Prince Harry sports nose gash as he parties with David Beckham after hostage course

By
Katie Nicholl

Last updated at 5:34 PM on 5th February 2012


Prince Harry sports his injury days after survival course

Prince Harry sports his injury days after survival course

Prince Harry has sustained a ‘nasty’ gash on the bridge of his nose while on a brutal RAF hostage survival course.

The 27-year-old sported the injury on a night out with David Beckham on Friday.

The Prince was hooded and forced to the ground as part of  the gruelling training, which was designed to prepare him for possible capture and torture by  the enemy in a war zone.

He also had to live in the wild with no tent as part of the tough SERE course – meaning Survive, Evade, Resist, Extract – ahead of his return to the front line.

Last night aides at St James’s Palace dismissed the cut as ‘just  a scratch’ and would not disclose how the Prince suffered the injury.

But Harry, who is due to qualify as a ‘limited combat ready’ Apache helicopter pilot imminently, has just completed the two-week course at RAF St Mawgan near Newquay in Cornwall,

One onlooker who saw Harry said: ‘It looked quite nasty and it was the first thing I noticed

‘It looked as though he’d suffered a bad knock. He hadn’t made any effort to cover it up or disguise it.

‘It seemed like it was quite a few days old because it had scabbed over and was beginning to heal, but it looked very nasty and really rather painful.’

David Beckham and Katherine Jenkins were also at the bash

David Beckham and Katherine Jenkins were also at the bash

David Beckham and Katherine Jenkins were also seen at the party

However, the Ministry of Defence said that there was no  log of Harry sustaining a facial injury on the course.

The mystery injury did not stop the Prince celebrating the end of his training in typical style.

He started his Friday night out with a meal with the former England captain and his friend Thomas van Straubenzee at the fashionable Markham Inn in Chelsea. He then made his way to the Royal Albert Hall to watch the Cirque du Soleil’s Totem show while Beckham met up with friends in the West End.

Princess Eugine was also spotted out with her cousin

Princess Eugine was also spotted out with her cousin

‘Harry and Tom had so much fun with Beckham that they agreed to meet up later that night,’ a source at the Markham Inn said. ‘They were getting along like really old friends. Harry had made plans to see Cirque du Soleil but he and David agreed to hook up later that night at the Arts Club.’

The pair reunited at the Mayfair club shortly after 10pm where they partied with Prince Harry’s cousin Princess Eugenie and Welsh  mezzo-soprano Katherine Jenkins until 3am.

‘They were clearly having a  lot of fun and there was a major dance-off happening down in the club,’ said a source. ‘Harry seemed to be letting his hair down and having a few drinks.

‘He was definitely celebrating, but he was in no way drunk or out of it, he was just having a lot of fun.’

Prince Harry forged a bond with Beckham after his brother struck up a close friendship with the footballer during the World Cup bid. The Beckhams were invited  to the Royal Wedding last April.

It is not the first time the pair have partied at the Arts Club, as they enjoyed a night out there shortly before Christmas, when Prince Harry sported a Father Christmas hat.

 

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( Harry, who is due to qualify as a ‘limited combat ready’ Apache helicopter pilot ) ******** what does “limited combat ready” mean……………..

GET OVER YOURSELVES!!!! “Nasty gash”?? Disgraceful waste of news space when you consider the appalling injuries suffered by soldiers fighting in Afghanistan. Its a booboo on his nose!!!

wow a soldier with a cut on his nose who goes out drinking ,their’s a novelty . and he meets his long lost cousin ,what excitement almost to much to take in

Another pathetic story of derring do do

i do not hate the beckhams, i am just sick to death of hearing about their dreary lives, paid for by the people who buy magazines, products which they advertise, etc. what more is there to say about them? we have had their entire lives rammed down our throats for decades. they don’t even live here, and they clearly can’t be all THAT popular, because they have to stalk the young princes to get into the news. you are so right the coach from new york – sorry, i couldn’t read your name, because this site has got so tiny on my computer – there IS no cure for envy – witness all the spite against the young princes and catherine, our new duchess. i object to david beckham having anything to do with the english olympic teams, that is all – he does not live here and does not intend to come back here, nor does he play for england any more – has not for a long time. that is not to say he will not get his way, alas.

It’s a pimple.

Hardly a “nasty gash!” That would imply a gaping wound, but this is no more than a scratch. Talk about over stating the facts! The media is becoming more like estate agents every day.

Well send him to the front line, as he no doubt wants, and hopefully he can test his new found skills. What a coupe to the enemy if he gets hit. Hope no real soldiers suffer being around him.

Hang on a sec, I though it was us who hood detainees and torture them..? Does anyone remember Abu Grahib?

Looks more like a spot than gash to me…

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