Simon Dorante-Day claims he is the illegitimate child of Charles and Camilla. Photo / News Corp
Simon Dorante-Day claims he is the illegitimate child of Charles and Camilla. Photo / News Corp
A Queensland man who claims he is the love child of Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, has now revealed there is another Australian man who also believes he is of royal lineage.
Simon Dorante-Day, 55, made headlines again last month when he announced his intention to go to court to prove that he is the biological son of the heir to the throne.
Born in the UK in 1966, he was adopted by a family in Portsmouth, England, who had ties to the Queen.
His adoptive grandmother apparently told him he was the child of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles, who would have been aged 17 and 18 respectively when he was conceived in 1965.
Dorante-Day has now said there is another man living in the Northern Territory who may be the illegitimate son of Edward VIII.
Edward became king in 1936, before famously abdicating the throne to wed American divorcee Wallis Simpson.
But before that, Dorante-Day said the then prince had a reputation for "going around the world womanising".
Dorante-Day says Prince Edward, seen here in 1942, was a womaniser in his youth. Photo / Getty
"When Edward was in Darwin, he had an affair with an Indigenous lady and that was talked about in a letter that the prince wrote and sent back home, where he talked about his mistress. And there is a male who claims he is the child of that affair," Dorante-Day said.
"Now he has family and he has children, and they're all part of the Indigenous community up in Darwin. I know a couple of those families. So I believe there are more royal love children."
Queensland man sees similarities 'every day'
Dorante-Day said in an interview with Sunrise in April that the "evidence speaks for itself".
Speaking about a photo of his son Liam, when compared to one of the Queen, he told the program: "The face is what gives it away, that was what has caused the recent issue with Liam's photo."
Simon Dorante-Day's son, Liam, compared with a similar pose from the Queen. Photo / Facebook
He told the program he sees similarities between his children and members of the royal family "every day".
His Facebook page is also filled with younger photos of himself showing striking similarities to Prince Charles and Prince Phillip.
Years researching royal relationship
Dorante-Day has spent years researching the royals and the timeline of Prince Charles and Camilla's relationship, saying the dates for when they first met change depending on the source of the information.
He said his grandmother, who used to work for the Queen, repeatedly told him he was the son of Charles and Camilla.
Dorante-Day said his research also discovered that in the months leading up to his birth Camilla disappeared from the UK social scene for at least nine months while Charles was sent to Australia.
The royal family has never responded to Dorante-Day's claims.
Simon Dorante-Day claims he is the child of Charles and Camilla. Photo / Facebook
Comparison pictures aren't the only thing the 55-year-old uses to back up his claims, telling Sunrise his birth certificate is also "complete rubbish" and said the documentation he has from his adoption is written in his adoptive mother's handwriting.
Born in Gosport, Portsmouth, Hampshire on April 5, 1966, Dorante-Day was adopted by Karen and David Day at the age of eight months.
Winifred and Ernest Bowlden, his adoptive grandparents, had both worked in the royal household for the Queen and Prince Philip. In fact, Ernest received an Imperial Service Award for his work.
He claims grandmother Winifred told him on many occasions that he was the child of Charles and Camilla.
"She didn't just hint at it, she told me outright," he told Sunrise.
Dorante-Day said his research has found that Charles and Camilla first became close in 1965. He also claims that in the lead-up to his birth, Camilla disappeared from the social scene in Britain for at least nine months, while Charles was sent to Australia.
He then alleges that Camilla kept him until he was eight months old, with the secret child concealed from the public by protection officers. He claims then one of the Queen's former house staff – Simon's adoptive grandmother – had her daughter adopt him.
