{"id":99097,"date":"2025-02-07T10:47:29","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T03:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/levanews.com\/?p=53968"},"modified":"2025-02-07T10:47:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T03:47:44","slug":"prince-harry-on-how-he-feels-about-rumours-james-hewitt-is-his-real-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/prince-harry-on-how-he-feels-about-rumours-james-hewitt-is-his-real-father\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry on how he feels about rumours James Hewitt is his real father"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-53982 aligncenter src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/echowoven.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2025%5C/02%5C/Anh-bai-dang-FB-Doc-2025-02-07T104347.138.png%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"800\"' height='\"1000\"' title='\"\"'>\n</p><p><strong><em>For years, rumors have circulated suggesting that Prince Harry\u2019s real father is not King Charles but rather Princess Diana\u2019s former lover, James Hewitt.\n<p>In his 2023 memoir <em>Spare, Harry, now 40, directly addressed these claims, revealing that the royal family was well aware of the speculation. He also shared that his father, King Charles, often joked about the rumors\u2014something Harry found deeply uncomfortable.\n<h3>Is Prince Harry King Charles&rsquo; Son?\n</h3><p>Yes, Prince Harry is the son of King Charles. He was born to King Charles and the late Princess Diana on September 15, 1984, two years after the couple welcomed their first son, Prince William, in June 1982.\n</p><h3>What Prince Harry Has Said About the James Hewitt Rumors\n</h3><p>In <em>Spare, Harry recounted how his father frequently made jokes about the rumors, despite how hurtful they were.\n<p>\u201cPa liked telling stories, and this was one of the best in his repertoire,\u201d Harry wrote.\n</p><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-53980 aligncenter src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/echowoven.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2025%5C/02%5C/475800021_1646035956290777_954086016721905513_n.png%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"683\"' height='\"1024\"' title='\"\"'>\n</p><p>He recalled Charles reportedly saying: <em>\u201cWho knows if I\u2019m really the Prince of Wales? Who knows if I\u2019m even your real father? Maybe your real father is in Broadmoor, darling boy!\u201d\n<p>Broadmoor is a high-security psychiatric hospital in the UK, making the remark even more unsettling for Harry. While Charles found the joke amusing, Harry did not.\n</p><p>\u201cA remarkably unfunny joke,\u201d he noted. \u201cGiven the rumour circulating just then that my actual father was one of Mummy\u2019s former lovers: Major James Hewitt.\u201d\n</p><p>Harry emphasized that the timeline of events made the rumor impossible\u2014Diana did not meet Hewitt until 1986, two years after his birth.\n</p><p>Despite this, he acknowledged that the speculation persisted largely because of Hewitt\u2019s distinctive red hair, a feature Harry also has. However, he believed the real reason the rumor thrived was public cruelty.\n</p><p>\u201cTabloid readers were delighted by the idea that the younger child of Prince Charles wasn\u2019t the child of Prince Charles,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThey couldn\u2019t get enough of this \u2018joke\u2019 for some reason. Maybe it made them feel better about their lives that a young prince\u2019s life was laughable.\u201d\n</p><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-53978 aligncenter src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/echowoven.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2025%5C/02%5C/475785073_1716973592204335_5168483924705539847_n.png%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"1024\"' height='\"998\"' title='\"\"'>\n</p><h3>James Hewitt Has Denied the Claims\n</h3><p>James Hewitt, now 66, has repeatedly dismissed the rumors, calling them both false and absurd. He also expressed sympathy for Harry, acknowledging how much the speculation affected him.\n</p><p>In a 2017 interview, Hewitt stated: <em>\u201cIt sells papers. It\u2019s worse for [Harry] probably, poor chap.\u201d\n<p>Despite Hewitt\u2019s denial, the rumors have persisted over the years. However, those close to Diana have also spoken out in support of Harry.\n</p><h3>Princess Diana Was \u2018Deeply Upset\u2019 by the Rumors\n</h3><p>Richard Dalton, Princess Diana\u2019s former hairdresser, addressed the speculation in his 2024 book, <em>It\u2019s All About the Hair, where he firmly debunked the claim that Hewitt could be Harry\u2019s father.\n<p>According to Dalton, Harry\u2019s red hair is a Spencer family trait, not something inherited from Hewitt.\n</p><p>\u201cHarry and the Spencer family have red hair,\u201d he wrote. \u201cCharles, Diana\u2019s brother, had bright red hair when he was in college. And I used to cut his hair then. [Diana\u2019s sister] Sarah has bright red hair. [Diana\u2019s other sister] Jane was more or less the same colouring as Diana.\u201d\n</p><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-53979 aligncenter src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/echowoven.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2025%5C/02%5C/475039241_1938275263644861_3739552717323960570_n.png%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"629\"' height='\"1024\"' title='\"\"'>\n</p><p>He reiterated that Diana and Hewitt did not meet until 1986\u2014two years after Harry was born\u2014making the rumor impossible.\n</p><p>\u201cHarry was already born a while before her relationship with Hewitt. And I don\u2019t think it\u2019s possible,\u201d he said.\n</p><p>Dalton also revealed that Diana was deeply upset by the paternity rumors. She found them cruel and hurtful, particularly given how devoted Charles had been as a father during Harry\u2019s early years.\n</p><p>Despite clear evidence disproving the claim, the conspiracy theory continues to circulate.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"</p><p>For years, rumors have circulated suggesting that Prince Harry\u2019s real father is not King Charles but rather Princess Diana\u2019s former lover, James Hewitt. In his 2023 memoir Spare, Harry, now 40, directly addressed these claims, revealing that the royal family was well aware of the speculation. 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