

John said at the time: "Suddenly he said he was off to seek out some normally harmless stingrays. In a cruel twist of fate, Steve, 44, was not supposed to be out at sea on that fateful day - Septemas filming for his programme Ocean's Deadliest was called off due to bad weather.įinding himself bored at his hotel with cameraman Justin Lyons and director John Stainton, they took out a small boat on Batt Reef, off the coast of Port Douglas, in search of footage that could be used for his daughter's show instead - Bindi the Jungle Girl. Get the news you want straight to your inbox. If he died he would be sad if no one got it on tape." Even if he is eaten by a shark or croc, the main thing he wants is that it be filmed. "He tells his camera crew to always be filming," his IMDb biographer Tommy Donovan once said.

The freak incident off Australia's Great Barrier Reef that cost him his life was captured on film, but there is mystery as to where the footage lies to this day. While Steve grappled with crocodiles, snakes and sharks, he had one rule that the cameras must be kept rolling - and his final moments were no different. The Crocodile Hunter 's death saw an outpouring of grief from fans across the globe - and even sparked a string of revenge attacks on stingrays on Australian shores that were condemned by the executive director of Steve's conservation group. They never got tired of that 'joke', for some reason.Today marks 16 years since Steve Irwin tragically died after being stabbed in the heart by a stingray whilst doing what he loved best.

"Tabloid readers loved the idea that Prince Charles's youngest son was not Prince Charles's son.

King Charles' coronation could be 'invalidated' because of affair, according to royal author.Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to 'hurt' as their Netflix show 'bombs' in America.One cause of the rumour was Major Hewitt's red hair, but another was sadism. The Duke writes: "The joke was damn funny in light of the rumour going around at the time that my real father was one of my mother's ex-lovers: Major James Hewitt. Prince Harry has addressed the longstanding rumours about James Hewitt being his father in his brand new bombshell book.īefore Princess Diana's death, she had confirmed that she and Major James Hewitt had a five-year affair during the 1980s which then made many rumours circulate that he could be Harry's father.īut in The Duke of Sussex's new memoir Spare - which is released next week - Harry addresses the rumours and says how his father King Charles had often made light of guessing who his real dad was, writes The Mirror.
