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To think that it's odd that the royal family just brush this under the carpet?

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Littlefluffyclouds81 · 07/09/2015 20:58

Tbh I don't give much of a shiny shite about the royals generally, but saw Prince Harry on TV this morning and I've been thinking about him today with regards to his questionable parentage. I say questionable but anyone with a pair of eyes can see that he's James Hewitt's son - he's the absolute spitting image of him. Also he looks nothing like Charles or William.

Obviously this has been raised by the tabloids before, but I find it a bit weird that the whole thing is flatly denied by anybody involved even though the truth is staring everyone right in the face.

It raises some interesting questions: surely Harry has a right to know who his father is? If it transpired he was not Charles' son then would he still be a true part of the Royal Family? Would he still be 2nd in line to the throne? It's a right can of worms.

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katemiddletonsothermum · 08/09/2015 22:22

Brilliant garrick and moln.

But I didn't even have to photoshop THIS.....

To think that it's odd that the royal family just brush this under the carpet?
ComposHatComesBack · 08/09/2015 22:34

Yeah and basil brush was on the tv in the 80s when Harry was born. Ginger and known to have a way with the ladies. Boom boom!

And why does he dress up in hunting tweeds? There's some complex self loathing issues going on there.

Garrick · 08/09/2015 22:38

You've got it, kate!

Brilliant analysis there, Compos.

katemiddletonsothermum · 08/09/2015 22:40

OMG, what have we uncovered?

Moln · 08/09/2015 22:50

I'm not sure what I feel now.

katemiddletonsothermum · 08/09/2015 22:58

How about a big Wink that the OP has disappeared and we've done our job? This thread has been sabotaged in the best possible taste.

Stand down, girls.

sashh · 09/09/2015 05:01

In Australia was asked all the time if I was Irish, even Irish people used to ask

That's because lots of Irish people start out as blond babies and by the time they are adults they have dark / black hair so it's quite a reasonable question.

hattyhatter · 09/09/2015 05:24

Boffin are you a KP chambermaid? Shock (Amongst other things)

steff13 · 09/09/2015 05:27

I enjoy thinking about Prince Harry. Especially in his military uniform.

That's all I have to add.

Sansoora · 09/09/2015 07:06

Garricks photos are fab - he's a Windsor. Not that I ever had any doubt.

Lweji · 09/09/2015 07:28

And two blue-eyed parents can quite easily produce a brown-eyed child.

Not exactly quite easily. They can, but it's rare.

MissHooliesCardigan · 09/09/2015 08:14

I've always found Prince Edward strangely attractive Blush

TwmSionCati · 09/09/2015 08:41

" Not exactly quite easily. They can, but it's rare."

I dont think it is any more difficult than having a blue eyed child is it?
my half sister has brown eyes and two blue eyed parents - and there is just no way that my stepmother was 'straying'.

Whereyourtreasureis · 09/09/2015 09:14

profbadbride
Your son's eye colour is an example of a genetic phenomenon known as complementation

I have 3DCs, one brown eyed, one green eyed, one blue eyed. All are DHs.
He's green eyed, I'm brown eyed...it does happen.

SoupDragon · 09/09/2015 09:17

I have 3DCs, one brown eyed, one green eyed, one blue eyed.

That isn't unusual though.

JollyWollyHolidays · 09/09/2015 09:33

Biscuit (still think it's a donut, as in you donut)
So what if one of them was infertile and they did IVF with an egg/sperm donor? Wouldn't make a parent less of a parent would it?
If course he's his fathers son.

Your poor friends if you judge them all this way ( and I bet some of your friends who you say are the spit of their parents are donor conceived)

Even if it was a fact, it's not like any normal family would announce it anyway Biscuit Biscuit Biscuit

Sansoora · 09/09/2015 09:45

Re eye colouring - how about my lot as an example.

Son in law is of African/Arab birth. Me daughter is of Arab/Scottish birth. Both have very dark brown eyes, as does my husband. My eyes are green. Their eldest two children have brown eyes. Their youngest has blue eyes. We have been told of a Belgiam great grandmother on their fathers side and we assume the blue eyes are from her.

Two of my other sons are married to Eastern European women, both of them are pale skinned but have jet black hair and dark eyes. One of my grandsons is a blue/green eyes blonde, the spitting image of me as a child. His cousin, my other sons wee boy, is pale skinned with black hair and blue eyes.

And funny enough there are red heads in my family and all of my children have a reddish tinge to their dark hair. Even the one who was born blond and looked like Shirley Temple till he was about 4 - he's the one with brown eyes rimmed with green.

BoffinMum · 09/09/2015 10:59

No, I am not a KP chambermaid!
I would not clean that lots' bogs for love nor money. They can clean their own bogs, frankly.

Lweji · 09/09/2015 11:43

I dont think it is any more difficult than having a blue eyed child is it?
my half sister has brown eyes and two blue eyed parents

It is rarer, but it does happen. Your half sister was one case (hopefully - I might also consider swapping at birth).

Sansoora · 09/09/2015 12:32

Boffin who cleans the loo when you stay in a hotel?

BoffinMum · 13/09/2015 09:33

What has that got to do with it?

Sansoora · 13/09/2015 17:58

Boffin it has plenty to do with it.

Or perhaps you're just saying its ok for hotel staff, or loo cleaners in malls etc, to clean the loo after you and others have used it but its not Ok for someone to clean the loos in the palace.

BoffinMum · 13/09/2015 21:21

Right, in that case I am saying it would do some of them the world of good to clean their own bogs from time to time.

BettyRooster · 13/09/2015 21:27

I think he looks like Alexander Armstrong.

riverwalk · 14/09/2015 00:29

I could never work in the royal household. I can just imagine the snobbery and hierarchy amongst them all. I can imagine some of the servants being more snobbish than the royals themselves. Apart from that I could never act all humble and servile to people that I consider no more important than I am.