James Hewitt

Harry addresses the rumours and says how his father King Charles had often made light of guessing who his real dad was.

Also in the new book include Harry's account of an alleged physical attack on him by brother William during a row over Meghan. One cause of the rumour was Major Hewitt's red hair, but another was sadism. They never got tired of that 'joke', for some reason." The 38-year-old then claims that some journalists even tried to "hunt my DNA to verify it" and his initial response was that after "torturing" his mum into hiding "soon they would come for me". The Duke writes: "The joke was damn funny in light of the rumour going around at the time that my real father was one of my mother's ex-lovers: Major James Hewitt. But in The Duke of Sussex's new memoir Spare - which is released next week - Harry addresses the rumours and says how his father

Prince Harry has slammed rumours that Major James Hewitt is his biological father instead of King Charles III, calling the whispers a "joke" in his memoir ...

In Diana's famous 1995 Panorama interview, she said of James' participation in the book: "Yes, I adored him. But I was very let down." Ken Wharfe wrote: "Diana felt betrayed: he had chosen his career over her. He is now believed to be working as a gardener in the grounds of the flat that he shares with his elderly mother in Devon. Since his relationship with Diana, James has dipped in and out of the spotlight, having done a number of interviews following the death of Princess Diana in a car crash in Paris in 1997. Along with his tell-all book, Princess in Love, James went on to share further details about his affair with Diana in a book named Love and War, which was released in 1999. James and Diana's romance is thought to have lasted a number of years, until James had to go abroad at the end of the 1980s after becoming command of a tank squadron, leaving Diana feeling "betrayed" that he "chose his career over her". According to the book, Diana and James were in a relationship from 1986 to 1991, ending a year before Diana's marriage to Charles officially ended in 1992. Prince Harry insisted that his mother, Princess Diana, didn't meet Major James until "long after I was born", which was in 1984. Going into more detail, Harry said that tabloid readers "loved the idea" that he wasn't Charles' biological son and "never got tired of that 'joke'," leaving him to wonder if he was a "laughing stock". [Princess Diana](https://www.ok.co.uk/latest/princess-diana) admitted to having a five-year long affair with James in the 1980s, however, Harry, 38, labelled them a "joke" and said that King Charles, 75, would make fun of them. [Prince Harry](https://www.ok.co.uk/latest/prince-harry) has slammed the "sadistic" longstanding rumours that Major James Hewitt is actually his biological father, rather than [King Charles](https://www.ok.co.uk/latest/king-charles-iii).

Princess Diana went to stay with ex-lover James Hewitt in Ebford, near Exmouth, which fuelled rumours that he may be Harry's real father.

Due to be released next week - to anticipation and abhorrence in equal measure - Harry makes reference to the rumours that one of his mother's ex-lovers, Major James Hewitt, is his real father and not [King Charles](https://www.devonlive.com/all-about/king-charles-iii). The nickname 'Harry Hewitt' was known to generations of people, in reference to the nationwide rumour and Princess Diana's affair - which the prince states began "long after I was born". “Apparently Diana stayed in the cottage often and they were seen out together although she mostly stayed behind closed doors. One nearby farmer said: “Everyone knew that Princess Diana came to Ebford to stay with Captain Hewitt. Princess Diana had confirmed a five-year affair with Major Hewitt during the 1980s. They never got tired of that 'joke', for some reason."

Prince Harry addressed rumors that James Hewitt is his real father in 'Spare,' and accused King Charles of making cruel jokes about his paternity.

“He’d laugh and laugh, thought it was a remarkably unfunny joke, given the rumor circulating just then that my actual father was one of Mummy’s former lovers: Major James Hewitt. Today has truly been nonstop when it comes to excerpts from [Prince Harry’s memoir](https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a40705759/prince-harry-memoir-details-drama-release-date/) hitting the internet, and [Page Six](https://pagesix.com/2023/01/05/king-charles-made-jokes-about-prince-harrys-real-dad/) just published Harry’s thoughts on those rumors that King Charles isn’t his real father. I have never encouraged these comparisons and although I was with Diana for a long time, I must state once and for all that I’m not Harry’s father.