'I've met the royal family, some aren't as great as others': James Haskell on Meghan and Harry's wedding, Prince Andrew sweating, why he split from Chloe Madeley...and being kicked out of Wellington College over a sex tape

Prince Harry's loyal person James Haskell has described the Royal Family arsenic 'very dysfunctional', adding that helium believes 'some aren't arsenic large arsenic others'.

The erstwhile England rugby national player, who attended Harry's wedding to Meghan Markle successful 2018, besides revealed a gag helium erstwhile made astir Prince Andrew sweating.

Haskell went to the ceremonial astatine Windsor Castle with his then-wife Chloe Madeley, earlier they divided successful October 2023 aft a decennary unneurotic and 5 years of marriage.

In a wide-ranging interrogation with The Times Magazine, helium revealed his narration with the TV presenter was 'not working', adding: 'I ne'er intended to get separated and we tried precise hard to guarantee that didn't happen. Chloe is utterly brilliant.'

Haskell besides spoke astir however helium was suspended from Wellington College successful 2003 aft making a concealed enactment portion of his champion person having enactment with his girlfriend.

The 39-year-old erstwhile Wasps prima has stood by Harry portion the Duke has deed retired astatine his household aft quitting arsenic a elder royal successful 2020. Haskell met him astatine the wedding of his person and chap erstwhile England rugby prima Mike Tindall to Zara Phillips successful 2011.

Haskell said: 'I've spent clip with the royals. Some aren't arsenic large arsenic others. They bash astonishing enactment - but they're besides a modern household that's precise dysfunctional. 

'I went to Harry and Meghan's wedding (and) Mike and Zara's wedding. To those who privation to get escaped of the monarchy - erstwhile they're gone, they're gone. There's nary mode backmost from that, truthful retrieve that they service an important role. I emotion what they do.'

Haskell attended Harry and Meghan's wedding with his then-wife Chloe Madeley, earlier they divided successful October 2023 aft a decennary unneurotic and 5 years of marriage.

He added that helium erstwhile told a gag 'about erstwhile I was astatine Tindall's wedding', saying: 'Prince Andrew was sweating up a tempest connected the dancefloor, but past helium realised that everyone was implicit 18 truthful helium left. It was inappropriate, but it was funny.'

This was successful notation to the Duke of York denying a intersexual liaison with Virginia Giuffre which she said began with him sweating heavy arsenic they danced astatine London nightclub Tramp.

Andrew branded this factually incorrect during his BBC Newsnight interrogation successful 2019 due to the fact that helium said helium had a aesculapian information astatine the clip which meant helium did not sweat – a assertion which was wide lampooned astatine the time.

Haskell – who appeared successful the 19th bid of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! successful 2019 - besides told The Times astir erstwhile helium made a concealed enactment portion of his champion person having enactment with his 17-year-old woman astatine his schoolhouse successful 2003.

He was suspended from Wellington College successful Crowthorne, Berkshire, for filming Paul Doran-Jones - who besides aboriginal became a rugby national subordinate for England and Wasps – having enactment with a bare sixth former.

Haskell said: 'I was suspended from Wellington College, not due to the fact that I was rebellious, but due to the fact that I was stupid. My person was sleeping with a girl. He asked maine if I had a camera. I said, 'Yeah.'

'We acceptable it up successful a cupboard. Obviously, that was wrong. One of our classmates sold the communicative and past we were connected the beforehand pages.'

Haskell and Doran-Jones showed the video to their friends and were some suspended – on with the miss successful the tape, for breaking the 'no sex' regularisation connected campus.

As for the Royal Family, Haskell has often spoken astir them successful erstwhile interviews.

Earlier this period helium told ITV's Good Morning Britain that the Prince and Princess of Wales person 'a wicked consciousness of humour'.

Haskell and Tindall were connected the amusement to sermon their beryllium down with Prince William and Kate Middleton for their podcast The Good, the Bad & the Rugby successful September 2023.

Haskell said: 'That podcast was superb due to the fact that we spot them astatine their best, evidently they person a wicked consciousness of humour, successful this state successful peculiarly we evidently enactment radical connected a pedestal, but they are a regular family, an unthinkable household they bash a batch for this state but a regular family.'

It besides precocious emerged that Haskell had branded Omid Scobie – writer of Harry and Meghan's gushing biography Finding Freedom - a 'very unusual bloke' successful a publication co-written with Tindall.

In The Good, the Bad & the Rugby - Unleashed, which came retired successful October, Haskell besides wrote 'royal fans tin beryllium mental', adding that 'we each cognize that American royal fans are f***ing nuts, particularly Scobieites'.

In December past year, Haskell said that helium and Harry often comparison notes connected parenting and adjacent defended his friend's determination to people his book, Spare.

'When idiosyncratic feels similar they and their spouse person been oppressed, lied about, contradicted and enactment into a corner, I deliberation it's precise important [to talk out],' helium said.

Referring to however helium met Harry astatine Tindall's wedding, Haskell besides said: 'Who should beryllium there, wandering astir having a bully time, but Prince Harry. He hadn't met her [Meghan] yet, truthful helium was inactive rather fun.'

Haskell made the remark connected signifier astatine Bath Forum, successful Somerset, for the World Cup Afterparty: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly - a unrecorded mentation of their fashionable rugby podcast. His remark was met with cheers and besides applause from the audience.

In October past year, Haskell and Tindall recorded a peculiar World Cup variation of their podcast astatine Windsor Castle with Tindall's mother-in-law, Princess Anne, arsenic good arsenic the Prince and Princess of Wales.

And, connected signifier successful Bath, Haskell mocked Tindall for his alleged deference to his in-laws.

'I don't cognize however to accidental this but Tinds is simply a due brown-nose astir the royals,' helium declared. 'He's taken brown-nosing to a caller level.

'They called him 'Solesy' astatine the palace due to the fact that the lone happening you spot hanging retired of their backsides are the soles of his feet.

'And he's besides known arsenic a spot of a cuckoo due to the fact that since helium joined up he's had Harry retired and he's had [Prince] Andrew retired [of the family] arsenic well. He's 1 large level clang distant from being King.'

With the assemblage laughing, Haskell joked: 'He keeps trying to publication their travel. Charles volition beryllium asking him, 'Do we truly person to alert to Afghanistan? And each together? And connected Ryanair?''

Haskell besides had a tongue-in-cheek popular astatine the work they received astatine Windsor Castle. 'The beverage we were served came successful chipped mismatching mugs with cheesy slogans on.

''Best dada successful the world', 'I hatred my brother'. One with Prince Andrew on, idiosyncratic had crossed retired the picture, and written 'K***head' connected it.'

At the clip of Harry and Meghan's wedding, Wasps defended Haskell aft World Cup victor Lawrence Dallaglio criticised his lack from a decision against Saracens successful bid to be the event.

Haskell was ruled retired of the crippled owed to a ft wounded and was fixed support by manager of rugby Dai Young to be the wedding.

But Dallaglio felt the loyalty should person been to his club, telling BT Sport: 'It would beryllium mediocre signifier really, wouldn't it? He should beryllium present with his team-mates. I'm definite Harry wouldn't mind, helium loves his rugby anyway.'

However, Young leapt to Haskell's defence by insisting helium attended the lawsuit with his blessing.

'I deliberation Lawrence wanted an invitation himself! It was my decision,' Young said. 'James has a nasty ft wounded and is astir apt different mates of weeks distant from doing anything. The royal wedding is simply a erstwhile successful a beingness opportunity.

'I don't deliberation he's done thing wrong. He's supported the players arsenic overmuch arsenic helium tin and helium shouldn't beryllium criticised excessively much.'