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Prince Harry 'perfect' for Cressida Bonas

Oct 29, 2012, 12:01 GMT

Prince Harry

Britain's Prince Harry is 'perfect' for Cressida Bonas.

The 28-year-old royal is said to be anxious to return from his four-month stint as a helicopter pilot in Afghanistan in order to rekindle his romance with the blonde socialite, and a friend of Harry's insists the romance is 'very much on'.

The flame-haired royal told the Daily Express newspaper: 'She's perfect for Harry; loyal, romantic and calm. She's not fazed by the whole royal girlfriend thing. She doesn't do drugs, and she and Harry are so funny together.'

Cressida - who is known as Smally by her family because she is the youngest of five - is an aspiring dancer who trained at the Royal Ballet School and went to Prior Park College in Bath on a sports scholarship.

She is currently studying Contemporary Dance at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in Greenwich.

The well-connected 24-year-old blonde has been friends with the prince for several years and previously dated Harry Wentworth-Stanley, whose stepfather, the Marquis of Milford Haven, is a cousin of Queen Elizabeth.

Harry - who is working as an Apache helicopter pilot in Afghanistan - and Cressida's romance is said to have been going strong during his time in the war-torn country thanks to regular calls on the royal's 'bat phone' - his special mobile with M16- grade security settings.