Chelsy Davy
Chelsy Yvonne Davy (born 13 October 1985) is a Zimbabwean businesswoman who is the owner and founder of the jewelry brand "Aya" and the travel agency "Aya Africa". Early life. Davy was born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, to Charles Davy, a South African safari farmer, and Beverley Donald Davy, a former Coca-Cola model and Miss Rhodesia 1973. She has a younger brother, Shaun, and grew up at her family's homestead in the Lemco Safari Area. Her father Charles was one of the largest private landowners in Zimbabwe, and was reported to own of land. He maintained business  ties with controversial politician Webster Shamu, of whom he has said, "I am in partnership with a person who I personally like and get along with. I am not involved in politics in any way." After being criticised by the press, however, Charles Davy sold his share in the business. Career. Education. Davy was briefly educated at Cheltenham College (not Cheltenham Ladies' College as has been widely reported) before moving to Stowe School in Buckinghamshire. She received a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Cape Town in 2006, and a law degree (LLB) from University of Leeds  in 2009. In September 2011, Davy began work as a trainee solicitor at London law firm Allen & Overy. In late 2014, however, Davy decided to quit her position at the firm. Jewellery. After studying at the Gemological Institute of America, Davy launched a jewellery brand, Aya, in July 2016. Travel. In 2020, Davy announced that Aya would be branching out into the luxury travel sector to organise African holidays, in an interview with "Tatler Magazine". She then announced the launch of Aya Africa on Instagram. Relationship with Prince Harry. Davy had what the press described as a "turbulent" relationship with  Prince Harry, a member of the British royal family. The pair met in early 2004 while Davy was a boarder at Stowe School, and were an on-again, off-again couple until May 2010. Davy announced the end of the relationship on Facebook. In 2011, addressing rumours of a possible reconciliation, Prince Harry publicly professed himself "100 percent single", and Chelsy, who attended the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton on 29 April 2011, stated that she would not marry Prince Harry due to the rising incompatibility of their life choices within the relationship. In May 2018, Davy was  a guest at the wedding of Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle. In November 2021, private investigator Gavin Burrows claimed on a BBC documentary that Davy's communications were targeted and her voicemails were hacked in an attempt by media outlets to gather information on Prince Harry, an act for which he apologised. Burrow's claims "are yet to be tested in court and are strongly disputed" by "The Sun" and the now-defunct "News of the World".