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An accountant from Jersey could be 15th in line to the throne, if his parentage claims are proved.
Robert Brown from St Lawrence, Jersey, is renewing his legal battle to prove he's the illegitimate son of Princess Margaret, reported The Guardian.
The accountant said he is willing to spend up to £100,000 fighting for legal documents relating to her will and to get practice direction papers about the sealing of royal wills drawn up at the time of Margaret's death in 2002.
Brown's previous high court appeal for disclosure of her will in 2006 and 2007 were dismissed by the court and labelled "imaginary and baseless". He is now fighting under freedom of information laws for the documents.
However Brown has refused to let the case lie as he believes he was born to Margaret in 1955 and his father could be Robin Douglas Home, with whom she had an affair.
According to official records, Brown was born on 5 January 1955 in Nairobi, Kenya, but his birth was not registered until 2 February.
A privy council was also held on the day he was born and later in the year Princess Margaret called off her wedding to Peter Townsend, facts Brown claims are significant.
He believes the Princess covered up by using body doubles towards the later stages of her pregnancy.
Brown's parents are Cynthia and Douglas Brown, who are now both dead. The accountant said he found it odd how his parents treated him compared to his siblings, and when his mother handed him his birth certificate in his early 20s, he said: "It struck me as odd at the time. On her part devoid of emotion, slightly embarrassed and her manner did not seem to invite discussion."
The Royal family refused to comment on Brown's "allegation".
The accountant admitted to the Guardian the story sounded "wacky" but he believes Princess Margaret did have an illegitimate child, even if it turns out it isn't him.
He admitted: "It took me ages to do anything about this because my rational side told me 'that's nuts'."
If the information he is seeking from the court emerged, he said he would be relieved.
"It would be a huge relief. It would be on the way to a justification the claims I am making. If there is a child, it has to be somebody," he added.
The Guardian held a video interview with Brown about his claims, which is available to view below:
