Prince Harry
Prince Harry is pictured attending a Commonwealth Day Youth Event on March 11, 2019 in London, England. Chris Jackson - WPA Pool/Getty Images

Prince Harry was mocked at school due to the rumors claiming that he was James Hewitt’s son.

For years, the speculation linking Prince Harry to Hewitt persisted. According to an insider, the issue caused Prince Harry to endure his schoolmates’ ruthless mocking when he was still attending Eton College. They reportedly nicknamed Prince William’s younger brother “Hewitt.”

During football games, the bantering pupils would shout out at Prince Harry with “hey, Hewitt.” They would also use the shocking nickname during matches at the exclusive boarding school in Berkshire. The source added that the students would craftily drop the H-word at times in the games where Prince Harry “wouldn’t be in a position to see or identify anyone saying it.”

“Schoolboys are notoriously ruthless in these matters and Eton is the most academically stringent of all UK schools,” a source told Daily Star.

“These boys are extraordinarily bright, sophisticated, but take no prisoners - Eton itself, though not a snob school, is a very tough arena. Boys need to have some extra gift, not just a cerebral one and also to be psychologically resilient or they won’t survive.”

The insider added that it was not an act of kindness to send Prince Harry to Eton since he lacked the academic qualities to cope with the boys there. However, Prince Harry’s stay at Eton helped toughen him up for his future life.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s son Archie is showing signs that he is a ginger like the Duke of Sussex and Hewitt which only intensified the paternity rumors involving Prince Harry and Hewitt. Spencer Stevenson, the founder of hair loss advisers Spex Hair, believed that it’s very likely that Archie will carry the distinctive ginger despite the fact that Markle has dark hair.

Although Archie may share Prince Harry and Hewitt’s hair color, this does not prove anything about Prince Harry and Hewitt’s paternal relationship. According to Stevenson, Prince Harry is Prince Charles’ son because they share the same hair loss pattern.

Stevenson explained that Prince Harry shared the same hair loss pattern as Prince William and Prince Charles that started in the crown region, a sign of early MPB (male pattern baldness), which is hereditary. Hewitt is showing a different pattern of hair loss.