Caroline Flack 'the definition of carefree' according to Prince Harry as he recalls date

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Meghan Markle, 41, but over ten years ago another TV star impressed him with her kind nature and stunning good looks.The Duke Of Sussex has opened up on his brief courtship with the late Love Island presenter and had nothing but complimentary ways to describe her.Caroline took her own life in 2020 and fond memories of their time together have been shared by Prince Harry in his book, Spare.Harry revealed: “She had been so light and funny that night we met, the definition of carefree.”He added that it was “impossible” to have imagined at that time she would take her own life.Harry was linked to the TV presenter in 2009 amid his on-again, off-again romance with Chelsy Davy."I knew [Natalie Pinkham] was friends with Prince Harry, and I’d never met him, so I thought, ‘Oh that’s quite exciting’, and for a moment I perked up,” Caroline recalled in her own 2014 book.“So I was just sitting there and he arrived with a few others in tow and we all spent the evening chatting and laughing,” she added.Prince Harry also mentioned in Spare how upon it being revealed he was enjoying a romance with the star, she was disgustingly branded by some as his “bit of rough”.Following the book's release, Alex Mullen, a creative director at APM Media who previously worked as Caroline's manager, spoke out about what she saw as an inappropriate description of her former client.Alex said it was "absolutely gross" for Harry to repeat "old long forgotten slurs" about Caroline in his book.However, most of the Duke’s descriptions of Caroline are positive as he also called her "funny and loving”.He admitted that they ultimately decided to end their relationship because of harassment."Very soon after [the photographers] papped me and Flack, those photos set.