Sean “Diddy” Combs once expressed a desire to mingle with royals at his extravagant parties. In a resurfaced 2011 interview on The Graham Norton Show, the 54-year-old music mogul revealed that he wanted Prince William and Prince Harry to attend his fêtes when they were still “young bucks.”
“Not anymore,” he clarified after Graham Norton pointed out that William was about to marry Kate Middleton later that year. The host, now 61, joked, “Don’t ruin our royal wedding for us,” prompting Combs to reassure him, “Trust me, they’re off the list.”
The “Bad Boy for Life” rapper then explained, “Before when they were young bucks growing up and they were getting in a lot of trouble themselves, so, hey, I was like, ‘Why don’t you come hang out with me?’”
Combs appeared to be referencing William, now 42, and Harry’s well-documented nights out, including when the Duke of Sus𝓈ℯ𝓍, now 40, would go on benders in Las Vegas in his youth.
The “Come to Me” rapper has been rumored to put young men in uncomfortable situations.
Another resurfaced video of Combs showed him once asking a teenaged Justin Bieber why he hadn’t been “calling” him to hang out, while the “Sorry” singer, now 30, was visibly uneasy.
Usher, who lived with Sean Combs as a teenager, admitted that he was exposed to a “pretty wild” and “crazy” lifestyle thanks to the rapper behind “I’ll Be Missing You.”
While it’s unclear if Prince Harry or Prince William ever attended one of Combs’ extravagant parties, they were spotted together at an event many years ago. In 2007, Combs performed at the Princess Diana Memorial Concert at Wembley Arena and later attended an afterparty at a club called Paper.
Fast forward nearly two decades, and Combs is now facing serious jail time after being charged with 𝓈ℯ𝓍 trafficking, racketeering, and fraud.
A 14-page indictment revealed his lavish parties were more sinister than they initially appeared, as they were allegedly called “freak offs,” in which people were allegedly drugged and raped.
Aside from the federal case, Combs is also fighting several civil lawsuits for his alleged 𝓈ℯ𝓍 crimes.
Harry, 30, was named in one of the 𝓈ℯ𝓍 trafficking suits. Producer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones claimed in his filing earlier this year that people were drawn to Combs because of his access to celebs such as “famous athletes, political figures, artist [sic], musicians and international dignitaries like British royal Prince Harry.”
