The day Prince William and Kate Middleton announced their engagement a new breed of woman was born: the “Harry Hunters”.
These young ladies, usually American, have one goal in mind: to meet, seduce and marry William’s younger brother, Prince Harry, and thus become the next “Kate”.
Last week’s issue of US magazine Newsweek interviewed several sworn “Harry Hunters” in a feature about the new phenomenon. These young women travel to London, put on their most eye-catching outfits and spend their evenings trawling the capital’s most exclusive royal hangouts.
The girls told the magazine of days spent poring over gossip blogs to identify the place they were most likely to run into the young prince and weeks organising student exchange programs or saving money for an extended holiday.
One devout ‘Harry Hunter’ even says she abstained from dating in high school because she wanted to “hold out for royalty” while another young lady admits she has mastered the art of binge drinking to the point that she can still engage in “witty banter” after downing a bottle of champagne.
While there have always been girls desperate to marry into the royal family, William’s recent engagement has made matters far more urgent — the number of eligible princes in the UK will halve on April 29.
None of the ladies interviewed for the article had come face-to-face with their would-be husband yet, but are completely convinced it is only a matter of time. At any rate, they plan to keep trying until Harry announces his own engagement.
