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Prince Harry enjoyed partying at Glastonbury until 4am in the days “before he went to America”, according to the festival’s founder.
Michael Eavis was knighted at Windsor Castle today for services to music and charity. The ceremony was handled by the Princess Royal and afterwards, he shared how both the King and his younger son had previously attended the world-famous festival at Worthy Farm.
Joking how “Harry jumped the fence”, Sir Michael said: “The King came once, Prince Charles. And Harry – I think he jumped the fence I should think.
“I’ve got spies everywhere. No, I’ve got security all over the place actually. He enjoyed it. (The then) Prince Charles enjoyed it as well actually. He (Harry) only came once. That was the old Prince Harry, before he went to America.”
Sir Michael Eavis was knighted at a ceremony earlier today (PA)In 2013, Harry was spotted backstage watching when The Rolling Stones headlined the Pyramid Stage and partying until the early hours of the morning with Sir Michael. Speaking at the festival that year, the dairy farmer said: “Prince Harry was great actually.
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“I recommended he should go on into the night, because the nightlife is what Glastonbury is all about. At three o’clock in the afternoon, you don’t get it.
“I told him to get his taxi driver to come back at five o’clock in the morning and do you know what? He lasted until four in the morning. His friends were all having a great time. He didn’t want to make a formal thing of being here.”
The young prince attended when the Rolling Stones were performing (Getty Images)Sir Michael said more than three million people wanted to attend the festival this year. He said: “I’m so pleased it became a success after all the grafting it took to get there.
With just weeks until the world's biggest festival gets underway, fans have been planning which artists they want to see, with the likes of Shania Twain and Coldplay taking to the famous Pyramid Stage.
This week the last resale tickets for the 2024 festival sold out in just 22 minutes. Fans were left seething with rage last November when all 200,000 of the £355-per-head event sold out completely in less than an hour amid ticket site errors. Many would have been desperate to nab tickets for the event this week, though they had been told tickets were "very limited". The general admission tickets were released at 9am, with See Tickets announcing they had gone by 9.22am.