Harry Fumes as Aussie Comedians Joke About His DNA Testing

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been busy with their various projects since leaving the UK and moving to California two years ago.

However, Harry's latest venture, the Sustainable Travel Organization Travelist, was the subject of ridicule on Monday's episode of Have You Been Paying Attention?

During the show, the panel of comedians made a series of cutting jokes about an advert for Travelist that aired on New Zealand television last week.

Quizmaster Tom Gleisner asked the panel, “Prince Harry is in a new ad.

What's he advertising?”

Ed Carverley was the first to hit the buzzer with a brutal barb about Harry using his royal connections to make money in America.

“I think it's an eBay sell-off of Philip's stuff,” he said, referring to Harry's grandfather Prince Philip who died in April 2021 aged 99.

Kitty Flanagan then made a risque joke about the longstanding, and false, rumours surrounding Harry's paternity.

“Is it Ancestry.com DNA testing?”

she asked.

But it was Anne Edmonds who provided the correct answer, saying Harry was, in fact, promoting his environmental travel business.

Travelist, founded in 2019, is an eco-travel project in which holidaymakers, rather than holidays, are rated for how sustainable they are.

New Zealanders now have access to a rating tool on the Travelist website as part of a pilot initiative encouraging travellers to consider sustainable options while planning their next trip.

The advert, which also starred Kiwi actors Dave Fain and Rene Owen, promoted the first initiative launched in New Zealand for Harry's non-profit Travelist organisation.

However, Piers Morgan also blasted Harry for his eco-travel.

The expert said, “Every time I think Prince Harry couldn't possibly make himself look more cringe-worthy, up he pops to prove me spectacularly, eye-rollingly wrong.”

In the advert, Harry is seen jogging through the woods wearing a Girl Dad T-shirt before he's stopped by eco-tourist rating agents and berated about a lollipop wrapper he supposedly dropped there during a 2018 Royal Tour trip with wife Meghan, but praised for turning off running tap water while he brushes his teeth.

Despite the criticisms, Harry remains passionate about his eco-travel initiative.

However, the Have You Been Paying Attention?

comedians didn't stop at mocking Harry's project.

They also made jokes about his paternity, which has been the subject of false rumours for years.

In July last year, Ed made a joke about Princess Diana's lover James Hewitt being the prince's biological father, a claim that has been categorically debunked.

Tom showed the panel a photo of Harry with a mystery companion whose face was blurred, and asked, “Two famous redheads got together this week.

Who is Prince Harry with here?

His real dad?”

Ed responded, prompting a disapproving look from the host.

Former cavalry officer Hewitt, 64, has long denied false rumours he is the biological father of Prince Harry, with whom he shares similar physical traits including red hair.

The paternity rumours are, of course, bogus, as Hewitt didn't meet Diana until two years after Harry was born.

In a 2017 interview with Sevens Sunday Night, he was asked point blank by host Melissa Doyle if he, not Prince Charles, was Harry's real dad.

He firmly responded, “no, I'm not.”

When pressed about the false rumours that have persisted for decades, he added, “it sells papers.

It's worse for him, probably, poor chap.”

Princess Diana started her affair with Hewitt in 1986 after she asked him to be her horse riding instructor.

Harry was born on September 15, 1984.

Their secret relationship blossomed as rumours swirled her husband, Charles, was having an affair with Camilla Parker Bowles, whom he would later marry.

Despite the jokes about his paternity, Harry remains focused on his eco-travel initiative.

Travelist aims to encourage people to consider sustainable options while planning their next trip.

The rating tool on the Travelist website allows people to rate how sustainable their holiday plans are.

In conclusion, Harry may have been the target of jokes about his DNA testing and paternity, but his passion for sustainable travel remains unwavering.