We're not being mean to red haired people here, we promise! Ed Sheeran's soft features must just make it easy for him to be mistaken for anybody who has the same hair color. As well as sometimes looking like he might have been Harry Potter's best friend, Sheeran is also occasionally congratulated on his recent marriage to Meghan Markle.
It doesn't help that Sheeran is actually friends with some of the royals, and especially Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice. That means he hangs around with the royal crowd and goes to parties where the younger royals are; which is exactly where you'd expect to find Harry (as in the Prince, not Potter!), and making it a difficult night for the paparazzi. Excruciatingly, the confusion sometimes happens the other way around, too. Actress Margot Robbie once had to apologize to Harry for thinking she was being introduced to Sheeran. Talk about awkward.