Prince Harry has endured awkward questions about the sex lives of the Royal Family as he and pop superstar Rihanna took HIV tests together in Barbados to raise awareness about the illness on World Aids Day.
Fabian Sargeant, an HIV counsellor and social worker, explained that a barber shop was a perfect place to raise awareness of the need for HIV testing.
This was because it was where people discussed sex, friendship, and what was going on in their lives according to The Telegraph.
“I need to go to a barber shop!” Rihanna said to laughter. “Not for sex!” she addeTelegraph, wagging her finger and laughing.
Harry interjected: “Everybody tells their hairdresser everything.”
Mr Sargeant explained that there were so many myths surrounding sex in Caribbean culture.
“One of the myths is that royalty don’t have sex,” he said amid laughter.
“And that royalty has blue blood?” Harry asked, perhaps hoping to change the subject.
“Another myth is that royalty does not engage in oral sex,” Mr Sargeant said.
“I’m not sitting in that chair,” Harry said, gesturing towards the barber, as those around him laughed.
The Prince, whose mother Diana, Princess of Wales campaigned to remove the stigma around HIV and Aids, has for months been encouraging more people to come forward and be tested for the illness, which can now be managed with drugs.
The Barbados National HIV/Aids programme has highlighted men as being at significantly high risk – they are more likely to be diagnosed late with HIV compared to women and are also more likely to die from Aids-related illnesses.
Before the Prince, 32, and the pop star took their HIV tests – which both came back negative – the Prince teased the singer, saying the process was painful.
“Do you know what you’re doing?” he had asked the counsellor who performed the test when she was giving him counselling before the procedure.
He then winced as she stuck the pin into his finger.
When Rihanna, 28, had the same thing done seconds later, she laughed and said: “You made it seem like it hurts,” adding: “It’s not as painful as you said this morning.”