The “older” woman who took Prince Harry’s virginity has revealed why she came forward in an exclusive interview with Piers Morgan.

Sasha Walpole, 40, disclosed her identity earlier this week following the publication of the Duke of Sussex’s biography, Spare, in January in which he described losing his virginity “in a field”.

However, Ms Walpole said she was driven to come forward after Prince Harry’s team failed to warn her that she’d been written about. Although it was an anonymous recount, she tells Piers Morgan that he “could have given [her] the heads up”.

Sasha Walpole and Prince Harry in June 2001 (Getty)

The now-digger driver and mother-of-two – who was hired as an assistant groom at Highgrove in 1999 – was shocked to learn their encounter had made it into the memoir, which has since become a record-smashing bestseller.

Ms Walpole tells Piers Morgan that she realised the speculation about this mystery woman was “never going to stop”. She feared constant “flare-ups” about the event, feeling that the only way she could stop public rumour was to come forward.