CRESSIDA Bonas was once touted as Prince Harry’s future bride.
She is now moving away from being a socialite and focusing on her acting career which includes a role in ITV drama White House Farm.
Who is Cressida Bonas?
Descended from King Charles II, Cressida Bonas was once believed to be the woman Prince Harry would marry.
Now 30, Cressida, or Cressy to her family and friends, was born in Winchester, Hampshire.
Much of her wealth comes from her dad, entrepreneur Jeffrey Bonas, while her It girl credentials come from her mum, Lady Mary-Gaye Curzon.
Cressida’s 30,000-a-year education at Stowe School in Buckingham lead to a dance degree at Leeds University, where she got into acting and performed in a production of Othello.
She kept up her acting work before branching out into modelling – and appeared in Vanity Fair in 2014 after being named in the year’s “International Best-Dressed” list.
Cressida went on to model for Burberry and Mulberry, appearing in a TV ad for the fashion house while working on her budding career on the stage.
What is Cressida Bonas’ net worth?
Although she comes from a wealthy family, Celebrity Net Worth values Cressida’s small fortune at around 500,000.
This is largely down to her modelling work.
She will also have pocketed a good salary for appearing in White House Farm.
When did Cressida Bonas date Prince Harry?
Cressida is a bit of an It girl and is also mates with Princess Eugenie, who introduced her to the prince in 2012.
The pair shared a lust for life but still managed to keep their relationship relatively private, apart from moments when they were snapped off holidaying or partying at Glasto.
After two years together, the pair split in 2014 – with Cressida thought to have been overwhelmed by the attention she was getting while engagement rumours swirled around the young couple.
In 2015, speculation fizzed that the pair would get back together, but it turned out that the hype was just that.
Despite the split, the two have remained on good terms, and Cressida attended the prince’s marriage to Meghan Markle in 2018.
Who is Cressida Bonas dating?
In August 2019 Cressida’s long-term boyfriend, property developer Harry Wentworth-Stanley, announced their engagement with an Instagram post accompanied by a picture of the pair sat in a field in Massachusetts.
A ring featuring a centre stone surrounded by red and white stones can be seen on Cressida finger, while the caption reads: “We getting married.”
The two met and dated while studying at the University of Leeds, but split whenWentworth-Stanley embarked on a year abroad.
Wentworth-Stanley now works for real estate firm Savills, whose websites states that he joined the company as a graduate in 2012 and is now an associate and surveyor.
He also has some royal connections of his own.
His stepfather, George Mountbatten, 4th Marquess of Milford Haven, is the Queen’s cousin and a descendant of Princess Alice, the second daughter of Queen Victoria.
His mother is Clare Mountbatten, a former journalist and friend of Princess Diana.
Her close relationship with Sarah Ferguson also meant Wentworth-Stanley was close to Fergie’s daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, Harry’s cousins.
How many siblings does Cressida Bonas have?
Cressida has a whopping seven half-siblings, including actress Isabella Calthorpe, who Prince William was once rumoured to have his eye on.
Cressida’s seven half-siblings are:
- Three paternal half-brothers from her father’s first marriage
- One maternal half-sister from her mother’s first marriage
- Two maternal half-sisters and a maternal half-brother from her mother’s second marriage
