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Major James Hewitt (born 1958), former British cavalry officer, is famous for being the lover of Diana, Princess of Wales. He has courted controversy by revealing details of their affair.

Diana admitted in her famous Panorama interview that she had committed adultery with Hewitt, saying, “Yes, I adored him. Yes, I was in love with him.” As Diana was then the wife of the Prince of Wales, heir to the throne, this would be high treason, if prosecuted. Although there has been speculation that Hewitt is the natural father of Prince Harry, he claims to have met Diana for the first time in 1986, two years after Harry was born. Hewitt became Diana’s riding instructor, with the affair said to have begun in 1987 and ending in 1992. He retired from the Life Guards in March 1994 after 17 years of service.

In a recent interview, however, Maj. Hewitt admitted under hypnosis that he’d met Diana in 1981 or 1982 and that their affair began shortly afterward, leaving open the possibility that he is Prince Harry’s natural father. [1]

Hewitt made the news by attempting to sell letters that Diana had written to him. On July 21, 2004 he was arrested at a bar in London on suspicion of being in possession of a Class A drug, reportedly cocaine. He was bailed to report to police in September.

James Hewitt lifted 82.5kg in the 2003 weightlifting event of Channel Four’s The Games (a celebrity athletics tournament), setting a record which he held jointly with 2004 competitor Shane Lynch, until this was beaten in 2005 by Philip Olivier. He eventually came second.

In 2003, James took part in the Five reality TV show Back To Reality and eventually won it.

In 2005, he took part in the ITV wrestling competition Celebrity Wrestling.

In 2005 James appeared on Heads Up with Richard Herring to discuss his life, career and his love of poker.

In 2006 he appeared on the BBC show Top Gear as a celebrity guest - He was not recognised by presenter Jeremy Clarkson, who referred to him as “the well spoken man”.

He was then seen on the Sky One show Vroom Vroom, where he accepted the Cat and Mouse Challenge.

In May, Hewitt starred as a contestant in The X Factor: Battle Of The Stars, alongside fellow kiss-and-tell “celebrity” Rebecca Loos.