Prince Harry said 'I'm not allowed' as he was asked to do one thing on 'boozy night out'

Prince Harry once went on 'a bit of a bender' at the World Darts Championship and necked '60 pints of lager' with his pals. Sports promoter Barry Hearn claimed the young prince was 'having a proper night out with his mates' but admitted he felt 'quite sorry' for him.

Recalling their 2014 encounter at Alexandra Palace, the former Professional Darts Corporation chief said the fans started chanting the Duke of Sussex's name when they spotted him in the crowd. Speaking on The Barry Hearn Show he said this prompted an awkward response.

"He'd just come out of the army and he's obviously on a bit of a bender, I think," he said. "He brought three mates along. They were great fun."

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Hearn said the rules had been "quite strict" that evening, adding: "We were allowed to put his face on the big screens just three times during the evening, just a flash. So he was having a proper night out with his mates, having a few pints, enjoying himself. And the crowd started chanting: 'Harry, Harry, give us a wave'.

"He looked at me and I saw a bit of inquisitiveness in his face - as if to say, 'What do I do?' I looked at him and said, 'If you stand up now and you wave back to these people, your street credibility is assured for life because you've identified with the normal man, the people that form the majority of this country'. And he looked at me and said, 'I don't think I'm allowed to'... I thought that was quite sad."

According to AberdeenLive, Hearn wrote in his autobiography that Harry and his mates necked "60 pints of lager" that night before inviting the darts honcho and his son, Eddie Hearn, out for an afterparty. He wrote: "They proceeded to consume dozens of pints of lager and merged in with the crowd rather well. Harry was like any ordinary bloke on a night out with his mates."

Hearn continued: "Eddie and I joined them on a table of six and it was clear they were on a bender. I reckon 60 pints of lager went down and I didn't have much of it. At the end, Harry said they were off to a nightclub and would we like to come? 'Not us,' I said. 'You guys are too dangerous'."