Harry restyled: Former One Direction star, 29, uses a pseudonym to check into hotels – and it lets check-in staff down
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Hotels are used to celebrities using pseudonyms when booking a room to prevent paparazzi and fans from camping out.
But Harry Styles’ choice of stay at the five-star Caledonian in Edinburgh this weekend sent staff bursting into laughter.
The former One Direction star booked in under the name Oliver Sudden, which is believed to be a twist on the phrase ‘suddenly’.
This could refer to how Styles’ life changed overnight when he took part in the now-defunct ITV reality show The X Factor.
Or he could have used a red herring to confuse fans as Oliver Sudden is also the name of a South London based rapper.
What’s in a name? Harry Styles used the pseudonym Oliver Sudden when he checked into Edinburgh’s five-star Caledonian this weekend
On Thursday, Harry was seen enjoying a round of golf with his manager at the iconic St Andrews course in photos shared on their Instagram account
A source at the hotel said: “We all had a good giggle when we saw the name – it took us a while to understand what it meant.
“However, Harry is so famous that he has to use a different name when checking in or else it would be a bloodbath for him with his fans following him wherever they know he is.”
The As It Was singer is said to use a secret back entrance to get in and out of the building, and is driven around town in an S-Class Mercedes.
It is famous that One Direction could not leave their hotels through the main entrance because thousands of their fans would be waiting outside.
Styles, 29, reportedly stayed in a £3,000-a-night suite at the Caledonian for his two sold-out concerts at Murrayfield Stadium as part of his Love On Tour.
And on Thursday, he was seen enjoying a round of golf with his manager at the iconic St Andrews course in photos shared on their Instagram account.
Styles, who split with American actress Olivia Wilde earlier this year, has been on the road since September 2021 when his Las Vegas tour kicked off.
It ends in July in the Italian city of Reggio Emilia.
The singer has had a long list of affairs, including with fellow singer Taylor Swift
The singer, who has had a long list of affairs with fellow singer Taylor Swift, model Kendall Jenner, French-American actress Camille Rowe and the late TV presenter Caroline Flack, is said to have recently dated model Emily Ratajkowski.
The pair were photographed clinching in Tokyo in March on an earlier leg of Styles’ tour.