Exhibit 5.1

December 11, 2017

Board of Directors

Ashford Hospitality Prime, Inc.

14185 Dallas Parkway

Suite 1100

Dallas, TX 75254

Up to $50,000,000 of Common Stock

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We are acting as counsel to Ashford Hospitality Prime, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), in connection with its filing of a registration statement on Form S-3  (the “Registration Statement”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), relating to the proposed offering of up to $50,000,000 of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share of the Company (the “Securities”).  The Securities will be issued from time to time pursuant to several separate  Distribution Agreements dated as of December 11, 2017 among the Company, Ashford Hospitality Prime Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership, Ashford Hospitality Advisors LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the Distribution Agent named therein (each, a “Distribution Agreement”).  This opinion letter is furnished to you at your request to enable you to fulfill the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K, 17 C.F.R. § 229.601(b)(5), in connection with the Registration Statement.

For purposes of this opinion letter, we have examined copies of such agreements, instruments and documents as we have deemed an appropriate basis on which to render the opinions hereinafter expressed.  In our examination of the aforesaid documents, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all natural persons, the accuracy and completeness of all documents submitted to us, the authenticity of all original documents, and the conformity to authentic original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies (including telecopies). We also have assumed that the Securities will not be issued in violation of the ownership limit contained in the Company’s charter.  As to all matters of fact, we have relied on the representations and statements of fact made in the documents so reviewed, and we have not independently established the facts so relied on.  This opinion letter is given, and all statements herein are made, in the context of the foregoing.

This opinion letter is based as to matters of law solely on the Maryland General Corporation Law, as amended and as currently in effect.  We express no opinion herein as to any other laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, or regulations.

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Based upon, subject to and limited by the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Securities, if and when issued in accordance with the terms of the Distribution Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

This opinion letter has been prepared for use in connection with the Registration Statement. We assume no obligation to advise you of any changes in the foregoing subsequent to the effective date of the Registration Statement

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are an “expert” within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

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