{{short description|Zimbabwean businesswoman (born 1985)}} {{Use British English|date=April 2012}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}} {{Infobox person | name = Chelsy Davy | image = Chelsy Davy.jpg | image_size = | caption = Davy in 2013 | birth_name = Chelsy Yvonne Davy | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1985|10|13}} | birth_place = Bulawayo, Zimbabwe | death_date = | death_place = | education = University of Cape Town<br />University of Leeds<br />Gemological Institute of America | occupation = Businesswoman | spouse = {{marriage|Sam Cutmore-Scott|2022}} | children = 3 }}
'''Chelsy Yvonne Davy''' (born 13 October 1985)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/2006101695542/prince-harry-chelsy/|title=Harry jets in to Cape Town for Chelsy's birthday party|magazine=Hello!|date=15 October 2006|access-date=20 January 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/mj-oOeP1VvzJXm4kJ2_3kusyOaU/appointments|title=Chelsy Yvonne Davy personal appointments|website=GOV.UK|access-date=20 January 2026}}</ref> is a Zimbabwean businesswoman. She is the owner and founder of the jewellery brand Aya and the travel agency Aya Africa. From 2004 until 2009, she was in a relationship with Prince Harry.
== Early life and education == Davy was born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, to Charles Davy, a South African safari farmer, and Beverley Donald Davy, a former Coca-Cola model and winner of the 1973 Miss Rhodesia contest.<ref name= "Beast">{{cite news |url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/04/26/chelsy-davy-prince-harrys-hard-partying-royal-wedding-date.html |title=Chelsy Davy, The Hard-Partying Wedding Guest |work=The Daily Beast |location=USA |date=26 April 2011 |last=Sykes |first=Tom |access-date =26 April 2011}}</ref> She has a younger brother, Shaun,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.zimdiaspora.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4848:charles-davy-qeditsq-our-story&catid=38:travel-tips&Itemid=18 |title=Charles Davy mutilates our story, threatens lawsuit |publisher=The Zimdiaspora |date=10 January 2011 |access-date=25 June 2008 | url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110114001546/http://www.zimdiaspora.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4848%3Acharles-davy-qeditsq-our-story&catid=38%3Atravel-tips&Itemid=18 |archive-date=14 January 2011 |df = dmy-all}}</ref> and grew up at her family's homestead in the Lemco Safari Area.<ref name= "fivethings">{{cite web |url=http://wonderwall.msn.com/entertainment/5-things-you-dont-know-about-chelsy-davy-1616010.story |title=5 Things You Don't Know About Chelsy Davy |work=US Magazine |via=MSN |date=27 April 2011 |access-date=21 June 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110713155338/http://wonderwall.msn.com/entertainment/5-things-you-dont-know-about-chelsy-davy-1616010.story | archive-date=13 July 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name=LadiesinWaiting>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/observer/7days/story/0,,1769305,00.html |title=Introducing the Ladies in Waiting |work=The Observer |location=UK | date=5 July 2006 |last=Marre |first=Oliver |access-date =17 July 2006}}</ref>
Her father, Charles, was one of the largest private landowners in Zimbabwe, and was reported to own {{convert|800,000|acres|ha}} of land.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/southafrica/5989773/Chelsy-Davy-denies-father-is-linked-to-rhino-poaching.html |title=Chelsy Davy denies father is linked to rhino poaching| first= Peta| last=Thornycroft |date=7 August 2009| website= telegraph.co.uk}}</ref> He maintained business ties with controversial politician Webster Shamu,<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/zimbabwe/5297703/Chelsy-Davys-father-receives-major-Dubai-investment-in-Zimbabwe-game-reserve-stake.html |title=Chelsy Davy's father receives major Dubai investment in Zimbabwe game reserve stake| first=Peta| last= Thornycroft |date=9 May 2009 |work=telegraph.co.uk}}</ref> of whom he said, "I am in partnership with a person who I personally like and get along with. I am not involved in politics in any way."<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/zimbabwe/1491836/Zimbabwe%27s-great-white-survivor.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080701035650/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/zimbabwe/1491836/Zimbabwe%27s-great-white-survivor.html |url-status=dead | archive-date=1 July 2008 |title = Zimbabwe's great white survivor |work=The Daily Telegraph |location= UK |date=6 November 2005 |last=Blair |first=David |access-date=25 June 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://blogs.