British pop star reveals bandmates tried to set her up with Prince Harry at royal event

Perrie Edwards has revealed her Little Mix bandmates previously tried to set her up with Prince Harry at a royal event.

The British pop star, 32, told Capital Radio on Friday Jesy Nelson, Jade Thirlwall, and Leigh-Anne Pinnock – former members of the popular UK band – had gone out of their way to ensure the pair met.

Speaking to Jimmy Hill, Edwards, who has been engaged to footballer Alex Oxlaide-Chamberlain since 2022, recounted meeting the Duke of Sussex backstage at the Royal Variety performance, noting she was not seeing anyone at the time.

"I was single at the time and the girls were like 'Oh, you and Prince Harry,' and I was like 'Give it a rest,'" she told the presenter, describing the prince as “really nice”.

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The pop star acknowledged the matchmaking attempt would have made for quite a tale, although she swiftly brushed off her bandmates' efforts.

"Not saying that Prince Harry is anyone, we love Prince Harry! But you know what I mean, at the time it was like 'Oh, you're single and he's single...'" she remarked.

The pop star agreed, however, the prince boasts charming looks, particularly in his younger days.

"Well, he was for a royal! Like drinking and partying and having a good old time that was a bit frowned upon," she noted.

Edwards' former Little Mix bandmates have long been public in their efforts to set her up with the Duke.

Speaking to the BBC back in 2015, Nelson said: "Harry, if you're listening, Perrie fancies you. She's single, you're single, let's hook this up."

And talking previously to Cosmopolitan, Thirlwall addressed a photo in which she was captured shaking Harry's hand – and she, too, was open to dating the prince.

"Oh, I'm actually shaking his hand there. Maybe I was trying to give him some eye contact, do you know what I mean?" she told the outlet.

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"But, yeah, he wasn't that a****," she continued, before laughing, "I'm just remembering now the girls being like, 'Go on Jade, Prince Harry, you never know'."

Edwards met Celtic star Oxlade-Chamberlain shortly after. The couple have now been dating for nine years, and share two children; Axel, four, and Alanis, who was born in January 2026.

The pair have now been engaged for four years, and speaking to 1883 Magazine last month, the singer expressed her excitement about the upcoming ceremony.

"There's so much in both my personal and professional life my wedding! I tried on the dress the other day and I'm so happy with it," she said.

The singer indicated she believes her family is now complete following the arrival of daughter Alanis.

"I think I might be done," Edwards stated when asked about expanding her family further.

The former Little Mix star admitted she never anticipated having a daughter, having always envisioned herself as a "boy mum" to sons.

"We did a reveal just me, Alex and the bairn, and the pink balloon came out, he had a breakdown, he was devastated," she recalled of the gender reveal moment.

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