A man who claims to be the illegitimate son of King Charles III has revealed his Movember moustache plans in honour of the monarch.
Aussie Simon Charles Dorante-Day claims to be the child of the King and Queen before they were married. Both Charles and Camilla were married before each other, Charles to Princess Diana and Camilla to Brigadier Andrew Henry Parker Bowles.
“Given that Charles has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, and that I’ve lost many close friends, and family members, from Men’s Issues I thought this year, given that facial hair seems to be the in thing, I’d do some good and raise funds for Movember,” Simon said in a Facebook post in October. The King was diagnosed with an undisclosed form of cancer earlier this year.
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Simon added: “Personally, I hate having facial hair, so this is going to be challenging for me! I’ll be like Santa by Christmas.”
So far, Simon has raised $42 Australian dollars (over £21) towards his target of $2,000, (£1,000).
One person wrote: “Good on you Simon!!!! Love this cause and hope you get the answers you seek, all adopted children deserve to know who their parents are.”
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Simon previously claimed his adoptive mother, who used to work for Queen Elizabeth II, told him he was Charles and Camilla’s son on her deathbed.
He was adopted when he was about eight-months-old in 1966 in Portsmouth – Charles would have been 17 and Camilla 18 at the time.
Dispute his repeated requests for DNA tests, Simon has had nothing but radio silence from the Royal Family.
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In light of Charles and Camilla’s tour to Australia recently, Simon updated his 29,000 Facebook followers by saying he and his family have been the subject of abuse and threats.
Simon wrote: “Hi Everyone… I have been busy for the past few weeks working on a case against the Queensland Police Service for their continued breach of duty, which was filed in the Queensland Supreme Court on Monday.
“As a family not only have, we had to deal with the public awareness of my adoption issue, but we have also had to deal with the abuse, harassment, threats and menacing of certain sections of society. For nearly four years now we’ve been forced to endure this treatment and its long overdue that it is legally addressed.”
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