The pair are believed to have exchanged notes while Hewitt was serving in the 1991 Persian Gulf War. 'We fell in love.'Īccording to Anna Pasternak's 1994 book Princess in Love – written based on letters that Diana allegedly sent to Hewitt – the pair were romantically engaged for five years, between 19. 'Only one thing went wrong,' he wrote in his book. Within months, press got wind of their affair. In his 1999 memoir, Love and War, Hewitt explained how the Princess of Wales asked him to give her riding lessons. How did James Hewitt meet Princess Diana?Īccording to Town & Country, the pair met at a party thrown by Diana’s lady-in-waiting, Hazel West, in 1986. Hewitt is now reportedly working as a gardener, living in Devon with his elderly mother. In 2009, Hewitt opened a high-end bar named The Polo House in Marbella, Spain, which had al fresco dining and served cocktails and light bites. More recently, in 2004 he appeared on Gordon Ramsay’s reality cooking show Hell’s Kitchen. Hewitt retired as a captain, and was given a major rank in retirement. Hewitt attended the fee-paying school Millfield, in Somerset, and followed in his father’s footsteps, serving in the armed forces. The 62-year-old officer was born in Derry, Northern Ireland, in 1958, where his father was stationed with the Royal Marines. Charles and Diana were married between 19, and Harry was born in 1984.Well-known to those who lived through the press frenzy of the era, Diana’s and Hewitt’s affair hit all the headlines – especially after the affair was confirmed by the princess herself in her BBC Panorama interview.īut some may not know much else about Hewitt and how he came to be caught up in a royal drama. “It’s worse for, probably, poor chap.”īoth have pointed out that Harry had already been born when the romantic relationship with Diana started in 1986. In 2017, in an interview with Australia’s Channel Seven, Hewitt was directly asked if he was Harry’s father, Hewitt responded “No, I’m not” asked why the rumour is still around, “It sells papers,” he said. But the speculation has been completely denied by both parties, along with other people connected to the royals.įormer royal butler, Paul Burrell, refuted the accusation that Hewitt is Harry’s father and Hewitt has on many occasions himself also set the record straight. Physical comparisons between Hewitt and Harry have been made for years, due to their similar colouring and the fact both have red hair. Is Hewitt the biological father of Prince Harry? It’s thought that when Hewitt was posted to Germany to serve in the Gulf War, the affair fizzled out. and it was very distressing for me that a friend of mine, who I had trusted, made money out of me.”Īsked explicitly whether the relationship went “beyond a close friendship”, Diana replied: “Yes it did, yes”.Īnd to the question: “Were you unfaithful?”, she said: “Yes, I adored him. Speaking about Hewitt’s memoir, Diana said in her 1995 interview with Martin Bashir: “There was a lot of fantasy in the book.

Well-known to those who lived through the press frenzy of the era, Diana’s and Hewitt’s affair hit all the headlines – especially after the affair was confirmed by the princess herself in her BBC Panorama interview.īut some may not know much else about Hewitt and how he came to be caught up in a royal drama. Military man Major James Hewitt was embroiled in one of the biggest royal scandals of the last century, when he had an affair with the Princess of Wales, Diana, during her marriage to Prince Charles.

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