King Charles made “sadistic” jibes about Prince Harry’s “real” father, the Prince reveals in his new memoir.
Harry, 38, grew up amid public hypothesis that his true father was Princess Diana’s former lover, Major James Hewitt.
The Prince writes in his new guide, Spare, out Wednesday in Australia, how Charles seemingly loved making hurtful feedback about his parentage.
In one phase, seen by Page Six, Harry writes: “Pa liked telling stories, and this was one of the best in his repertoire. He’d always end with a burst of philosophising … Who knows if I’m really the Prince of Wales? Who knows if I’m even your real father?
“He’d laugh and laugh, though it was a remarkably unfunny joke, given the rumour circulating just then that my actual father was one of Mummy’s former lovers: Major James Hewitt. One cause of this rumour was Major Hewitt’s flaming ginger hair, but another cause was sadism.”
According to the guide, Charles by no means spoke to Harry concerning the Hewitt rumours straight.
Harry mentioned that tabloid readers cherished the concept that his dad was not likely Charles.
“Maybe it made them feel better about their lives that a young prince’s life was laughable. Never mind that my mother didn’t meet Major Hewitt until long after I was born,” he provides.
It’s simply one of many bombshells in Harry’s guide, during which he additionally breaks his silence on his stepmother, Camilla Parker Bowles, and about his fractured relationship together with his older brother, William.
He tells how William allegedly hit him throughout a battle over Harry’s then-future spouse, Meghan Markle, and the way they urged their father to not wed Camilla.
Diana, the princes’ mom, infamously had a five-year affair with Hewitt after assembly him at a cocktail party in 1986, and their fling went on to make world headlines. Hewitt grew to become a controversial determine within the UK for his makes an attempt to promote love letters he exchanged with the late royal, and he was labelled: “Britain’s biggest cad.”
In 2019, creator Anna Pasternak, who co-wrote the guide Princess In Love with Hewitt, addressed a facet of the affair.
“Hewitt was regularly bundled into car boots [trunks] and driven to Kensington Palace when their affair ensued,” the creator wrote within the Daily Mail. “He told me he was terrified the first night he stayed in Kensington Palace, relieved at least that Charles and Diana had separate bedrooms.”
This article initially appeared in Page Six and was reproduced with permission
