The rumor that James Hewitt is Prince Harry's real daddy is back in the "news." In a homepage story on Thursday The National Enquirer quotes a new book by Christopher Anderson, titled After Diana: William, Harry, Charles, and the Royal House of Windsor. Anderson claims that Harry wants to put this matter to rest with a DNA test. In their latest issue US Weekly also talked to Anderson, who told them that the Queen would never permit a test, just in case.
This story goes way back. The BBC has a great side by side picture of Harry and Hewitt in a story from 2002 about the paternity questions. It also has excerpts from James Hewitt's interview with The Daily Mail and another book about Diana by her police bodyguard, Ken Wharfe. Both point out that Harry was about two years old when Diana and Hewitt started banging boots, making it difficult-to-impossilbe for Hewitt to be the Baby Daddy, unless there was a threesome with Mr. Peabody in the Way Back Machine.
Everyone's big "proof" is Harry's red hair. Wharfe rebuts with the obvious, that Diana's family, the Spencers, are red heads. Ever seen her brother Charles? Red hair, blotchy skin, watery eyes. TMZ has a three-fer photo, with Hewitt, Harry and Charles, side by side.
I offer the picture above. That schnoz! Those ears! Talk about dominant Windsor Family traits. I'm guessing that Harry is legitimate, and he should be damn grateful he escaped getting his Dad's teeth, too. That said, you can be sure I'm watching Dateline tonight when Matt Lauer interviews Prince William and Prince Harry. Just in case.
