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Drug addicts were ‘stunned’ when they say 17-year-old Prince Harry confessed to taking cocaine, ketamine, cannabis and hash balls from Nepal during his visit to the rehab centre.
- A former resident, Paul Smith, claimed yesterday that the Prince was ‘so open’
- Harry left them baffled when he said he took potentially harmful temple balls.
- In his explosive book he said that taking drugs like cocaine did not make him happy.
Drug addicts were stunned when 17-year-old Prince Harry confessed to taking cocaine, ketamine, cannabis and hash balls from Nepal, it was claimed yesterday.
He was sent to meet residents at a rehabilitation center when Prince Charles discovered that he had been experimenting with cannabis and alcohol.
But while at Featherstone Lodge in south-east London, Harry apparently confessed to using much more serious drugs, telling shocked addicts that he had taken class A cocaine and class B ketamine, a tranquilizer.
A former resident, Paul Smith, said yesterday: ‘Harry was very open. He said that he had taken ketamine, cannabis and also cocaine. We were stunned. There were reports of bad behavior at the time, but this was very shocking. This was a prince. It was incredible.’
Prince Harry was sent to meet residents at a rehab center when Prince Charles discovered that he had been experimenting with cannabis and alcohol.
Prince Harry confessed that he took balls from the temple of hashish in Nepal. potentially dangerous form of cannabis that has been cultivated in Nepal for hundreds of years
Harry also left them baffled when he talked about taking temple balls, an especially potent and potentially dangerous form of cannabis that has been cultivated in Nepal for hundreds of years.
Smith, 54, shared his memories from 2002 after the Duke of Sussex wrote in his memoir, Spare, about snorting lines of cocaine and hallucinating magic mushrooms, once believing a container was speaking to him.
Mr Smith told The Sun yesterday: ‘We didn’t get any advance warning, we were just told it was heading inwards. He said that when he was doing these things, he was out of control. He was brutally honest. I think he was happy to talk around us.
He remembered that Harry had spent about an hour with him and two other addicts, talking in great detail about his life. He said: ‘I think Charles wanted me to be alone and talk to real addicts about how bad drugs are. He didn’t even have his security people in the room at the time. I said my name was Paul and explained my situation. I told him I didn’t want to end up in a place like this.
Harry spoke to addicts at Featherstone Lodge (pictured) in south-east London and, to their surprise, revealed that he was using drugs.
Harry apparently confessed to serious drug use, telling surprised addicts that he had taken class A cocaine and class B ketamine, a tranquilizer.
Paul Smith, a former resident of the hostel, said: “I think Charles wanted me to be alone and talk to real addicts about how bad drugs are.” Pictured: Charles, Prince of Wales and Prince Harry attend the Mountbatten Polo Trophy on June 24, 2001
In the book, Harry said that taking cocaine didn’t make him happy, but that he had tried the Class A drug and other narcotics as a way to escape the harsh reality of his life. He also suggested that taking psychedelic drugs had helped his mental health therapy.
He admits to smoking cannabis at Eton and said he continued to smoke the drug even while living in Nottingham Cottage at Kensington Palace, adding that he tried to ensure the smoke did not reach the garden of his neighbour, the Duke of Kent.
Harry boasts about how he lied to palace officials when a newspaper claimed in 2002 to have obtained a photo of him taking cocaine. He bragged about dishonestly informing a high courtier that he had never taken the drug, prompting the palace to deny it to the journalist.