Overview
- Daily Mail and GB News report that the Prince and Princess of Wales share a distant ancestral link with Irish singer Chris de Burgh.
- The reported line runs back to King Edward III and Philippa of Hainault, with the key junction identified as Agnes Gascoigne’s marriage to Sir Thomas Fairfax.
- Research cited by the outlets places William and Kate as fifteenth cousins through different descendants of the Fairfax family.
- Kate’s connection to de Burgh was first highlighted at a 2013 BBC Who Do You Think You Are? genealogy event, where the musician said he had been unaware of the distant tie.
- Some details are presented with limited corroboration, including the Daily Mail’s note on rumored school choices and its claim that de Burgh attended Princess Diana’s 1997 funeral.