The fake name Prince Harry used on Facebook before he deleted his account

Many moons ago, Prince Harry was on Facebook - but a fake name ensured we mere commoners would never have been able to discover him.
 
Members of the Royal Family are typically absent from social media; even Meghan Markle has deleted her personal accounts ahead of marrying her royal fiance.
 
However, back in 2012 The Telegraph claimed Harry was active on Facebook, concealing his identity behind the name ‘Spike Wells’.

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However, some photos on the page were publicly viewable, with many of them taken in destinations Harry was known to have visited.

One photo appeared to depict the now-33-year-old with his former girlfriend, Chelsy Davy.

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The account disappeared shortly - and tellingly - after photos of the prince partying naked in a Las Vegas luxury hotel leaked online in mid-2012.
 
The Telegraph reports Harry’s minders advised him to delete his presence on the site as the scandal erupted, for fairly obvious reasons. 
 
Prince Harry’s Facebooking days may be behind him, but if it’s any consolation, Kensington Palace’s official social media pages post regular updates about his public activities.

As for the nickname Spike, it could very well still be in use - however, Markle opted to create her own 'code name' for her royal beau to keep his identity a secreton the set of her TV drama Suits. 

According to the 36-year-old's former co-star Wendell Pierce, "London" served as shorthand for Harry.

“We always talked about him in code, really. You know, ‘How you doing?’, ‘Oh I’m going to London, coming from London’, whatever.”