Prince Harry Says King Charles III Joked About Not Being His ‘Real Father’ In New Book

King Charles once made a gag astir youngest lad Prince Harry’s paternity based connected rumors that persisted for years successful tabloid media. Harry made the shocking admittance successful his upcoming book Spare, referencing 1 of his “mummy” Princess Diana‘s “former lovers” Major James Hewitt, which Hewitt documented successful his ain book.

“Pa liked telling stories, and this was 1 of the champion successful his repertoire. He’d ever extremity with a burst of philosophizing: If this intelligence diligent could beryllium truthful thoroughly convinced of his identity, nary little than Pa, it raised immoderate precise Big Questions indeed,” Harry, present 38, began arsenic helium explained however the hurtful gag came up. “Who could accidental which of america was sane? Who could beryllium definite they weren’t the intelligence patient, hopelessly deluded, humored by friends and family? Who knows if I’m truly the Prince of Wales? Who knows if I’m adjacent your existent father? Maybe your existent begetter is successful Broadmoor, darling boy!” Charles allegedly said per the memoir, which is released connected January 10, 2023 astir the globe.

King Charles III and younger lad Prince Harry are seen astatine an event. (Shutterstock)

Harry admitted to being confused by the joke, adding that helium believed it was a “remarkably unfunny joke” successful the excerpt. “He’d laughter and laugh, though it was a remarkably unfunny joke, fixed the rumor circulating conscionable past that my existent begetter was 1 of Mummy’s erstwhile lovers: Major James Hewitt,” helium past wrote. Notably, Hewitt says his matter with Diana lasted 4 years from 1986 to 1990 — however, Harry is calved successful 1984, 2 years earlier the narration allegedly began with the late Princess of Wales. Media would often comparison photos of Hewitt to Harry side-by-side, arsenic the 2 person an uncanny resemblance down to the agleam reddish hair.

“One origin of this rumor was Major Hewitt’s flaming ginger hair, but different origin was sadism. Tabloid readers were delighted by the thought that the younger kid of Prince Charles wasn’t the kid of Prince Charles,” Harry past wrote.

King Charles — past the Prince of Wales — is seen successful the ’90s with his lad Prince Harry. (Shutterstock)

Harry, however, doubled down connected the content that his parent and James didn’t conscionable until aft helium was born. “They couldn’t get capable of this ‘joke,’ for immoderate reason. Maybe it made them consciousness amended astir their lives that a young prince’s beingness was laugh-able. Never caput that my parent didn’t conscionable Major Hewitt until agelong aft I was born,” helium besides said in Spare.

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