
Prince Harry’s UK court battle: Royal feared being ‘ousted’ over ‘damaging' rumor that James Hewitt is his dad
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Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, previously addressed the rumors involving James Hewitt and his late mother Princess Diana in his memoir "Spare."
The case against Mirror Group is the first of the prince’s several lawsuits against the media to go to trial. It is one of three publishers he alleged unlawfully snooped on him for scoops on the royal family. Stephanie Nolasco covers entertainment at Foxnews.com.
In a written statement released on Tuesday, the 38-year-old cited the 2002 article "Plot to Rob the DNA of Harry," which speculated that the royal was the child of the late Princess Diana and her riding instructor James Hewitt.
"Numerous newspapers had reported a rumor that my biological father was James Hewitt, a man my mother had a relationship with after I was born," Harry wrote. "At the time of this article and others similar to it, I wasn't actually aware that my mother hadn't met Major Hewitt until after I was born. This timeline is something I only learnt of in around 2014, although I now understand this was common knowledge amongst the defendant's journalists."