Overview
- Excerpts published in UK outlets this week present Henshall’s account of a relationship with Prince Edward that began when they met during Cats and lasted about five years before ending in 1993.
- Henshall says Edward invited her to Buckingham Palace early in their relationship and that the couple shared their first kiss after a dinner and film, details drawn from passages serialized from her memoir.
- The extracts include informal private moments with senior royals, such as forgetting to curtsey to the late Queen, being asked to sing at Balmoral, and a martini prank she attributes to King Charles.
- Beyond royal stories, Henshall discloses a history of childhood sexual abuse, psychiatric treatment, and ongoing trichotillomania, framing the memoir as both a love story and a personal reckoning.
- The full memoir is due in mid‑July and the serialized excerpts, published by the Mail on Sunday and reported by outlets including the Mirror and The Independent, are driving renewed public attention while some anecdotal details are reported with varying sourcing strength.