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So, Prince Harry Reportedly Has A Ponytail Now

This is the news we need at the moment

Some people get tattoos. Others fancy sports cars. But Prince Harry? He seems to be declaring his independence by…growing a ponytail?!

Just days after the first anniversary of his and Meghan’s split from the Royal Family, reports are circulating that the Duke of Sussex’s famous ginger strands might be a little longer than their signature gelled spikes. Like, long enough to gather into a wee man ponytail.

The source for this story is a surprising one: none other than actor Rob Lowe, who happens to be one of Meghan and Harry’s famous neighbours in Montecito. Lowe told James Corden on the Late Late Show on Monday night that he’d spotted Harry in their shared neighbourhood, mere minutes earlier. “I may have a scoop,” he said. “I just ran into your countryman, the English treasure, Prince Harry, at a stoplight 10 minutes ago. It was very, very quick—don’t totally quote me on it—but it looked like he’s wearing a ponytail.”

His bombshell reporting continued: “I’m just saying. It looked to me as a casual observer that his hair had grown very long and was pulled back very tightly by what I can only assume was a ponytail.” He went on to say that he rather creepily “followed” Harry home to see if it was him, and that he did indeed pull into the Sussexes’ driveway to their estate.

 

The Queen must hate Prince Harry’s ponytail! Surely “No ponies for men” is in chapter 1 of the protocol rulebook

Well, it would have to be true for her to get her knickers in a knot. And, no offense to Rob Lowe, this assertion is only a hair more legit than that time we thought we saw J.Lo at an airport Starbucks. (Turned out to not be her, weirdly.) But it’s not impossible, either, in that we haven’t actually seen Harry since early December…and California is in lockdown currently, so it’s not like he’d have access to a barber right now.

What’s the precedent on royal men and long hair, anyway?

Well, until the 1800s it was the height of chic and wealth for men to sport long, curly wigs, so he’s definitely not the first blue-blooded male to feel the swish of his locks on his shoulders. In recent memory, however, a longer length on top for combover facilitation is as far as the Windsor men seem to go.

If he is growing a ponytail, tbh, good for him. What have he and Meghan been up to lately anyway?

“Thriving,” according to an “insider” speaking to Us Weekly last week. “He and Meghan are enjoying their new life in California—being a normal family and having the freedom to make their own decisions without anyone watching over them.”

How amazing if Harry’s choice to grow his hair long is what they’re actually referring to here

I mean, it could be part of it? They’re certainly very firmly doing their own thing one year after Sussexit—their own Netflix deal, their own Spotify deal, their own foundation, their own home, bought with their own money. “They don’t regret their move,” a source told People, and, piggybacking on that, Us Weekly’s insider says specifically of Harry: “He’s grown in confidence…he isn’t looking back, although he does miss his friends at home.”

…who are almost certainly giving him grief over this ponytail

“Alleged” ponytail, please.

 

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