Talk:James Hewitt

No source needed on Sandhurst attendance
Regarding multiple users reverting my edit here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hewitt Verifiability only applies to material likely to be challenged.

The first line in the article is "James Hewitt (born 1958) is a former British household cavalry officer in the British Army.", you did not write a citation was needed for that, so to then write that the argument I used was 'I know he is an officer' is incorrect. I do not personally know James Hewitt. Other sourced articles on Wikipedia state that British Army Officers attend Sandhurst, it is not likely to be disputed as the only commissioning occurs there. In fact, the word that the citation is being attached to already leads to the following:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Military_Academy_Sandhurst "All British Army officers, including late entry officers who were previously Warrant Officers, as well as many from elsewhere in the world, are trained at Sandhurst. "

There is no reason to clutter articles with sources when a sourced article is linked already. I cannot see an argument that the verifiability can be challenged, but if you do I suggest you tackle either the RMAS page or the opening line of the article.

Also see this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Military_Academy_Sandhurst#cite_ref-iht-kiss_27-0, where he is also specifically listed as an Army Officer, on the page linked, with a rouce

If anyone wants to add the source to the article, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/uk/2000/newsmakers/2646441.stm it is there, but it is redundant

80.2.61.232 (talk) 23:40, 20 June 2011 (UTC)


 * I'd agree that, per your links, a source probably isn't needed, but seeing as we have one I've added it anyway. Mato (talk) 23:44, 20 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks Mato, suppose it's easier than trying to argue the point!


 * I would like to point to the essay here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_clutter for anyone who wants to clean up this article in the future. The fact that James Hewitt was a Household Cavalry Officer is 'oversourced' and 'cluttered' in my opinion, but obviously I am not in a position to judge given my point of view was reverted twice!.


 * 80.2.61.232 (talk) 00:04, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

Appearance on "Vroom Vroom"
His appearance in Top Gear is mentioned; then I suppose his appearance on the BBC's Vroom Vroom should also be. Or, how does one measure the shows' relative importance? [Signed long after the fact] -- CRConrad (talk) 14:34, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

Place of birth Northern Ireland or Kent?
The article references this piece in the Telegraph, but in there is says Hewitt was born in Kent not Northern Ireland which the this article states. I wonder why is there a discrepancy? Aberdeen01 (talk) 16:09, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Date of birth vs. affair with Diana
Currently the article claimes, that James Hewitt was born in 1968, and that his affair with Diana had begun earlier than he had previously stated, commencing in 1982, not 1986. This would mean, that he was 14 years old when he started his affair with Diana. Can this be a fact? 62.78.214.216 (talk) 01:24, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

I Don't think any stretch of the imagination makes a TV Hypnotist a reputable source. 46.64.44.100 (talk) 11:48, 19 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Indeed, don't put any trust in hypnotism, as it's all fake. Think of it, if a fellow is hpynotized into being a dog, how does he understand human commands, if he's been 'pyschologically' a dog for only a few brief seconds? GoodDay (talk) 22:51, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

DNA Test?
Is it true that a recent DNA Test has proved that Prince Harry is the son of Prince Charles and not of Hewitt? Valetude (talk) 18:09, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
 * No. Richard75 (talk) 15:18, 12 December 2014 (UTC)
 * You can bet your pension that very comprehensive DNA testing will have been done given the constitutional issues involved, but the results won't be made public for very many years, if ever. --Ef80 (talk) 12:42, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I wouldn't bet my pension on that. The standard position in English law is that a child is legitimate if it is born within wedlock, and is regarded as the legal heir of its mother's husband.  Actual biological paternity is not relevant.  Numerous offspring of the nobility are reputed to be fathered by men other than their mothers' husband, but I'm not aware of any case where this in itself has been an obstacle to inheritance, e.g. of a peerage. I think the same would apply to the royal family.  There would however be legal implications for both the mother and the biological father if the line of succession was affected.  Cuckolding the heir to the throne would be an offence of some kind - probably treason.  I think the royal family would be rather careful *not* to have paternity testing except for medical reasons, in which case the results would probably be kept confidential to the relevant individuals.2A00:23C8:7906:1301:1DF7:9D6A:DB1A:B725 (talk) 14:11, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

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unsubstantiated claims
Why is James has one child Harry from a previous relationship. an "unsubstantiated claims" but For several years Hewitt ran Polo House, a popular nightclub in Marbella, Spain. After the club closed in 2013 he returned to the UK and now lives in Devon. isn't? Emir of Wikipedia (talk) 12:19, 30 November 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure what point you are trying to make. The Harry thing is just someone being silly. If there is no source for his now living in Devon, then that should be removed too, although it isn't obviously contentious so there wouldn't appear to be so much hurry. W. P. Uzer (talk) 12:38, 30 November 2016 (UTC)

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“Home wrecker”
Why is there nothing about this gentleman being a home wrecker, screwing with the future queen of England ? 2001:8003:6A23:2C00:31A6:845E:84F7:81FD (talk) 14:16, 13 May 2018 (UTC)

Why is it that the term "homewrecker" is always applied to the third party, instead of the cheating husband or wife who is actually screwing up his/her own marriage?

Top Gear appearance
Any source to the presenters being too embarrassed to ask his name? The article linked just says who he was, not why the name. Krynh (talk) 17:53, 6 June 2023 (UTC)