Prince Harry ripped a poster of his grandmother the Queen off the wall of an ‘underground’ Chelsea club so she ‘couldn’t see him partying’, claims Paddy McGuinness

Prince Harry tore a poster of his late grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, off a wall during a “wild party” years ago, TV presenter Paddy McGuinness has claimed.

The 50-year-old Top Gear star said he was on a night out with the Duke of Sussex, One Direction bandmates and a group of footballers when he claimed he saw the royal family remove the photo from a wall because he didn’t want to . his grandmother to see his parties

Speaking on the Restless Natives podcast, McGuinness said the group was in an ‘underground’ club in Chelsea, London, where ‘all sorts of things were going on’.

He claimed the royal family “took off my T-shirt, was kissing and kissing me” and then “torn a picture of the Queen off the wall and said, ‘I can’t let her look at me while I’m am busy. this”.’

He did not reveal when this might have happened, but told podcast hosts Gordon Smart and Martin Compston that the club had a “secret door” for famous faces to use, which was surrounded by security cameras.

He said: ‘I get a tap on the shoulder and it’s Prince Harry… I thought that was crazy.’

‘He kept appearing and disappearing. I spoke to one of the security guys at the end [Harry] ripped off my T-shirt, and then he ****** rips a picture of the queen off the wall and says, “I can’t let her see me do this.”

He said he asked the prince’s guard, “What’s going to happen here?” and said the Metropolitan Police officer replied: ‘They will [the video taken on the security cameras] never see the light of day. This is one of the clubs where the royals go and let off steam.’

FEMAIL contacted police for comment.

McGuinness’ claim comes after Harry and Meghan’s Archewell Foundation suffered an £8.7 million drop in donations, according to its annual report.

Donations to the charity have fallen by $11 million (8.7 million euros) in the past year, pushing the figures into the red. The couple’s boss and right-hand man, James Holt, has been given a huge 280% pay rise, it was revealed today.

A US income tax return filed today showed that donations in 2022 had fallen to just over $2 million (£1.6 million) – down from $12.9 million (£10.3 million) in 2021, a astonishing drop of $11 million (£8.7 million). .

And its $9 million profit in 2021 has evaporated due to a lack of donations. The Archewell Foundation made a loss of $674,485 (£536,357) last year, as revenues were $2 million but costs were $2.67 million.

Paddy McGuiness claims Prince Harry tore a poster of his late grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, off a wall during a ‘wild party’ (photo December 7, 2023)

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex meet and greet the audience at the Sydney Opera House on October 16, 2018 in Sydney, Australia

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle released a video showing Archewell’s ‘impact’ for 2023, but their annual report also shows their foundation has made a loss

Last year there were only two major donors who each gave around $1 million (£795,210). The year before, an unknown wealthy donor gave them $10 million, but there was no repeat in 2022.

It follows a tumultuous year for the couple, which saw Harry’s vitriolic memoir, Spare, top the bestseller lists but their personal popularity ratings plummet.

They were also the subject of ridicule by popular television shows such as South Park and Family Guy, criticized after claims of a reportedly ‘near-catastrophic’ car chase in New York and lost their lucrative podcast deal with Spotify, where a senior executive labeled them ‘ ******* scammers’.

The couple founded their Archewell Foundation after leaving the royal family and say it is an “impact-driven global non-profit organization that puts compassion into action” that is “dedicated to a simple yet profound mission: show, do good.”

The Foundation employed five people, with salaries totaling $640,441 (£509,285) for the year. Harry and Meghan received no salary.

But executive director James Holt, considered the Sussexes’ right-hand man since Megxit, was paid $227,405 a year (£180,835), including a $20,000 (£15,904) bonus. This was a pay increase of around $170,000 (£133,000), compared to his starting salary of $59,846 (£47,641) the year before.

Holt’s 2021 salary did not reflect the full 12 months of work as he joined mid-year, it is understood.

Despite the 2022 loss, it appears the foundation, described as a ‘not-for-profit’ organisation, still has around $8.3m (£6.6m) in cash and assets.