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2011/03/30/when-harry-met-chelsy/ |title=When Harry Met Chelsy |publisher=BBC |website=bbcamerica.com |first=Peter |last=Hunt |date=25 January 2011 |access-date=30 March 2009 |archive-date=1 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110401140129/http://blogs.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2011/03/30/when-harry-met-chelsy/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> After being criticised by the press, however, Davy sold his share in the business.<ref name="Sheila Marikar">{{cite web| url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/Royal_Wedding/royal-wedding-chelsy-davy-kate-middleton-comparing-princesses/story?id=13469510 |title=Royal Wedding: Chelsy Davy vs. Kate Middleton| first=Sheila | last= Marikar| date=28 April 2011| publisher= ABC News| website= abcnews.go.com | accessdate= }}</ref>
=== Education === Davy was briefly educated at Cheltenham College.<ref>{{cite news |title=How Kate and William convinced Chelsy Davy that Prince Harry wasn't 'the one'|work=Daily Mirror |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/how-kate-william-convinced-chelsy-13060977 |date=2019-09-08 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190908012419/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/how-kate-william-convinced-chelsy-13060977 |archive-date=8 September 2019 |access-date=8 September 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="yahoo">{{cite web |last1=Azzopardi |first1=Chris |title=Chelsy Davy: 8 Things to Know About Prince Harry's On-and Off-Again Ex-Girlfriend |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/chelsy-davy-8-things-know-172208393.html |website=Yahoo! Entertainment |date=8 May 2018 |access-date=8 September 2019}}</ref> Before that, she attended Girls' College in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe (not Cheltenham Ladies' College as has been widely reported),<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Hello!|title=Chelsy Davy: Biography |url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/chelsy-davy/ |date=2019-09-08 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190908004259/https://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/chelsy-davy/ |archive-date=8 September 2019 |access-date=8 September 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Prince Harry 'considering reunion' with Chelsy Davy |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-harry/11850205/Prince-Harry-considering-reunion-with-Chelsy-Davy.html |work=The Telegraph |date=2019-09-08 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190908004549/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-harry/11850205/Prince-Harry-considering-reunion-with-Chelsy-Davy.html |archive-date = 8 September 2019 |access-date = 8 September 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="LadiesinWaiting" /> before moving to Stowe School in Buckinghamshire.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ER_9AgAAQBAJ |title=Harry: A Biography |last=Moody |first=Marcia |date=13 March 2014 |publisher=Michael O'Mara Books |isbn=9781782430421 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Chelsy Davy: Wild about Harry |work=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/chelsy-davy-wild-about-harry-357778.html |date=2019-09-08 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190908011431/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/chelsy-davy-wild-about-harry-357778.html |archive-date=8 September 2019 |access-date=8 September 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> She received a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Cape Town in 2006, and a law degree (LLB) from University of Leeds in 2009.<ref name="Sheila Marikar" /><ref name="Chelsy Davy - LinkedIn profile"/>
== Career == Davy worked as a solicitor at the London law firm Allen & Overy from September 2011<ref name="Nicholl">{{cite news |url = http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/specials/royal-wedding/its-no-life-for-me-says-chelsy-davy/story-fn891tf3-1226048245676/ | title = It's no life for me', says Chelsy Davy |work=The Telegraph |location=UK |first=Katie | last=Nicholl |date=25 January 2009 |access-date=2 May 2011}}</ref> to late 2014, when she decided to quit.<ref name="Chelsy Davy - LinkedIn profile">{{cite web |url=http://www.linkedin.com/pub/chelsy-davy/4b/ba2/958 |title=Chelsy Davy – LinkedIn profile}}</ref>
