But the string of Facebook messages, seen in full for the first time, appear to suggest a slightly different story.
The Duke sent the first message, on Dec 4, 2011, telling Ms Griffiths: “It’s H,incase u were confused by name and picture!!! X.”
Ms Griffiths, who at the time was the paper’s deputy diary editor, replied: “Hello Mr Mischief… Did you get home OK slash did you actually find your car and did you beat Arthur down the motorway more importantly?!”
She added: “What a fun weekend of naughtiness – can’t we all get up to no good in the countryside every weeked damn it?? Smooches, CG String. Xxx”
The Duke replied that it was “without doubt the best of those weekends I’ve been to”.
He added: “What a crowd. Never laughed so much in 24hrs!! Mr mischief? How do I get that title … l was surely no worse than anyone else!!”
He said he had “Serious withdraw symptoms still” but that he had been forced to “make polite conversation with strange people at a dinner last night.begging them for money for charity! Really fun.not.”
The Duke told Ms Griffiths: “Hope work isn’t too dull wherever u are?!”
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