls Barkley, Crazy.’
“It came on a second later and I said, ‘You are so spoiled.’ Harry just laughed.”
The pair met up a few more times in private bars – but the romance was dealt a blow when news of the relationship broke.
After two more dates, Harry changed his number and Catherine did not see him again until 2009, when they bumped into each other at a polo match in Barbados.
It was a year after she married her second husband, from whom she is now separated.
Catherine says she had the ‘time of my life’ in 2006 with the prince
