Georgia Harrison MBE has revealed exactly what happened when she received her medal from Prince William
Dan Laurie Deputy Editor of Screen Time
13:34, 05 Dec 2025
Georgia Harrison has opened up on receiving an MBE from Prince William
Reality star Georgia Harrison has opened up on the moment she received her MBE medal from Prince William.
The 30-year-old former TOWIE star, who appeared on the third series of Love Island in 2017, has campaigned for safety for women and girls after becoming a victim of an ex-partner sharing sex videos online was formally appointed MBE at a ceremony at Windsor Castle in October this year.
In 2021, she waived her right to anonymity ahead of a trial that saw Stephen Bear jailed for sharing a secretly recorded sex tape of her on the Only Fans website.
After he was sentenced in 2023, Georgia attended a demonstration, held outside Parliament by domestic violence charity Refuge, calling for specific protections for women and girls to be included in the Online Safety Bill.
The Love Island star received her MBE earlier this year
Bear, also a reality star, was given a 21-month sentence after being found guilty of voyeurism and disclosing private sexual photographs and films with intent to cause distress.
He was released from HMP Brixton in 2024 after serving 10 and a half months.
Georgia was recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours list for services to tackling online privacy and cyber crime awareness and was presented with her MBE medal by his son, the Prince of Wales, which previously described as a “magical moment”.
Speaking about her exchange with Prince William during Friday’s (December 5) episode of Loose Women, Georgia, who was pregnant when she received her medal, revealed: “It was surreal.
Georgia opened up on motherhood on Loose Women(Image: ITV)
“You don’t find out until the day it’s going to be Prince William and I was so excited because I thought I can say one day to Sahara ‘you were there and you met the King’ because he’ll probably be the King when she’s older’.
“First of all, you really notice his presence. He’s such a powerful person.
“They talk you though how you approach him and how to curtsey, which I may have got a little bit wrong, but when I got there he basically said he’s seen everything I’ve experienced at the time and he seen it on the news and he thought I was really, really brave and the work that I done was so important.
Georgia introduced ITV viewers to baby Sahara(Image: ITV)
“He asked what else I thought needed to change to help protect women online and protect children of the future and I got to speak to him about things which I believe will help shape the world Sahara is eventually going to live in and it was a once in a lifetime moment and it’s the biggest honour of my life so far apart from having Sahara.
“When I curtsied I fell over and the Prince actually cracked up and he was really laughing. It was a fun moment and he probably won’t forget it. He’ll be like ‘don’t bring a Love Islander in here again’.”
As well as Love Island and TOWIE, Georgia has taken part in reality TV shows including Celebrity Ex On The Beach and Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins, which she won with boxer Lani Daniels.
Loose Women airs weekdays on ITV1 and ITVX at 12.30pm
