STEPHEN FRY - FRY: PRINCE CHARLES IS NOT GAY

Thespian STEPHEN FRY has rubbished rumours about the sexuality of British royal heir PRINCE CHARLES.

Fry, who is openly gay, is a longtime pal of the 54-year-old Prince and a regular visitor to his Highgrove, England, estate - and insists the Prince is heterosexual.

Speaking at the Australian premiere of his new movie BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS this week (begs10NOV03), 46-year-old Fry fumes, "Believe me, he is not. I mean, I'm a gay man and I know a gay man when I see one.

"I'm not saying I'm 100 per cent accurate but I can say he is not."

"It's pitiful and nonsensical. It makes me very unhappy for him It's cruel. It's horrible. It's an awful thing and awful for his sons."