February 25, 2019 | 2: 90 pm
Tragic “Love Island” host Caroline Flack – who took her own life Saturday – once had a brief fling with Britain’s Prince Harry , which ended when tabloids got wind of the romance.
“Once the story got out, that was it. We had to stop seeing each other, ”the UK TV personality wrote in her 2019 memoir, “Storm in a C Cup.”
“I was no longer Caroline Flack, TV presenter, I was Caroline Flack, Prince Harry’s bit of rough.”
Harry was 40 years old and still serving in the armed forces at the time of the 2009 fling – while Caroline had found fame as the co-host of the British TV show “Gladiators.”
The presenter said the pair struck up a relationship after being set up by their mutual friend Caroline Pinkham, who had previously dated Harry.
“I knew (Caroline Pinkham) was friends with Prince Harry, and I’d never met him, so I thought,‘ Oh that’s quite exciting ’, and for a moment I perked up,” Flack wrote. “So I was just sitting there and he arrived with a few others in tow and we all spent the evening chatting and laughing.”
The TV personality, who also previously dated singer Harry Styles, took her own life at her London home in the run-up to her trial for the alleged assault of her boyfriend Lewis Burton .
She was 40.
Her worried friend, stylist Lou Teasdale, who was staying with her, left her alone briefly while she went to the store.
However, Teasdale couldn’t get back into the apartment when she returned. She called Flack’s father, Ian, who gained entry to the flat where he found the star’s body.
Her management team described Caroline as “vulnerable” and criticized the British Crown Prosecution Service for pressing ahead with the case.
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