Harry 'kisses male admirer' for a bottle of beer

In fact, it was Rocky Bennett who made the move when he spotted the third-in-line to the British throne and his fellow trainee pilots boozing in a club during a night out in Stevenage.

“I went up to him and told him I would love to buy him a drink if he gave me a kiss, Harry just burst out laughing, threw his arms around me and kissed me on the left cheek. I’m not going to wash my face for a month now.

“It was the best moment of my life. I just burst into tears, he’s so down to earth,” Bennett, a petrol station manager, was quoted by British tabloid the ‘News of the World’ as saying.

In fact, the bizarre encounter came as Harry enjoyed a midweek night out in Stevenage, Herts, away from his usual West End haunts. The Prince and his fellow trainee pilots chose the Liquid nightclub close to RAF Henlow.

“It was so crazy to see Harry out in Stevenage. It’s not exactly the most exotic place. He went upstairs to the VIP lounge at first but then came down to the main bar. He was with about eight other guys and security was tight but when I went over to him he was lovely.

“I told him how much I had admired his mother Princess Diana and how I thought she would be proud of him. He seemed very merry but he was still willing to talk to people. So I went to the bar to buy him a drink and got my kiss,” Bennett said.