Overview
- Henshall, a West End star, says the relationship with Prince Edward began in 1988 while both were working for Andrew Lloyd Webber and lasted about five years.
- Her memoir, The Showgirl and The Prince, is due in July and Henshall has shared the book cover and preview interviews as part of a public promotion campaign.
- She tells reporters she found old diaries and letters from the period and used them as source material for the book to reconstruct her memories.
- In published previews on June 10–11, Henshall recounts personal moments such as forgetting to curtsy and instead taking the late Queen’s hand during their first meeting.
- Henshall says the relationship ended because her West End commitments made it hard to sustain the romance, they remained on good terms, and there has been no comment from royal spokespeople so far.