===Jewellery=== After studying at the Gemological Institute of America, Davy launched a jewellery brand, Aya, in July 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/2016062332062/princess-eugenie-chelsy-davy-reunion-prince-harry/ |title=Princess Eugenie and Chelsy Davy have sweet reunion at jewellery launch |work=hellomagazine.com |date=23 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ibtimes.com/chelsy-davy-launches-ethical-new-jewelry-line-called-aya-london-2388375 |title=Chelsy Davy Launches Ethical New Jewellery Line Called AYA In London |work=International Business Times |date=30 June 2016}}</ref>
===Travel organising=== In 2020, in an interview with ''Tatler Magazine'', Davy announced that Aya would be branching out into the luxury travel sector to organise African holidays.<ref name="tatler">{{cite web |author1=Tatler |title=The One that Got Away: Chelsy Davy on her Plans for the Future |url=https://www.tatler.com/article/chelsy-davy-interview |website=Tatler |publisher=Condé Nast |access-date=29 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200427105518/https://www.tatler.com/article/chelsy-davy-interview |archive-date=27 April 2020 |location=UK |date=29 February 2020 |quote=Aya is branching out into the luxury travel sector, specialising in all areas of the continent. 'It's an organic progression from the jewellery. Africa is where I'm from, where my family is from; it's my heritage and I've always been interested in tourism and conservation.' The plan, she says, is to use her expertise and knowledge of Africa to organise bespoke holidays, working with a team in Cape Town. 'We want to be able to curate incredible trips for people, offering them a personalised, professional service, being there for them 24/7. I'm very knowledgeable about parts of Zambia and Cape Town. We would never send anyone anywhere that one of us hasn't been to, or to an area something more adventurous, like rafting or bungee jumping. We want to curate the trip to fit with your definition of luxury.'}}</ref> She then announced the launch of Aya Africa on Instagram.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Davy |first1=Chelsy |title="Excited to have finally launched Aya Africa Travel" |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B9jbNvjnWjW/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/B9jbNvjnWjW |archive-date=24 December 2021 |url-access=registration |website=Instagram @chelsydavy |publisher=Facebook |access-date=29 May 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
==Personal life== Davy is married to hotelier Sam Cutmore-Scott, the brother of actor Jack Cutmore-Scott.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Caamano |first1=Andrea |title=Prince Harry's ex Chelsy Davy marries months after welcoming first baby|url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/brides/20220517140410/chelsy-davy-marries-months-after-welcoming-first-baby/ |access-date=22 October 2024 |publisher=Hello! |date=17 May 2022}}</ref> They have a son, Leo, born in 2022,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tatler.com/article/prince-harry-ex-girlfriend-chelsy-davy-first-child-baby-boy-sam-cutmore-scott |last=Coke |first=Hope |date=March 17, 2022 |title=Prince Harry's former girlfriend Chelsy Davy is spotted with her son Leo for the first time |website=Tatler |access-date=17 May 2022}}</ref> a daughter, Chloe, born in 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uk.style.yahoo.com/prince-harrys-ex-chelsy-davy-091608476.html?guccounter=1|last=Rigney|first=Catriona|date=September 5, 2024|title=Prince Harry's ex Chelsy Davy announces she's welcomed second child – sharing first pic and name|website=Yahoo! Life|access-date=5 September 2024}}</ref> and a son, Finn, born in 2026.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/mother-and-baby/889546/chelsy-davy-announces-birth-third-child-mothers-day/|last=Daly|first=Katy|date=15 March 2026|title='I'm embracing the juggle': Chelsy Davy announces birth of third child on Mother's Day|website=Hello!|access-date= 15 March 2026}}</ref>
