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<\/a><\/p>\nThe Archbishop of Canterbury’s real father confessed the priest was his secret son shortly before he died.<\/p>\n
It also emerged that Sir Anthony Montague Browne’s dying wish was to see Justin Welby one last time.<\/p>\n
The most senior figure in the Anglican Communion discovered last month that the late Montague Browne was his biological father and not Gavin Welby.
\nMontague Browne, who was Winston Churchill’s private secretary between 1952 and 1965, had told his step-son Paddy Macklin the truth, after years of denying his paternity.<\/p>\nMacklin, 56, is the son of Lady Shelagh Montague Browne from a previous marriage and is a renowned round-the-world yachtsman.
\nHe had growing suspicious that Sir Anthony was Welby’s father and the family used to joke about the striking resemblance between the two.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nRead the full article.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The following excerpt is from dailymail.co.uk The Archbishop of Canterbury’s real father confessed the priest was his secret son shortly before he died. It also emerged that Sir Anthony Montague Browne’s dying wish was to see Justin Welby one last Continue reading Archbishop of Canterbury discovers he is illegitimate at age 60<\/span>