Sir David Jason discovered he had a long-lost daughter and grandson (Image: (Image: Getty))

Sir David Jason's long-lost daughter said 'I'm so sorry' in heartbreaking letter

Abi Harris, 53, penned a three-page letter to Sir David Jason in which she said she had been 'wrestling with the uncertain discovery that my paternity is uncertain'

by · Birmingham Live

Sir David Jason's long-lost daughter said she was "so sorry" as she penned an emotional letter to the legendary actor.

The Only Fools and Horses star was left in shock when he received an emotion letter from Abi Harris, who believed she was his daughter. In the letter Abi says she had "wrestled with the discovery that my paternity is uncertain".

Abi, 53, said she didn't want to "betray" her late father or make her mum, Jennifer Hill, "feel guilty" about the uncertainty. But she was keen to learn who her biological father was, reports the Express.

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It led Abi to ask whether Sir David would be willing to take an anonymous paternity test. She explained: "For considerable time, I have wrestled with the unsettling discovery that my paternity is uncertain.

"I don't want my mum to feel guilty. I didn't want to 'betray' my late father and I have worried endlessly about how on earth to approach you. However, I would really like to know."

Abi Harris wrote an "astonishing" letter to Sir David Jason (Image: (Image: Mirror pictures))

She added: "Please would you agree to take an anonymous paternity test so that I can finally know the truth and let the matter rest. Obviously, this remains entirely between you and me.

"I'm sorry if this sounds rather abrupt but I am trying desperately hard not to waffle."

Sir David, 84, described the letter as the "most astonishing" one he's ever received. He says he was briefly with Abi's mum while filming Under Milk Wood in 1973.

A DNA test confirmed Sir David was Abi's biological father. It left him to break the news of his new daughter and her son Charlie to his wife Lady Gill White and daughter Sophie.

Sir David had to break the news to wife Gill and daughter Sophie Mae (Image: (Image: Getty))

In a 2023 interview with The Mirror, Sir David said: "My wife, Gill, and daughter, Sophie, have been very supportive and understanding and have embraced Abi and welcomed her and her young son into her now wider family."

Abi's suspicions about her parentage began when she learned about Sir David's time with her mother and noticed their similar nose shape. Sir David admitted: "To say it was a surprise to find out I had a daughter from years ago is an understatement."

Nevertheless, he is thrilled to be getting to know Abi, meeting up with her whenever possible.

Abi, an actor herself, now regularly visits Sir David at his Buckinghamshire home, where he even shares his passion for model rockets with Charlie in his workshop.