Crown star reveals Prince Harry cut him off after exposing Duke’s racy antics during raunchy South Pole expedition

The Crown star Dominic West has admitted he fell out with Prince Harry after he “said too much” at a press conference on their return from a charity trip to Antarctica before they spoke no more.

West accompanied the Duke of Sussex on an ambitious journey when they both took part in the Walking With the Wounded charity event in 2013.

At a ‘welcome home’ press conference attended by West, he told how the then 29-year-old Prince had skills that helped the Commonwealth team on the journey, including mucking out to help build the latrines.

But after being asked how the team celebrated the end of the trip, West admitted that Harry drank champagne from a prosthetic leg and made “eye-wateringly crude jokes.”

He says Prince Harry did not speak to him after the press conference, although the duke previously admitted to watching The Crown, which stars West Charles.

The Wire actor told the press conference at the time that Harry was ‘a very cool guy, very much part of the team’.

He continued, “He often reached the rendezvous point before the rest of his men and built these incredibly lavish crenellated latrines, with battlements and toilet paper holders.

‘It took him at least 40 minutes to build, they were just fantastic. I often sat on the latrine and thought, ‘This is a royal flush in every sense!’

‘Harry also helped me a lot when I had problems with my skis in the beginning. He was a great guy.’

But when he was pushed during the celebration of reaching the South Pole, West made a mistake.

He said: ‘Two of the Aussie lads stripped off and ran around the post, but most of us, including Harry, just went out for two days with the Icelandic truck drivers who had brought with them a deadly homebrew.

‘A lot of liquor was drunk.

“We all drank champagne from Duncan’s (Slater, a double amputee who was injured in Afghanistan in 2009 and was part of the British team) favorite prosthetic legs.”

West added, “Well, he told some blindingly crude jokes that were quite shocking to a non-soldier like me!”

West told Times Radio on Sunday: ‘We kind of [lost touch because] I said too much at a press conference, and we haven’t spoken since.”

He added: “I think I was asked what we were doing. [And] what we did to celebrate when we got there and [I] probably said too much.’

Prince Harry remained formally present at the 2014 press conference, saying: ‘Inspiring others is one of the cornerstones of this charity.

“To show those who have suffered life-changing injuries that anything is still possible.

“That this truly incredible achievement from everyone behind me… will remind everyone that they can achieve anything they set their minds to.

‘Our wounded, wounded and sick [servicemen] they just want to be treated the same way they were before they were injured. With respect.

‘For some the journey may be more challenging and it is up to us to make it as easy as possible for them. We can do that with training, with work, or even with adventure.

“If anyone has the opportunity to give these boys and girls a leg up in terms of employment, please do so. You will have no regrets.’

His teammate Duncan Slater added: “Harry was a real team player. There was always something to do and he always encouraged it.

‘There were so many gusts of wind. He probably spread himself quite thin. He spent time with every team every day.

“He always made sure to blend in, bringing everyone to the forefront. It was a lot of fun because he was just as tired as everyone else. ‘

Referring to the champagne antics, he said: ‘We decided to use my legs as a primitive ice bucket. I don’t know why we did it, but we did it!’

During the 2013 Walking With The Wounded Virgin Money South Pole Allied Challenge, soldiers skied 330 kilometers through some of the most inhospitable conditions known to man, with temperatures as low as minus 50 degrees and biting winds.

Each man and woman – some of whom were double amputees – also had to pull a custom-made pool sled, known as a pulk, weighing more than 11 stone, with their equipment in hand.

The terrain was so challenging that organizers were forced to suspend the racing element of the tour and group all participants together for safety.

The teams spent a total of four weeks in Antarctica, including the acclimatization period and the end of the expedition. The trek started on December 1 and the teams reached the South Pole on Friday, December 13.

Prince Harry celebrated their arrival, declaring: “I think we’ll have a few whiskeys tonight!”