Mr Dyer revealed he had been “asked to find out the truth” and Harry suspected he was referring to his recent loss of virginity, convinced someone must have spotted him in action.
Actor Rupert Everett says he knows who Prince Harry lost his virginity with.
“Inglorious episode, with an older woman,” he wrote. “She liked horses, quite a lot, and treated me not unlike a young stallion. Quick ride, after which she’d smacked my rump and sent me off to graze. Among the many things about it that were wrong: it happened in a grassy field behind a busy pub.”
In the event, Mr Dyer had actually wanted to confront the prince about his alleged drug-taking and the episode in the field did not warrant further mention in the book.
Elsewhere, it was a different matter.
The first older woman identified as a potential suspect was Liz Hurley. The actress was asked in an interview if she was the woman in question. “Not me. I’m not guilty,” she replied, adding for clarity: “No. Not me. Absolutely not.”
The incident is alleged to have taken place at the Rattlebone Inn in Sherston, Wilts, where both Harry and Prince William were regular visitors.
The younger Prince Harry, seen here at the polo in 2002, was known for his partying ways.
Suzannah Harvey, 44, a former model, and Catherine Ommanney, 51, an interior designer, both sought to distance themselves from the encounter.
Harvey has previously admitted “passionately kissing” the prince in a muddy field after a Christmas ball in 2001, when she was 23.
But last month, she posted a picture of herself with a packet of Ginger Nuts on Instagram, writing: “The only ones I’ve ever touched… believe zero of what you read.”
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Ommanney, who dated Harry when she was 34 and he was 21, told The Sun she hated horses and she was “definitely not that girl in the field”.
Meanwhile, Everett revealed that the memoir had altered his perception of the Duke. “It’s made me change my view,” he said. “I was angry before, and now I just feel very sad – sad for Harry. I felt so sympathetic towards him for years and I still do now. Honestly! As someone who has put his foot in it quite a bit, I feel particularly bad for him about the Taliban thing. That changed everything and loses him the one group that still loved him.”
The Duke was criticised for revealing that he killed 25 people in his role as an Apache helicopter pilot during his second tour of duty in Afghanistan.
Several senior military figures warned that he had jeopardised his own security and that of others.
The Duke insisted on a US chat show last month that his aim was to give veterans the “space” to be honest and to share their experiences without shame, reducing the number of suicides.
He denied “boasting” about the figure and blamed the media for taking the comment out of context.
Col Richard Kemp, former commander of British forces in Afghanistan, said: “His explanation might have been more credible if he’d included it in his book.” A source close to the Duke said: “Amazing that he would know such a personal detail better than Prince Harry himself!”
Telegraph, London
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