Rowling will kill off Harry, says Harry

Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe predicts the schoolboy wizard will die in the last book.

Harry’s fate in the seventh and final book is a closely-guarded secret, but Radcliffe says he believes JK Rowling plans to kill off the teenage hero.

With every new instalment, Rowling reveals more connections between the character and his arch-enemy, the evil wizard Lord Voldemort.

Radcliffe, 14, said: “I’m going to be really unpopular for saying this about Harry, but I’ve always had the suspicion – with everything that’s going on - that he might die.

“Harry and Voldemort have the same core in them, we get to see that in the fourth film. The only way Voldemort could die is if Harry dies as well.”

Voldemort was responsible for the deaths of Harry’s parents and left him with the scar on his forehead.

But the pair have similar powers – including their wands and ability to speak Parsel tongue – and Voldemort has been unable to kill Harry.

Rowling herself has hinted in the past that Harry may be killed off.

Asked whether she would write books about the character when he reaches adulthood, she replied:

“You have to wait and see whether he survives to be a grown-up.”

Radcliffe was speaking at a press conference to promote the third film, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

He was joined by co-stars Emma Watson, who plays Hermione Granger, and Rupert Grint, who plays Ron Weasley.

Also there were director Alfonso Cuaron, Gary Oldman, who plays Sirius Black, and Michael Gambon, who took over the role of Professor Dumbledore from the late Richard Harris.