Chelsy returns to her studies...and to Harry as well perhaps?

Chelsy Davy arrived at Heathrow airport today dispelling rumors that she'd quit Leeds University after reports of her unhappiness there and her breakup with Prince Harry. Her return to the UK was delayed by two weeks after Chelsy found herself caught up in the Kenyan riots which caused the post-graduate student to miss important exams. Although she does have a very good excuse to offer her professors!

Chelsy looked weary as she walked through the airport where friends waited to pick her up. A few months ago it was Prince Harry who picked her up at Heathrow with disastrous results, which foreshadowed the trouble she would later encounter as she began her studies at Leeds University. Harry had arrived at the wrong terminal and Chelsy had to wait in the lobby; soon finding herself surrounded by paparazzi and curious onlookers. Eventually the airport's policemen came to the aid of the cornered young woman as she waited for Harry to arrive. The Prince's eventual arrival at her side caused even more commotion amongst the paparazzi leaving the Prince furious as he tried to shield her from the cameras as the couple made their way out of the airport surrounded by Harry's bodyguards and airport police. Chelsy, never comfortable with the press attention, was clearly distressed throughout.

Over the next few months stories emerged reporting that Zimbabwean-born Chelsy was unhappy living in chilly, rainy Leeds. It was also reported that although she was finally living in the same country as her royal boyfriend of 3 years, she was upset that she wasn't seeing him nearly as often as she had hoped. This was partially due to the fact that Harry, a Second Lieutenant in the Blues and Royals, was on military duty throughout the week. And even when he could travel to Leeds his security detail decreed that her flat was too difficult for them to protect and banned the Prince from staying there for any extended amount of time. Although the couple were spotted in London a number of times over the next few months friends were quoted saying that all was not well between them. Shortly after Harry missed her birthday to go to the Rugby World Cup in Paris it emerged that the couple--or rather Chelsy--had decided that they needed a "trial separation".

Friends say that the Prince was despite to woo Chelsy back and, possibly, he has been successful in this. 10 days after news of their break up he was photographed dropping her off at a friend's house after she had spent Friday night and most of Saturday with him at Clarence House. But friends say he's not entirely out of the water yet and the couple has not been seen out together since November.

Said one friend, "They are having an extended separation but it's very possible they will get back together again later in the year. Chelsy still loves Harry very, very much so nothing is settled. I wouldn't be surprised if you see them back together come the spring."

Separation or not Chelsy must have her solider prince on her mind. For the past few months she's been photographed wearing a "Help For Heroes" charity wristband. The British charity supports the treatment and rehabilitation of servicemen and women who have been injured in action. Princes Harry and William have also been photographed wearing the wristbands.

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