Estel is the Half Blood Prince

[Steve]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "davewitley"
<dfrankiswork at n...> wrote:
> Heidi wrote:
> 
> > we know now from jkr's talk in Edinburgh last month that the Hog's
> > Head **informant** is Dumbledore's brother Aberforth. 

> David:
> 
> Que?  I have just been through the version on the text-only pages 
> and I don't see that.  Am I being exceptionally unobservant?
> 
> Can someone provide me with a quote, please?
> 
> David

Asian_lovr2:

Not quite....

Aberforth, Dumbledore's brother, is the /barman/, not the informant.

http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/news_view.cfm?id=80

Lindsey Fraser: Q: Why is the barman of the Hog's Head vaguely
familiar to Harry? Is he Dumbledore's brother?

JKR: A: Ooh—you are getting good. Why do you think that it is
Aberforth? [Audience member: Various clues. He smells of goats and he
looks a bit like Dumbledore]. I was quite proud of that clue. That is
all that I am going to say. [Laughter]. Well yes, obviously. I like
the goat clue—I sniggered to myself about that one.

Not sure how much difference it make to the overal discussion, but
there you have it.

Steve/asian_lovr (was bboy_mn)