'Is Harry doing a spot of time travel?' Royal fans go into a frenzy over a 1957 photo of Prince Philip that looks JUST like his grandson

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Getty royal photographer Chris Jackson has finally solved the mystery of who Prince Harry looks like, and it's not who you might expect.

The photographer shared an image of a 1957 edition of the magazine Paris Match on Instagram featuring a bearded member of the royal family. 

And followers were bowled over when they realised they were not in fact looking at Prince Harry, but his grandfather the Duke of Edinburgh. 

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Getty royal photographer Chris Jackson shared this image of a 1957 cover of Paris Match magazine on Instagram, asking followers to guess who it was 

Prince Harry attending the opening of the Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey in November 2015

Chris shared the image, saying: 'Spotted this handsome chap on the front of an ancient copy of Paris Match in deepest, darkest France - who do you think it is?!' 

Kiwigal021 replied: 'It's Prince Philip? Or is it Harry doing a spot of time travel?' 

Kcbrooked was baffled saying: 'That looks like Harry. But if that mag is that old who else is it?'

'Prince Philip, but amazing family similarities - great photo,' Chris told his followers. 

Prince Harry in Sydney Australia in 2013 (left) and his grandfather Prince Philip in 1957 (right)

The cover shows the Duke of Ediburgh in his navy uniform with a full red beard - a very rare sight on the normally clean shaven royal.

Haileyvial thought she could see a likeness to both Harry and his brother William while Yukoohno_1983 believed she'd unearthed a royal secret. 

'No wonder the Queen is so fond of Harry. He reminds her of her husband, Prince Phillip,' she said. 

The Duke of Edinburgh in 1957, the same year the Paris Match cover image was taken 

A rare image of Prince Philip sporting a beard, taken in 1945 during a visit to Melbourne 

Alexis_the_gr8 said that he wouldn't have noticed the resemblance before seeing the photo, adding: 'Prince Harry looks very much like his grandfather.'

In an added treat for fans of Harry, he today released photographs and videos of him taking part in one of the world’s biggest conversation projects this summer, including shots of him spraying identification marks on a tranquilised animal.

The prince, who has often spoken of how he would like to walk away from his royal duties to live in Africa and work on such projects permanently, spent three weeks in Malawi over the summer where he worked alongside volunteers, vets and experts on the frontline of one of the largest and most significant elephant translocations.

Royal visit: Prince Harry spent his July holidays helping save the African elephant in Malawi, pictured, spraying one sedated animal being moved to a £1million new home

Aid: Harry and a group of workers trying to ‘tip’ a young male elephant that was trying to fight the sedative drug and head for the trees

One of the pictures was taken by the 32-year-old royal himself, and shows a volunteer trying to get a bull elephant to lie down.

In another Harry explains how he marked several of the young males so that they will be easily identifiable when released back into the bush. ‘The spray paint disappears after a few days,’ the prince explained.

A third shows Harry with a group of workers trying to ‘tip’ a young male elephant that was trying to fight the sedative drug and head for the trees.

Harry can also be seen hanging onto a rope for dear life as a powerful bull elephant tries to free itself.

The prince writes: 'This big bull (male) elephant refused to lie down after it had been darted with a tranquiliser. 

'After about seven minutes the drug began to take effect and the elephant became semi-comatose, but it continued to shuffle for a while! They have a tendency to hone in on forest, rivers and people when in this state. Here we are trying to slow him down!’