By . Rebecca English . PUBLISHED: . 07:27 EST, 30 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 20:58 EST, 30 October 2013 . She hasn’t been welcomed into the firm just yet. But if ever there was a sign that Cressida Bonas is inching ever closer to the royal seal of approval – and well and truly winning over Prince Harry – then this is it. It has emerged Harry has invited his girlfriend of 18 months to shoot at the Queen’s Sandringham estate on several occasions. Most recently he was given the run of his grandmother’s private home in Norfolk two weekends ago when he invited a group of friends, including Miss Bonas, 24. Close: Prince Harry and Cressida Bonas on a date earlier this month, just before they spent a weekend together at Sandringham in Norfolk . Out on the town: Prince Harry was LouLou's Private Members Club in . Mayfair watching a special performance by Buena Vista Social Club until 3am last night . The lively party enjoyed three days of countryside pursuits laid on by Harry and the Queen’s private gamekeepers and staff. Neither the Queen nor the Duke of . Edinburgh were present so it would be wide of the mark to say that Miss . Bonas has received ‘the royal seal of approval’. Indeed shooting parties are held . frequently by Prince Charles and his sons when the Queen is not in . residence, and the Daily Mail understands Miss Bonas has attended . several such gatherings before. But her presence at Sandringham earlier this month is a sign that the couple’s romance is going from strength to strength. Sources say Harry, 29, is ‘incredibly . serious’ about her. In recent weeks the pair have been seen out on . several dates, including to musical The Book Of Mormon, and a James . Blunt gig, a favourite pop singer of the prince. They also holidayed together in Botswana over the summer with a group of friends. Fun with friends: Harry and Cressida are said to be 'incredibly serious', and spent a weekend shooting two weeks ago . But the prince is also fiercely . determined to protect Miss Bonas from the glare of publicity that being a . royal girlfriend brings. He is acutely aware that this pressure . ‘spooked’ his previous long-term love Chelsy Davy, whom he broke up with . after seven years shortly after his brother’s wedding in 2011. A well-placed source said yesterday: . ‘Harry and his brother are given a weekend each at Sandringham when they . can ask some friends to join them. 'Nothing more to it. The two seem to . get on well together but it is too early to say yet what the future . holds.’ Going strong: It is now a year since the pair became boyfriend and girlfriend, having first been introduced by his cousin and her best friend, Princess Eugenie . Harry, who earlier this year returned . from a tour of duty in Afghanistan as an Apache attack helicopter . pilot, and Miss Bonas were introduced more than a year ago by his cousin . and her best friend, Princess Eugenie. Miss Bonas, described by friends as . ‘posh, bubbly and terribly, terribly sweet’, was photographed kissing . Harry on the ski slopes of Verbier earlier this year. Their continuing closeness has . prompted rumours they are tipped to wed, although well-placed sources . say this is ‘not on the cards – yet’. Sandringham house: The Queen's country residence near Kings Lynn, Norfolk, which Harry took a gang of friends to this month . ‘Cressida is very discreet but she . and Harry are very fond of each other and taking things one step at a . time to see whether or not there might be something more permanent one . day,’ one source told the Mail. ‘She is still very young, though, and has plans that I don’t believe include an engagement yet .’ In an interview with US television . last year, Harry complained that girls appeared to be put off by his . title. ‘I’m not so much searching for someone to fulfill the role, but . obviously, you know, finding someone that would be willing to take it . on,’ he said.
Couple spent three days with friends shooting and doing country pursuits .
Not the first time Cressida has been invited up to Queen's Norfolk residence .
Sources tell MailOnline that Harry is 'incredibly serious' about dancer, 24 .
But adds that another royal wedding is 'not on the cards – yet'
By . Rebecca English . PUBLISHED: . 07:27 EST, 30 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 20:58 EST, 30 October 2013 . She hasn’t been welcomed into the firm just yet. But if ever there was a sign that Cressida Bonas is inching ever closer to the royal seal of approval – and well and truly winning over Prince Harry – then this is it. It has emerged Harry has invited his girlfriend of 18 months to shoot at the Queen’s Sandringham estate on several occasions. Most recently he was given the run of his grandmother’s private home in Norfolk two weekends ago when he invited a group of friends, including Miss Bonas, 24. Close: Prince Harry and Cressida Bonas on a date earlier this month, just before they spent a weekend together at Sandringham in Norfolk . Out on the town: Prince Harry was LouLou's Private Members Club in . Mayfair watching a special performance by Buena Vista Social Club until 3am last night . The lively party enjoyed three days of countryside pursuits laid on by Harry and the Queen’s private gamekeepers and staff. Neither the Queen nor the Duke of . Edinburgh were present so it would be wide of the mark to say that Miss . Bonas has received ‘the royal seal of approval’. Indeed shooting parties are held . frequently by Prince Charles and his sons when the Queen is not in . residence, and the Daily Mail understands Miss Bonas has attended . several such gatherings before. But her presence at Sandringham earlier this month is a sign that the couple’s romance is going from strength to strength. Sources say Harry, 29, is ‘incredibly . serious’ about her. In recent weeks the pair have been seen out on . several dates, including to musical The Book Of Mormon, and a James . Blunt gig, a favourite pop singer of the prince. They also holidayed together in Botswana over the summer with a group of friends. Fun with friends: Harry and Cressida are said to be 'incredibly serious', and spent a weekend shooting two weeks ago . But the prince is also fiercely . determined to protect Miss Bonas from the glare of publicity that being a . royal girlfriend brings. He is acutely aware that this pressure . ‘spooked’ his previous long-term love Chelsy Davy, whom he broke up with . after seven years shortly after his brother’s wedding in 2011. A well-placed source said yesterday: . ‘Harry and his brother are given a weekend each at Sandringham when they . can ask some friends to join them. 'Nothing more to it. The two seem to . get on well together but it is too early to say yet what the future . holds.’ Going strong: It is now a year since the pair became boyfriend and girlfriend, having first been introduced by his cousin and her best friend, Princess Eugenie . Harry, who earlier this year returned . from a tour of duty in Afghanistan as an Apache attack helicopter . pilot, and Miss Bonas were introduced more than a year ago by his cousin . and her best friend, Princess Eugenie. Miss Bonas, described by friends as . ‘posh, bubbly and terribly, terribly sweet’, was photographed kissing . Harry on the ski slopes of Verbier earlier this year. Their continuing closeness has . prompted rumours they are tipped to wed, although well-placed sources . say this is ‘not on the cards – yet’. Sandringham house: The Queen's country residence near Kings Lynn, Norfolk, which Harry took a gang of friends to this month . ‘Cressida is very discreet but she . and Harry are very fond of each other and taking things one step at a . time to see whether or not there might be something more permanent one . day,’ one source told the Mail. ‘She is still very young, though, and has plans that I don’t believe include an engagement yet .’ In an interview with US television . last year, Harry complained that girls appeared to be put off by his . title. ‘I’m not so much searching for someone to fulfill the role, but . obviously, you know, finding someone that would be willing to take it . on,’ he said.
last night . The lively party enjoyed three days that Miss . Bonas has received ‘the royal seal of the Queen is not in . residence, and the Daily strength. Sources say Harry, 29, is ‘incredibly . summer with a group of friends. Fun with friends: serious', and spent a weekend shooting two weeks on the cards – yet’. Sandringham house: The Queen's country residence near Kings Lynn,