Jade Thirlwall "tried to catch a vibe" from Prince Harry

Speaking to Nick Grimshaw on his BBC Sounds podcast 'Sidetracked', she said: "I was single at the time and all the girls were like, 'Oh, Harry. You could be in with a chance!'. I was like, 'Oh, God, here we go'.

"They were being those sort of friends. And then, he is going down the line and I started getting nervous.

"I wasn't even a***d but suddenly it was like 'Princess Diaries' in my brain.

"I shook his hand and I think it was Jesy who was like, 'Ohhhh'. I was like, 'Not in front of the Prince of England!'.

"I'm all for wing women, but not in that situation. He must have thought, 'What a weirdo!'."

While she wasn't initially interested in Harry, the 'Angel Of My Dreams' singer - who is in a relationship with Rizzle Kicks star Jordan Stephens - admitted her bandmates' teasing encouraged her to look for a spark with the prince.

However, there was no particular connection between them.

She said: "I can't flirt anyways, so there was definitely nothing like that.

"Maybe I did a slight over-linger on the handshake, to catch a vibe. There wasn't one. I wish him well."

Little Mix went their separate ways two years ago and Jade, 31, recently admitted she struggled to feel "relevant" afterwards.

She said: "Little Mix was such a machine and there was so much pressure to be 'huge'. I had been programmed to feel like I had to constantly be in the public eye for 11 years, and so I've struggled with feeling 'relevant' since taking a step back and having people around me be like, 'It's okay to not go to the opening of an envelope!'"