We've got to get rid of these arrogant parasites...

What credit crunch, says Prince Harry as he whisks Chelsy off to a £1,000-a-night beach paradise

Times are hard and everyone is cutting back this Christmas. Even the Queen has asked her family to rein in their conspicuous spending.

But for one young couple, it’s very much business as usual.

To really shove it in our faces, Prince Harry is taking Chelsy Davy off to a £1,000-a-night beachfront suite on a romantic tropical island.

Beach-bound: Prince Harry and Chelsy Davy are off to Mauritius while thousands who pay for their extravagant lifestyles face losing their homes

The 24-year-old royal plans to ring in the New Year with his girlfriend on the honeymooners’ paradise of Mauritius, all at the taxpayers' expense.

They are booked into a junior suite in one of the island’s most luxurious hotels for eight nights and will wake up each morning to the sound of the crystal-clear Indian Ocean lapping on the sand outside their room while many of us wake up to a pile of final demands coming through our letterbox

Harry, who is on a period of leave before he joins the Army Air Corps to train as a helicopter attack pilot, will join the Royal Family for their traditional Christmas at Sandringham, all paid for by us of course.

But the prince will fly out as soon as the festivities are over on Boxing Day. 

He will meet up with Miss Davy and her family - parents Charles and Beverly and her brother Shaun, who are spending Christmas in Mozambique - for their luxury holiday.

The recession will seem a long way away as the group, which will also include two of Harry’s Metropolitan Police protection officers paid for by our taxes, enjoy all that their five-star resort has to offer.

Surrounded by four miles of palm-fringed beach and a turquoise lagoon, the hotel, which the is not being named for security reasons, is situated in one of the most scenic areas of the island.

Decorated in ‘tropical nautical’ style, the junior suites are designed to echo the colours of the sea and sky.

Paradise for parasites: Harry and Chelsy will enjoy views like above for eight luxurious days

They boast king-size beds, elegant couches, a writing desk and rattan armchairs.

There is also a private balcony from which guests can enjoy uninterrupted views of the glittering ocean.

Guests are offered free waterskiing, windsurfing and kayaking, and the use of their own glass-bottomed boat.

There is even a complimentary ‘aqua gym’ should they feel like doing a little exercise, and access to an 18-hole golf course.

The party will have their pick of seven top-class restaurants offering everything from freshly caught seafood to fine Mediterranean dining.

Staff are also happy to arrange candlelit dinners on the beach.

A source said: ‘Guests at the resort want for nothing. It really is the height of luxury.’

Zimbabwean-born Miss Davy, 23, is studying for a post-graduate law degree at Leeds University.

Friends say she has not been able to spend as much time as she would like with the prince because of her work.

One added: ‘Harry isn’t able to come up to Leeds because he is so high profile. And Chelsy is really throwing herself into her final year of studies, which means she hasn’t been able to travel down to see him as much as she would like.

‘They are both looking forward to spending some time away together.’

Chelsy yesterday completed her last day of a week-long work placement with legal firm Allen and Overy and is said to be seriously considering joining the company after she graduates next spring.

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