Prince Harry Chelsy Davy
Britain's Prince Harry (L) and Chelsy Davy attend the friendly international rugby union match between England and Australia at Twickenham in London November 7, 2009. Reuters/Eddie Keogh

It is a big question for most women on why would anyone want to stop dating a prince, especially Prince Harry. His ex-girlfriend Chelsy Davy revealed the real reason why she and the royal decided to call it quits.

Chelsy Davy, a jewellery designer who used to be a lawyer, used to date Prince Harry. They dated from 2004 to 2010. The designer recently opened up on their relationship, Starts at 60 reports. When asked why she stopped dating the Prince, she said that she found it tough being in the limelight and inside the royal fishbowl during the course of time they were together. She added that it is not something that you get used to, considering that they dated for six years.

After the Prince and Chelsy ended their relationship, she got together with Charles Goode. He became her fiancé until they split up in 2015. After the cancellation of their engagement, Chelsy Davy was linked with Prince Harry again.

However, the former lawyer told media that her relationship with the Prince now is strictly platonic. More so, she says that she also believes that marriage is a “beautiful thing.” Davy elaborated that she thinks that she will always maintain a good friendship with the Prince.

During Prince Harry and Chelsy’s split six years ago, it was projected to the media that her discomfort of being under the limelight was the main reason. The same reason was cited when Harry and Cressida Bonas, his other long-time girlfriend, also split up. Bonas is now pursuing an acting career.

On the other hand, the 31-year-old Prince expressed his frustration to the media regarding his romantic life. He is frustrated with the fact that he is linked to every woman he simply talks to. Most recently, he was linked to the music icon Ellie Goulding.

The Prince said that when or if he finds a girlfriend, he will make sure that they will be in a level of relationship that they are comfortable with each other even before the huge invasion of privacy that will happen to her life. The Prince may have cited this since his past two relationships failed due to the sudden public ownership of the privacy of his past girlfriends. He also pointed out that it seems whenever he talks to a girl, she already becomes his wife in the eyes of the media and they all knock on her door to get a scoop about the Prince, the Independent reports.