King Charles III to Prince Harry: "Who knows if I'm your real father"

In a few days, Prince Harry's (38) long-awaited autobiography entitled "Spare" will appear. The memoirs of the British royal are already causing a stir. Among other things, the 38-year-old also commented on the long-standing bizarre rumors that cavalry officer James Hewitt (64) was actually his father. In this context, Harry also remembers an unfunny joke that King Charles III. (74) in the presence of his son, as revealed by "thesun.co.uk".

 A patient from Broadmoor Hospital – a high-security psychiatric hospital in Crowthorne, England – was decisive for King Charles' testimony. He very convincingly claimed to be the real Prince of Wales. According to Charles, however, the allegation was so convincing that it raised "big questions" in his own mind about which of the two was actually "crazy". In the presence of his son, Charles jokingly asked: "Who knows if I'm really the Prince of Wales? Who knows if I'm even your real father?

Prince Harry on James Hewitt's alleged paternity

James Hewitt had a secret love affair with Harry's mother Princess Diana († 36) from 1986 to 1991. Harry denies the officer's paternity. After all, the two only met two years after his birth. Even King Charles had not commented on these alleged paternity rumors. "If Pa had any thoughts about Major Hewitt, he kept them to himself," he continued.

Harry suspects the rumors arose from a "sadism" in the tabloid media, as there are certain similarities between him and the major due to the rusty brown hair. "Readers loved the idea that Prince Charles' younger child wasn't Prince Charles' child," Harry continues. "Maybe that made them feel better about their lives because the life of a young prince was laughable."