Is Prince Charles really the father of Prince Harry? Rumors, explained

Although Prince Harry is married (and may be considering starting his own family, according to the rumor), there is a story about the origin of the young royal king who does not fade: the rumor that Prince Charles is not the biological father of Prince Harry. Because people love conspiracy theories – and probably no one likes Prince Charles, while everyone loves Prince Harry – many people believe that the other is Harry's real father.

Here's what you need to know about the rumors – and if Prince Harry is really the son of Prince Charles.

Some people think Princess Diana's riding instructor was Prince Harry's real father.

Left: Princess Diana in a beautiful red jacket. | WPA / Pool / Getty Images, on the right: James Hewitt in 2004. | Steve Finn / Getty Images

According to Cosmopolitan, "Harry's fatherhood has been questioned over the years by people who believe that his real the father is the riding instructor of Princess Diana, a certain James Hewitt. The proof they quote? The fact that James and Harry have red hair. It's true that in 1986, Princess Diana started an affair with the British cavalry officer, who was hired to teach horseback riding to Diana, William and Harry. The relationship would last five years, as Diana and James will confess in subsequent interviews.

The only problem? Diana and James have not met before two years after Prince Harry was born, as Harry was born in 1984. As James already told the Sunday Mirror, "When I met Diana for the first time, Harry was already a toddler." He added "I can understand the interest, but Harry was already going through the days when my relationship with Diana started. Certainly, red hair is similar to mine, and people say we look alike. However, "I have never encouraged these comparisons, and although I have been with Diana for a long time, I must say once and for all that I am not Harry's father. "

But the red hair comes from the side of the Spencer family

Prince Harry's red hair may be a bad choice in conspiracy theories about his paternity. As Town & Country reports, this trait "is obviously inherited from the side of the Spencer family", with its red complexion. Princess Diana did not have red hair, but her sister, Lady Sarah McCorquodale, had it. Likewise his brother, Earl Spencer, when he was younger.

As the Daily Star notes, although Harry and James Hewitt have red hair, there are more differences than similarities between the appearances of the two men. Harry has blue eyes while James is brown. Harry has strawberry blonde hair with light eyebrows and lashes, plus a red beard, but James has dark red hair and eyebrows. And if you look at their smiles, you'll see that James has big dog teeth – a "very British" trait, according to Star, while Harry has small canines, probably from the Greek lineage that came from Prince Philip.

Harry shares many traits with Prince Charles and Prince Philip, while the only thing he has in common with Hewitt is his chin. The three royal men have small eyes fixed near the nose. They have small canines, which is unusual for the British. And they are all relatively tall. Their upper jaws all have short teeth. And they have the "Mountbatten bottom," characterized by "very low buttocks," according to The Daily Star.

Prince Charles commented on Harry's hair offending Princess Diana

Prince Charles, Prince William and Prince Harry | Tim Rooke-Pool / Getty Images

Interestingly enough, Prince Harry's hair has been a subject of conversation from the first moments of his life. PopSugar reports that Prince Charles wanted to "desperately" a girl. When Diana was pregnant with Harry, she knew she was going to have a boy, but she did not hide this fact throughout her pregnancy. She then revealed what happened at the time of Prince Harry's birth.

"Charles always wanted a girl," she says. "Harry was a boy. His first comment was, "Oh my God, he's a boy." The second one: "And he even has red hair." Charles said he was joking. But according to PopSugar, "Diana was extremely hurt and offended." Not only had she just given birth without giving birth or delivery without treatment, "but her older sisters and younger brother, Earl Spencer, all have red hair, a trait the Spencer family."

James Hewitt served as a model for Prince Harry

The Daily Beast says the official timeline of the case of Princess Diana and James Hewitt is incorrect. "According to the" official "version of the romance Diana and Hewitt, their first meeting took place in 1986," says the publication. But according to journalist Jon Conway, James said he had already met Diana before Harry's birth. "Diana and I started our relationship more than a year before Harry's birth. Now, that does not prove that I am his father. It's just the truth that disturbs, "he said.

Whatever the details of the chronology, James Hewitt served as a model and father figure to Prince Harry (and Prince William). He read them stories at bedtime and fought with pillows. In an interview, James said, "I played with them, I was swimming with them, taught them to ride." And according to Conway, "He was a surrogate father and a kind of father-in-law In addition, "He saw Harry all weekends. several years. He played an important role in the boy 's education and made him the man he is today.

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