Prince Harry's 'needy ex Chelsy Davy drove him nuts'

PRINCE Harry's ex-girlfriend, Chelsy Davy, was so "needy", she was "driving him nuts" with calls and texts, the News of the World trial has heard.

PRINCE Harry's ex-girlfriend, Chelsy Davy, was so "needy", she was "driving him nuts" with calls and texts, the News of the World trial has heard.

According to The Guardian, Clive Goodman, the paper’s former royal editor, wrote to his editor Andy Coulson in 2005, telling him that the royal family was worried that she was "incredibly needy" and she would distract him from his studies when he was training at the Sandhurst military academy.

In an email read out to the jury in the phone-hacking trial, Goodman, who was convicted of hacking-related charges in 2007, told his boss he was having an "independent look" at Davy's phone activity.

The full email "on progress so far" on "Harry and Chelsy story" read: "Good off-the-record chat with [redacted] last night. Chelsy is driving Harry nuts, won't leave Harry alone. He's not allowed to use his mobile at Sandhurst until he's off duty but she's blitzing him with dozens of calls and texts when he should be concentrating on his training.

"Family likes her well enough but they're worried that she's incredibly needy just at the time when Harry needs to be concentrating on himself.

"We've been having a very quiet look at this independently and it works in just over one month she's put in nearly 60 calls to his mobile. That's on top of texts, Harry can only field these after he's finished his training duties sometimes after 10pm."

The email ends with the sentence: "He keeps the phone on, but on silent – it buzzes and vibrates so frequently with new M [sic]."

Goodman is on trial in relation to alleged corrupt payments to public officials while he was working for the News of the World, with claims that he was able to access the Queen's phone book from a royal policeman for "the standard price" of 1000 pounds ($1800). The trial continues.

News of the World was owned by News International whose parent company, News Corporation, is also the parent company of this publication.