Royal security services are on high alert this weekend to protect King Charles and Queen Camilla from an Australian claiming to be their secret son.
British-born Simon Charles Dorante-Day, 58, is convinced it is his illegitimate son who was put up for adoption shortly after birth and taken in by Royal Palace staff.
He has been demanding a DNA test to prove his claim for years, but has now been placed on a security watch list after being warned he could take matters into his own hands.
When Charles and Camilla’s tour was announced, Dorante-Day hinted at a plan to confront the royal couple after they arrive in Sydney on Friday night.
‘What am I going to do this time?’ Mr. Dorante-Day said in May.
‘Well, I would be a very foolish person if I didn’t take action when he enters the same jurisdiction as me.
“But I think I would be even more foolish if I revealed my hand prematurely.”
Now, personal protection experts have confirmed that the Australian will be closely monitored by royal bodyguards while the King and Queen are in the country.
Royal security services are on high alert in Sydney this weekend to protect King Charles and Queen Camilla from an Australian claiming to be their secret son.
British-born Simon Charles Dorante-Day, 58, is convinced it is his illegitimate son who was put up for adoption shortly after birth and taken in by Royal Palace staff.
“There are probably around 20 names already on that watch list,” a safeguarding expert, who cannot be named for security reasons, told Daily Mail Australia.
And anyone who makes noise publicly will undoubtedly be of great interest.
“Background searches will have already been carried out on any names they have and it is standard to carry out psychological evaluations based on criminal convictions and social media.”
Dorante-Day was adopted when he was about eight months old, in August 1966, in Portsmouth, on the south coast of England, when Camilla would have been 18 and Charles 17.
The father of nine maintains that his adoptive grandmother, who worked for the Queen, helped organize the move and his new life as a royal outcast.
Now he wants the truth to come out so he can take William’s place as heir to the throne of the United Kingdom and become the new Prince of Wales.
Simon Dorante-Day has been demanding a DNA test to prove his claim for years, but has now been placed on a security watch list after being warned he could take matters into his own hands.
Simon Dorante-Day has hinted at a plan to confront the royal couple after their arrival in Sydney on Friday night.
But royal caretakers will have informed the police and ASIO to keep him away from Charles and Camilla while he is in Australia.
The royal couple will land in Sydney on Friday night, where they will spend the weekend before traveling to Canberra on Monday, before returning to Sydney before leaving Australia on Wednesday.
The royal protection squad will be tasked with keeping Mr. Dorante-Day away from both of them throughout the entire trip.
“The police have the authority to notify whoever they deem appropriate,” said the caretaker with 30 years of experience protecting high-profile stars and dignitaries.
‘The psychological report would have determined whether that was already necessary.
“They take everything into account, including any grudge the person may have towards them, and will also be on the lookout for any agitated behavior.”
Dorante-Day has spoken of her frustration after years of publicly and privately begging the royals to recognize her place in her family.
He refused to watch the King’s Coronation in 2023, saying he had “better things to do”.
He added at that time: “You know the truth and you are there accepting to be named King, knowing the truth.”
Simon Dorante-Day has spoken of his frustration after years of publicly and privately begging the royals to recognize his place in his family.
His chronology of events contradicts the official story of the royal couple’s romance, which says Charles did not meet Camilla until years after Dorante-Day was born.
Dorante-Day believes that inconsistencies in his official birth certificate and name prove that he is of royal blood.
But his chronology of events contradicts the official story of the royal couple’s romance, which says Charles did not meet Camilla until years after Dorante-Day was born.
Dorante-Day said his research suggests Charles and Camilla first became close in 1965, when they met at Winston Churchill’s funeral in January of that year.
However, Charles and Camilla are said to have first met at a polo match in Windsor Great Park in 1970.
Camilla reportedly introduced herself with a reference to Edward VII and his mistress, Alice Keppel.
“You know, sir, my great-grandmother was your great-great-grandfather’s mistress, so what do you think?” she is said to have told him.
She finally married Charles in 2005, 10 years after her divorce from Andrew Parker Bowles in 1995.
Dorante-Day has 29,000 Facebook followers following his attempt to prove his birthright to royalty, but many have scorned his outrageous claim.
“Who else is waiting with bated breath for mom and dad to arrive on Friday?” one user sarcastically wrote in a private Facebook group this week.
“I wonder how much it will cost the taxpayer to make sure they know where (Dorante-Day is) so they have no chance of interrupting the visit,” another added.