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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were involved in a frightful fright in mid-flight when a 40 million pound jet brought them to a party filled with stars was struck by lightning.
The luxury aircraft Dassault Falcon 7X was hit while carrying the couple to Amsterdam last month for the Opening Night of the Affluent Club.
At least 30 million volts passed through the fuselage after the bolt touched the forward cone, a few inches from the aircraft's essential radar navigation equipment.
After the fright of Friday, September 21st, the plane, which costs around £ 20,000 for a return trip to Amsterdam, landed safely at Schiphol Airport.
The royal couple spent the night with a host of celebrities, including Eddie Redmayne, Nick Grimshaw and Jenna Coleman at the exclusive Soho House in Amsterdam.
Sources at the airport said the plane had been immobilized for nine days while it was undergoing repairs and security checks before being allowed to fly again.
Photographs of the jet stream, taken by an observer at Schiphol a few days after the strike, showed that he had been equipped with a new white nose cone.
The Mail on Sunday has learned that Harry and Meghan boarded the plane at the London-Oxford airport, about 20 km from their Cotswolds home in Great Tew. Sources indicated that the payment was made privately, at no cost to the taxpayer.
The couple was the most notable guest of the launch party hosted by Nick Jones, founder of the Soho House empire and husband of Desert Island Discs presenter Kirsty Young. According to insiders, the royal couple happily mixed with stars, including actor Douglas Booth and comedian Michael McIntyre, but did not participate in a walking tour of the city's hot boat trip on the canals.
The same plane they had been on was scheduled to return to Oxford on Sunday, 23 September, but Swedish business jet operators Industriflyg were forced to send a replacement to Stockholm to make the journey.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex resumed their royal duties on September 24 after attending an award ceremony at Loughborough University. Staff at London-Oxford Airport, whose website boasts that travelers "feel treated like royalty," said they did not know the couple would travel to Amsterdam.
It is thought that Harry and Meghan were driven directly to their jet to avoid being seen.
The staff of the Schiphol Jet Center, a terminal that deals exclusively with private jet passengers, had the same tight lips, and a spokesman for Buckingham Palace declined to comment.
Mail on Sunday
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