Prince Harry claims Charles made “poor taste” joke about who his real father was

Prince Harry has claimed that his father King Charles made a “poor taste” joke about who his real father was after Princess Diana’s affair.

Prince Harry has spoken about his mother Diana’s affair with Major James Hewitt and claims his father King Charles joked “who knows if I’m even your real father?’.

In his bombshell memoir Spare, which was accidentally released in Spain, the Duke of Sussex says his father “liked to tell anecdotes” and that “one of his best” was a story of a visit to a psychiatric hospital where he met a man claiming to be the Prince of Wales.

According to the Duke of Sussex, King Charles wagged his finger at the patient and said “I am the Prince of Wales” only for the man to “respond with the same gesture”.

Diana Princess of Wales presenting Major James Hewitt with a trophy in 1994.

Diana Princess of Wales presenting Major James Hewitt with a trophy.

“Who knows if I’m even your real father? Perhaps your father really is in Broadmoor, my dear son!’ Harry wrote that the joke was “in poor taste” given a rumour that his real father was James Hewitt,” Prince Harry recalls his father saying.

Mr Hewitt had a five-year affair with Princess Diana when he was a young Household Cavalry officer, from 1986 to 1991.

This was confirmed by the Princess of Wales during the now-infamous Panorama interview with disgraced journalist Martin Bashir.

Prince Harry‘s resemblance to the Army officer led to claims he was a product of the affair.

Princess Diana acknowledged during an interview that she had been in love with Major Hewitt but had been let down by him.

Prince Harry‘s resemblance to the Army officer led to claims he was a product of the affair. Picture: Netflix

In his memoir, the prince says the rumours continued even though Diana did not meet the cavalry officer “until long after I was born” and that if King Charles thought anything about Major Hewitt he “kept it to himself”.

It comes as Prince Harry made a sensational claim in the book that he and Prince William begged their father not to marry Camilla, fearing she would become their wicked stepmother.

In a scathing section of the Duke of Sussex’s highly anticipated biography Spare, already on sale in Spain, the rogue royal tells of the moment he was introduced to King Charles’ then girlfriend – the “other woman” – describing their first meeting akin to “avoiding pain while getting an injection.”