James Richard Colthurst FRCSE (born 7 March 1957) is an Irish-born British aristocrat, radiologist, and medical business consultant.
He worked as a radiologist at London's St Thomas' Hospital and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
[1] On his mother's side, he is a grandnephew of Sir Charles Theodore Hagberg Wright, who was the Librarian of the London Library.
He is the great-grandson of the clergyman Charles Henry Hamilton Wright and a great-great-grandson of Nils Wilhelm Almroth [sv], Governor of the Swedish Royal Mint in Stockholm.
"[4] In 1992, shortly before Diana: Her True Story was published, the princess wrote to Colthurst, saying: "Obviously we are preparing for the volcano to erupt and I do feel better equipped to cope with whatever comes our way!
[4] In 2018, Colthurst wrote about the Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle for the Irish Independent, stating that he believed Diana would be "enormously happy" and "extremely proud of her younger son".