GIRL ABOUT TOWN: The Prince of Wheels... Harry takes to the streets on his custom-built motorbike

By Charlotte Griffiths, Diary Editor For The Mail On Sunday

Published: 18:00 EST, 6 August 2016 | Updated: 18:30 EST, 6 August 2016

Prince Harry watchers seeking a glimpse of their hero need to be quick off the mark. 

For I can reveal that Harry takes to the streets these days on a new custom-built Triumph Street Triple motorbike, ‘pimped up’ in British racing green with painted gold wheels.

His ride, thought to have been recommended to him by pal David Beckham, cost Harry a cool £10,000 from dealers Metropolis in London’s Vauxhall. 

But while the Prince may think he is well disguised whizzing around on a snazzy bike capable of reaching 150mph, he can be spotted by his special blacked out Shoei helmet.

Prince Harry, pictured on a Harley-Davidson in 2008, has recently been spotted on a custom £10,000 Triumph Street Triple motorbike

Prince Harry, pictured on a Harley-Davidson in 2008, has recently been spotted on a custom £10,000 Triumph Street Triple motorbike

The Prince, pictured, is thought to have got the bike after a recommendation from David Beckham

The Prince, pictured, is thought to have got the bike after a recommendation from David Beckham

 

The Governor of the Bank of England shed his usual grey suit and tie and strolled through a hippy Oxfordshire music festival with a spring in his step on Friday.

Fresh from slashing interest rates, Canadian Mark Carney, right, looked relaxed in an unbuttoned blue shirt, trendy transparent plastic glasses and a glittery face tattoo at the Wilderness gathering. 

Bank of England Govenor Mark Carney pictured at a music festival in Oxfordshire
This Che Guevara T-shirt was apparently sold to Carney by stall owner Kevin Hodgetts

Mark Carney, left, has been spotted enjoying a music festival in Oxfordshire, where he bought a Che Guevara t-shirt, right, according to a stall owner

Sparkly eye decoration is de rigeur during this year’s festival season.

Carney, 51, couldn’t resist another cult festival item – a Che Guevara T-shirt – according to stall owner Kevin Hodgetts, who claims to have sold him a red shirt with ‘Touché’ written on it. 

Communist Che was of course a lifelong enemy of capitalism – oh, the irony!

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