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Meet Prince Harry’s ‘real’ father

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Updated on April 18, 2021

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There is one rumor regarding the Prince Harry’s origins that never goes away: that Prince Charles isn’t Prince Harry’s biological father. Many people suspect that Harry’s true father is someone else, owing to the popularity of conspiracy theories and the fact that no one likes Prince Charles.

Because of Princess Diana’s series of affairs during her marriage to Prince Charles, many royal fans have become skeptical of Prince Harry’s parentage.

James Hewitt, the ex cavalry officer with whom Diana confessed to having an affair in the mid-90s, is one name that has come up continuously.

The bizarre claim has been fueled by images of the couple that depict them with identical facial features.

Many people assumed Harry’s red hair was a strong indication that Prince Charles was not his biological father because of the late Princess of Wales’ affair with a British Army officer. Both of them are redheads.

Who is James Hewitt?

James Hewitt, who was born in Northern Ireland in 1958 and educated in Kent and Devon, rose to global prominence at the time of another televised royal tell-all, that of Diana, Princess of Wales, in 1995.

The now-famous 55-minute Panorama broadcast evidently influenced the Queen to persuade her son and his estranged wife to split, and arguably set in motion a series of events that would end in disaster.

The Martin Bashir interview was seen as a personal assault on Prince Charles and the royal family, with Diana secretly scheduling the interview without ever informing senior members of her Kensington Palace staff.

“There were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded,” the princess confessed of her affair with Hewitt, and said of Charles’ affair with Camilla Parker Bowles, now the Duchess of Cornwall: “There were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded.”