Hape Kerkeling says that he is a great-grandson of the British King Edward VII. This is no joke. He has done genealogical research.
Hape Kerkeling has done genealogical research and, according to his own account, discovered that he is a great-grandson of the English King Edward VII (1841-1910). “It’s funny, but not a joke,” Kerkeling told “Zeit”.
He used the corona pandemic to first do a DNA test. Because it turned out that he has Dutch, British, Polish and Italian relatives, this aroused his curiosity.
He also once received a letter from the Bohemian town where his grandmother came from. In it, a lady told him that his grandmother was a daughter of the English King Edward VII. Her birth certificate stated that she was “illegitimate.”
When he found further evidence of her royal lineage, he was irritated that his grandmother had kept this from him. After all, they were soul mates. Kerkeling grew up with his grandmother in Recklinghausen after the early death of his mother.
He has written a book about his discoveries (“Give me some time”). It will be published on September 25th. In it, Kerkeling talks about his childhood in the 70s, among other things. His publisher Piper had already announced that he would follow the traces of his ancestors back to the flourishing Amsterdam of the 17th century and that he had “discovered an unbelievable secret” of his beloved grandmother Bertha.
Zeit interview (paywall)
Source: Stern
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