Sasha Walpole, the 40-year-old woman from Wiltshire in England, has claimed she took the virginity of Prince Harry.

In January, the Duke of Sussex briefly addressed the incident in ‘Spare’, his tell-all memoir.

He, however, remained silent on the identity of the lady, who he simply addressed as an “older woman”. But in an interview with Daily Mail, Walpole, now a mother of two, said the incident happened in July 2001.

It was gathered that Harry was 16 at the time and had attended Walpole’s 19th birthday party at the Vine Tree Pub in Norton, Wiltshire, England. It is understood that the pair were both friends then.

Reflecting on the experience, she said Harry, now 38, made the move that led to their “spontaneous and sparky” sex.

The digger driver said they were both drunk at the time, adding that she did not know he was a virgin.

“He started to kiss me. It was passionate, and intense. We both knew. It went from a kiss onto the floor pretty quickly,” she said.

“It was instant, fiery, wham bam, between two friends. It was sparky because we shouldn’t have been doing it. He wasn’t ‘Prince Harry’ to me, this was Harry, my friend, and the situation had got a little bit out of control. It felt naughty, I suppose, in the sense that it shouldn’t be happening.

“We didn’t set out to do it – it wasn’t premeditated and I didn’t know he was a virgin. There were no virgin vibes – he seemed to know what he was doing. It was quick, wild, exciting. We were both drunk. It wouldn’t have happened if we weren’t.”