JADE recalls Little Mix bandmates being “wing-women” during embarrassing encounter with Prince Harry

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JADE has spoken about the time her Little Mix bandmates acted as her “wing-women” during an embarrassing encounter with Prince Harry.The singer – full name Jade Thirlwall – has recently launched her solo career, and during an appearance on the BBC’s Sidetracked podcast, she reflected on a memorably cringeworthy moment at the 2015 Royal Variety Performance.“I was single at the time and all the girls were like, oh Harry – you could be in with a chance!” she said.“I was like, oh god, here we go.

They were being those sort of friends,” she added.Knowing they would be having a meeting with the future Duke of Sussex, JADE said she “started getting nervous” as he started to approach.“I shook his hand and I think it was Jesy [Nelson] who [was saying, ‘ohhh ohhh’]. [I was thinking], ‘not in front of the Prince of England!’ I’m all for wing-women on a night out but not in that situation!

He must have thought, ‘What a weirdo!’.”“I can’t flirt anyways, so there was definitely nothing like that,” she added. “But maybe I did a slight over-linger on the handshake just to catch a vibe.

But there definitely wasn’t one.”Last month, JADE released her debut solo single, ‘Angel Of My Dreams’, which she co-wrote with Steph Jones (Sabrina Carpenter), Pablo Bowman (Calvin Harris) and producer Mike Sabbath (RAYE).“The song is basically about my love/hate relationship with the industry, which, as we know, I’ve been a part of for quite some time,” she said about the track.“So, I’ve got a little bit to say about that, the good and bad.