Overview
- Henry shared the revelation during a Riverside Studios 50th anniversary talk in London, calling it a “bombshell” that left him shaking.
- He said he learned the truth at about 12 when Lloyd, the son of Albert Green, told him the man he visited as “Uncle Albert” was his dad.
- Henry stressed that Winston, who raised him, was his father in day-to-day life and that his respect for him grew after he learned his parentage.
- He traced the story to his mother Winifred’s move from Jamaica in the 1950s and her relationship with Albert, which he said inspired his 2023 ITV drama 3 Little Birds.
- He described a tough childhood in Dudley marked by poverty, a house built over a cesspit, strict rules at home, and open racism that shaped his early years.