Bizarre plot to test Prince Harry's DNA
16dec02
AN extraordinary plot to obtain a sample of Prince Harry's DNA, to try to prove he is not Prince Charles' son, has been uncovered.
Scotland Yard, alerted by Prince Charles' closest advisers, were investigating the conspiracy under a veil of secrecy.
The bizarre plan involved employees of a private security firm, who aimed to get a strand of the 18-year-old prince's hair and sell it to a foreign newspaper, according to the Mail on Sunday
The prince's DNA could then be extracted to prove – or disprove – the rumour that Harry is the result of the late Princess Diana's five-year affair with former army officer James Hewitt.
The plot centred on using a pretty girl to befriend Harry in a "honey trap".
She could then get close enough to run her fingers through his hair and pluck one out, which would then be tested in a laboratory.
I, Peggy Farcus, wish right here and now to deny the rumours sweeping the tabloids that I was the pretty girl set to befriend Harry in a "honey trap". (The last time I was engaged to run my fingers through someone"s hair was at Willy Haig's coming of age party.) I was offered this gig by Pete Foster, but due to running over time on the previous
