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    Prince Harry dating cousin (8 times removed)

    Turns out Harry and blonde beauty Florence Brudnell-Bruce are distantly related...

    By Eleanor Young
    Published 30 June 2011 In News

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    Turns out Harry and blonde beauty Florence Brudnell-Bruce are distantly related...

    Yesterday the rumour mill was abuzz with whispers Prince Harry had landed himself a new love – blonde beauty Florence Brudenell-Bruce.

    Now it’s been revealed the Prince and his well-connected new lady are actually cousins – eight times removed, that is.

    PRINCE HARRY: A LIFE IN PICTURES 

    It’s thought the new couple have known each other ‘for years,’ but hooked up last month, when Harry’s on-off relationship with Chelsy Davy finally came to an end.

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    Rumour has it Harry and 25-year-old Florence – who attended the famous Stowe school in Buckinhamshire – have been spied on several dates, and even hung out at her posh pad in Notting Hill.

    It's very early days but Harry and Florence are an item,’ one royal insider told the Sun. 'She is a lot of fun, blonde and very good-looking. Harry really likes her.’

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    A descendent of the seventh Earl of Cardigan, it doesn’t come as a surprise posh Florence and Harry are distantly related.

    It’s thought Florence’s connection to the Royals is through Sir Edward Walpole, son of Prime Minister Robert Walpole after his daughter married in to the royal family in 1784.

    Florence's father is a well-known art collector and her mother and brother both artists, while Prince Harry is third in line to the throne.

    What are your thoughts on the latest royal romance rumours? Let us know in the box below.

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