Jamie Komarnicki CanWest News Service; Calgary Herald Saturday, June 09, 2007
CALGARY -- A Calgary bar is basking in reflected royal limelight, after a bartender caught the eye of Prince Harry.
The young prince, training at CFB Suffield, visited Calgary's Cowboys bar during Wednesday lady's night, but spent much of the evening chatting up local bartender Cherie Cymbalisty, 22, said Cowboys manager Doug Donald.
"If it goes somewhere, fantastic," he said. "She'd look fantastic on the dollar bill."
Prince Harry headed straight for the shooter bar where Cymbalisty was working, and he took "quite a shine to her," Donald said.
After spending a few hours drinking and chatting, Harry returned to Cowboys after the crowds had left the bar to say goodbye to Cymbalisty.
"I can certainly see why he'd be attracted to her. They're both young ... young kids having some fun."
Cymbalisty is refusing interviews, after reportedly getting an exclusive interview deal with a British media outlet.
The two are still in contact, Donald said.
"She's not going to talk to any media at the moment. We're going to respect her privacy and allow her to pursue it as she wishes."
Donald said he believed Harry also visited a number of other clubs in Calgary this week.
The second lieutenant in the British military - and third in line to the throne - came to Cowboys around midnight, accompanied by a military buddy, two RCMP officers and two British security guards.
As word of his presence spread, he strolled through the bar, shaking hands and chatting.
"He was good with that, but the crowd was good with him. They didn't annoy him, they didn't constantly hound him," Donald said.
"He said to Cherie, 'I don't get to do this, I don't get to go to places without microphones and cameras constantly being pushed in my face.'"
He came back after the crowd had left around 2 a.m.
"He quietly knocked on the door. He wanted to know if he could come in say goodbye and have a little chat with her. He came in, we brought the crew back in and they had a little quiet time upstairs," Donald said.
"They had a little chat, a few laughs."
Cymbalisty's biography for the Canada's Hottest Bartender contest lists her favourite drink as Crown and Coke with a twist of lime and her favourite body party as her "tummy."
She lists modeling as an aspiration. "I plan to be a Playboy Bunny or Playmate in 3 or 4 years! (cross fingers) Haha ..." she writes on the contest's website.
. I admit that I am incredibly biased towards the Royals. To be more fair....the President of the United States would hold a SIMILAR, YET I maintain NOT EQUAL standing to to the conscience of society. Though the President was chosen by the people, not born into it. A new President is elected every 4 years. The Royals serve from birth to death, though they are not as significant as they once were when they held more power personally. They are a symbol more than anything now. The Royals of past were the politicians and celebrities of their day. The rise and fall of nations and the lines on the map were decided by families and their followers, the political parties of past. History was shaped by the personalities of individuals born to rule. Elected Officials are not as personally significant as the position they temporarily hold and decisions are more disseminated. 
