Charles, Prince of Wales (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is the heir apparent to the British throne as the eldest son of Elizabeth II. He has been Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Rothesay since 1952, and he is the oldest and longest-serving heir apparent in British history.
He is also the longest-serving Prince of Wales, having held that title since 1958. Charles was born at Buckingham Palace as the first grandchild of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. He was educated at Cheam and Gordonstoun schools, which his father, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, had attended as a child. Charles also spent a year at the Timbertop campus of Geelong Grammar School in Victoria, Australia.
Prince Harry continues to be bombarded with claims that Prince Charles is not his real dad.There have been decades of speculation that Prince Diana's former lover James Hewitt, a former tank commander, could be Harry's dad.These speculations have endlessly been fuelled by the fact that he and James have ginger hair and and has been a question Harry's dodged since childhood. READ MORE: Prince Harry saw Jubilee as 'time to shine but game plan to win Brits over backfired'A few weeks after the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations and speculation about Harry's dad began to resurface on Twitter, many pointed out the similarity between Harry and James.One observer wrote on Twitter: "Seeing Harry at the Jubilee just makes me think that James Hewitt is his dad."Another wrote: "The older Harry's getting, the more he's looking like James Hewitt," followed by an eyes emoji.James prefers to keep out of the public eye nowadays but has spoken out twice in the past to categorically deny being the Prince's birth father.In 2017, during a frank and candid television interview, he was asked directly if he was Harry's father, to which he replied: "No, I'm not."Pressed over why the rumours have persisted for so long, he said: "It's worse for him [Harry] probably, the poor chap."James and Diana reportedly began an affair around the same time Prince Charles was said to have started an affair with Camilla Parker Bowles, now his second wife and the Duchess of Cornwall, in 1986.For the latest breaking news and stories from across the globe from the Daily Star, sign up for our newsletter by clicking here.It comes after father-of-two Harry is on track to release a new book about his life as a royal.
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