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RE Harry's skiing trip - from the Daily Telegraph
Prince Harry has taken his girlfriend Cressida Bonas on a skiing trip to Kazakhstan, where they were given the use of a government helicopter to ferry them to the slopes.
The couple stayed at a chalet in the resort of Shymbulak, which is part-owned by a businessman called Serzhan Zhumashov, a close acquaintance of the Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev.
The trip was privately funded, and there is no suggestion that the Prince was there as a guest of the Kazakh government or of Mr Zhumashov, but having such a high-profile visitor is a major coup for the resort, which is part of Kazakhstan's bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics.
The Prince and Miss Bonas, who went to Kazakhstan with friends for a long weekend in the middle of March, are understood to have been invited as a guest of one of their party.
A Kensington Palace spokesman said: "Prince Harry was a on a private skiing trip. It was exactly that, no more, no less."
Prince Harry has taken his girlfriend Cressida Bonas on a skiing trip to Kazakhstan, where they were given the use of a government helicopter to ferry them to the slopes.
The couple stayed at a chalet in the resort of Shymbulak, which is part-owned by a businessman called Serzhan Zhumashov, a close acquaintance of the Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev.
The trip was privately funded, and there is no suggestion that the Prince was there as a guest of the Kazakh government or of Mr Zhumashov, but having such a high-profile visitor is a major coup for the resort, which is part of Kazakhstan's bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics.
The Prince and Miss Bonas, who went to Kazakhstan with friends for a long weekend in the middle of March, are understood to have been invited as a guest of one of their party.
A Kensington Palace spokesman said: "Prince Harry was a on a private skiing trip. It was exactly that, no more, no less."