=== Relationship with Prince Harry === Davy met Prince Harry, a member of the British royal family, in early 2004, when she was a student at Stowe School. They were in a romantic relationship until 2009, when she announced in a post on Facebook that it had ended.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7849307.stm |title=Prince Harry and girlfriend split |publisher=BBC News |date=24 January 2009 |access-date=24 January 2009}}</ref><ref name="Nicholl"/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/theroyalfamily/4339524/Chelsy-Davy-announces-end-of-relationship-to-Prince-Harry-on-Facebook.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130205115/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/theroyalfamily/4339524/Chelsy-Davy-announces-end-of-relationship-to-Prince-Harry-on-Facebook.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 January 2009 |title=Chelsy Davy announces end of relationship to Prince Harry on Facebook |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=UK |first=Andrew |last=Pierce |date=25 January 2009 |access-date=9 May 2009}}</ref>
In 2011, when rumours of a possible reconciliation surfaced, both Davy and Prince Harry publicly debunked them. Prince Harry professed himself "100 percent single", and Davy, who had attended the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton on 29 April 2011, confirmed that she would not marry Prince Harry, citing the incompatibility of their life choices.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/prince-harry-says-hes-100-per-cent-single-and-denies-reports-of-a-possible-romance-with-pippa-middleton/story-e6frewyr-1226082605343 |title=Prince Harry says he's 100 per cent single |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=UK |date=27 June 2011 |access-date=27 June 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/4340983/Prince-Harry-and-Chelsy-Davy-split-Playboy-prince-is-becoming-a-man.html| title=Prince Harry and Chelsy Davy split: Playboy prince is becoming a man |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=UK |date=25 January 2007 | last=Pierce |first=Andrew |access-date=9 July 2007}}</ref>
In May 2018, Davy was a guest at the wedding of Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-44180613 |title=Royal Wedding 2018: Pictures of the guests, from Oprah to Elton John |date=19 May 2018 |publisher=BBC |access-date=19 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/g19842355/all-celebrities-meghan-markle-prince-harry-royal-wedding-guests/?slide=7 |title=All the Celebrities at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Royal Wedding |publisher=Elle |date=19 May 2018 |access-date=19 May 2018}}</ref>
In November 2021, private investigator Gavin Burrows claimed in a BBC documentary that Davy's communications had been targeted, and her voicemails hacked, in an attempt by media outlets to gather information on Prince Harry; he also apologized for the part he said he had played in those efforts.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-59361142 |title=Prince Harry: Private investigator apologises for targeting prince's ex-girlfriend |work=BBC |first1=Amol |last1=Rajan |first2=Joseph |last2=Lee |date=22 November 2021 |access-date=22 November 2021}}</ref> Burrow's claims "are yet to be tested in court and are strongly disputed" by ''The Sun'' and the now-defunct ''News of the World''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/bbc-documentary-slammed-rift-prince-william-prince-harry |title=BBC documentary on Prince Harry, Prince William's alleged rift slammed by British royal family |work=Fox News |first=Stephanie |last=Nolasco |date=23 November 2021 |access-date=23 November 2021}}</ref>
In a witness statement that was part of a civil action Prince Harry had brought against Associated Newspapers Ltd, the publisher of the ''Daily Mail'', he alleged that the news company had obtained information about his and Davy's whereabouts through "unlawful means", and that this had left her feeling "hunted" and "shaken".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.sky.com/story/prince-harry-five-things-we-learned-from-duke-of-sussexs-high-court-submission-12844405 |title=Prince Harry: Five things we learned from Duke of Sussex's High Court submission |work=Sky News |date=28 March 2023 |accessdate=29 March 2023}}</ref> In a witness statement he gave as part of an action he had brought against Mirror Group Newspapers for alleged unlawful activity by its journalists, he claimed that Davy had decided that "a royal life was not for her".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-65550021 |title=Harry blames press intrusion for Chelsy break-up |work=BBC News |first1=Dominic |last1=Casciani |first2=Oliver |last2=Slow |date=10 May 2023 |accessdate=13 May 2023}}</ref>
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == * [https://aya.co.uk/ Aya] * [https://www.aya-africa.com/ Aya Africa] * {{IMDb name|2703961}} {{Authority control}}
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