Prince Harry, Cressida Bonas to Wed; Will British Socialite Become Princess? (VIDEO)
Prince Harry and Cressida Bonas have reportedly discussed marriage in recent months and reports claim the couple will likely wed as early as next year.
The 29-year-old younger brother of Prince William, once dubbed the "party prince," is reportedly ready to settle down with Bonas. The British socialite, 24, is the daughter of 1960s society beauty, Lady Mary Gaye Curzon and her third husband, Old Harrovian businessman Jeffrey Bonas.
"Cressie is going to marry Harry," an alleged friend of Bonas told The Telegraph UK. "Harry never stops talking about marriage and children, and she has now got used to the idea. The wedding is likely to take place next year."
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Harry began dating Bonas, who is a dance student, in May 2012 after being introduced by his cousin, Princess Eugenie. Upon their meeting he was reportedly smitten with the socialite, however at the time she did not react well to talks about the possibility of becoming Princess of Wales.
"Cressida has been in floods of tears," another friend said previously. "Harry is coming on very strong, but she is all over the place. She thinks she is far too young to get married and is scared by all his talk of marriage and settling down."
Following the birth of his nephew, Prince George Alexander Louis, Harry joked about the newborn relieving him of pressure to settle down.
"My father is over the moon to be a grandfather," Harry told a group of Royal Marines at Devonport, Plymouth, on August 2 according to HollywoodLife.com. "He's got one [grandchild] now it will be fine. The pressure's off now."
Prior to Bonas, Harry was romantically linked to 28-year-old Zimbabwean national, Chelsy Davy. He reportedly invited Davy as his plus one to Middleton and William's 2011 royal wedding which raised questions about the prospect of another wedding between the pair.
"There's no way we are getting married. It's not a life for me," Davy was quoted as telling friends after the widely publicized royal wedding.
The pair, who dated for five years, split shortly after the royal wedding with a source citing Davy's reluctance to live her life in the public eye as the reason behind their problems.
"Chelsy doesn't want to live her life in a fishbowl. Even if Harry were to propose she'd say no," a source previously told InTouch magazine.
"She doesn't want to be a princess … [Kate Middleton] knows how to play the game, and she says all the right things. Chelsy is more of a free spirit," the source added.
