A friend of Princess Diana has claimed the now-King Charles allegedly said he was returning to Camilla just hours after the birth of Prince Harry .

In a bombshell new book, Princess Diana's butler, Paul Burrell, claims he was told of the scene when the then-Prince of Wales attended the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, London.

In the tell-all, The Royal Insider, Mr Burrell alleged King Charles spoke five shocking words to Diana following the birth of his second son.

He wrote: “[Diana told me] Charles came into the hospital, looked in the cot and said ‘Oh, red hair.'

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"Diana replied: ‘But, Charles, you know that’s the Spencer gene. We’ve all got red hair’.”

Mr Burrell added: “Then [according to Diana] came the dam

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