Prince Harry famously wrote about his life as a member of the royal family in his Following arrest on Monday in New York City, a resurfaced portion of Harry's book details his meeting the hip-hop mogul. The described seeing Diddy at the benefit concert he put together with his older brother, Prince William, back in July 2007 to honor their late mother, Harry wrote about booking the rapper to play at the event alongside a slew of other A-listers such as Elton John, Fergie, Duran Duran, Nelly Furtado, Kanye West and Pharrell Williams. In his book, the royal penned: "To mark the tenth anniversary of our mother's death.
Willy and I organized a concert in her honor. The proceeds would go to her favorite charities, and to a new charity I'd just launched—Sentebale." "While planning the concert Willy and I were emotionless.
All business. It's the anniversary, we need to do this, there are a million details, full stop," he continued. The event was held to celebrate what would have been the Princess of Wales' 46th birthday, as well as to commemorate the tenth anniversary of her death.
"The venue had to be big enough (Wembley Stadium) and the tickets had to be priced right (forty-five pounds) and the entertainers had to be A-list (Elton John, Duran Duran, P. Diddy)," Harry said. After Diddy's arrest earlier this week, he was charged with a medley of offenses, such as sex trafficking and racketeering.
He was denied bail twice and is now being held at Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention C.