Royal rebel Prince Harry has broken the rules once again, shunning traditional family Easter celebrations to catch a budget flight to Transylvania to spend the weekend with a mysterious count.
Instead of staying in England to attend the usual church service with his grandmother Queen Elizabeth, Harry flew to Romania with Hungary’s budget air carrier Wizz Air.
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Fellow passengers were stunned to see Harry on their flight, with one tweeting her surprise from the tarmac.
“Oh my god Prince Harry just got on my plane to Romania!! On wizz air!!” Tasya Hodges wrote.
Once in Romania, Harry travelled to the village of Miclosoara in the heart of Transylvania, where his enigmatic friend Count Tibor Kalnoky lives.
There, Harry has joined by some other friends who all stayed in the count’s 16th century manor for the weekend.
It is not clear how Harry met the 45-year-old count, but he appears to be very close to the royal family, and was even invited to Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding last year.
It was Harry’s first visit to Transylvania, where his father Prince Charles owns several properties.
It has been claimed that the British royal family can be traced back to 15th century Transylvania ruler Vlad the Impaler, who inspired Bram Stoker’s Dracula.
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The young royals regularly fly on budget airlines, with William and Kate choosing easyJet to return from their ski trip last week.
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