Should the public DEMAND a DNA test on ....?

Question

............ PRINCE HARRY to establish whether the rumour around his paternity are true – after all we do pay a large amount in taxes, which go towards the upkeep of the Royal Family –

They do live a privileged lifestyle on money diverted to them and are therefore public property, surely if we potentially have to pay for one less it could mean money would be focussed on more beneficial causes.

Answer 1

NO. And the public doesn't pay for Harry;his father earns an income from the Duchy of Cornwall.

Harry has asked the Queen for a paternity test,but she and the palace courtiers do not see the need for one.They all believe that the chances of that love-cad-liar-will-say-anything-for-mone... Hewitt being the father is slim to none.Hewiit did not start his affair with Diana until after Harry;it wasn't until wads of money were rubbed under his nose that dates changed.

The Queen is quite used to ill-informed tongues wagging;she had to live with people hinting that Andrew was not Philip's son!

In the past,Buckingham Palace has always denied rumors that turned out to be true;the Palace hasn't even deigned to speak about this ridiculous rumor.

Answer 2

Other than the red hair (which could easily have come from Diana's family--her brother has it too), I don't think Harry looks at all like Hewitt.  He has the nose and eyes of the Windsors.  I think it would be terribly cruel for the public to demand a paternity test.  It's one thing to speculate but quite another to force the matter in such a way.  Yes, he's been supported by public funds through the Duchy of Cornwall, but he's also given quite a bit back to the country through his military service.  Let him work this out his own way, or let it alone if he prefers.  He's suffered enough because of his family.

Answer 3

I'm sure Harry knows exactly who his father is and that's what matters.  For everyone else it's a private matter.  Just put yourself in his place.

Answer 4

Even though I live in the U.S., I don't see the reason for one. Harry (unfournately for him) looked A LOT like his dad when he was younger, but (fournately) as he gets older he is starting to look like Princess Di (God rest her soul).

Red hair isn't really a factor either, my grandfather was the first red head in three generations (on his mom's side his hair later turned brown), my mother had white-blond hair when she was younger (her mom had jet black hair), it later turned red, my sister has red hair, my niece has strawberry blonde hair, my nephew has white-blond hair like my mom did, my uncle (mom's half brother through her dad) had red hair when he was younger, then it turned brown-black, then bald, (his two children) my cousins both have red hair (their mom has dishwater blonde hair).

Answer 5

No, Harry has the same setting of his eyes as his father, too close together. Other than that, he is very handsome and resembles his mother's brother. He will be very happy one day to have that thick hair.

Answer 6

I'm sure it doesn't even matter.  Why is everyone so very up in arms about it?  

How many others are there?  should they be disinterred to check their blood, too?  maybe the entire line of royalty has been false, all the way back to...who?  Henry VIII?  RichardIII?  John?  who cares!  He isn't even likely to inherit the throne, so what difference does it really make?

Answer 7

What would be the point? All it would end up doing (assuming Charles really isn't his dad)is hurting a lot of people. Plus, what would Prince Harry do? It's not like he'd just get kicked out and people would forget about him. He's been royalty his entire life - it's all he knows. People are interested and always will be in him and the rest of the Royal family. He wouldn't be able to escape the press, even if it turns out he's only Prince William's half-brother.

Answer 8

He looks like Charles though.

And they bring in far more than they take. Show some bloody respect for your Royals, 80% of us do. You want to live in a Republic? Leave.

Answer 9

Interesting question to a US citizen w/o royalty.

My take is - the president could be considered "public property", but royalty is different. They're not yours to do what you want with, in fact, you're theirs to do what they want with. (to a limited degree)

Answer 10

Even if a DNA test is made, and it turns out he isn't royalty (yeah right), the royal family will just use their ENORMOUS fortune to "persuade" the results.  It would be pointless.

Answer 11

but if it proved true, the saintly Diana would go down in history as an adulterer and I'm sure her army of fans wouldn't be able to sleep at night if the history books had to be rewritten to show she wasn't Snow White after all

Answer 12

If the public demanded DNA tests for all claimants to the English throne, just where would the process stop?  Perhaps with an Australian sheep farmer as the King of England? After all, Edward IV (1442-1483) was allegedly illegitimate, making the senior male descendant of George Plantagenet, the first Duke of Clarence, the true heir to the English throne, and making all claimants since Richard III pretenders and the Act of Settlement of 1701 invalid.  For that matter, many historians also believe that Robert II of Scotland (1371-90) was illegitimate since they question the validity of Robert the Bruce's second marriage. Perhaps the concept of tanistry, whereby the best candidate is picked according to his or her merit, is the answer? Then again, remembering Oliver Cromwell, maybe not.

Answer 13

Public property?

Pathetic.