Harry Potter is back - but everyone's favourite teenage wizard is now middle aged and battling grey hairs.

Fans have been offered a glimpse into Harry's future after JK Rowling resurrected her hero for a new short story that reunites him with his old friends at a Hogwarts school reunion.

In the final film of the series - the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 - a much older Daniel Radcliffe could be seen alongside his co-stars as they waved their children off to school.

The 1,500-word story, published on the writer's Pottermore website, describes the now 33-year-old Harry as having "threads of silver" in his black hair.

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A fictional gossip column written by Harry Potter journalist Rita Skeeter in the Daily Prophet says he continues to wear his glasses that she says are 'better suited to a style-deficient 12-year-old'.

But although the piece reveals details of Harry's life when he's 33 - it also seems to be a satirical yet thinly-veiled dig at the media.

Skeeter writes: "One always hesitates to invade the privacy of young people, but the fact is that anyone closely connected with Harry Potter reaps the benefits and must pay the penalty of public interest."

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Previously, author JK Rowling appeared before the Leveson Inquiry saying she felt 'under siege' by journalists.

The fictional gossip column says Ron Weasley, played in the hit films by Rupert Grint, has aged less well with his ginger hair "thinning slightly". His wife Hermione, Harry's wife Ginny, and their children all feature in the story.

he entered into employment within the Ministry of Magic alongside Harry but left two years later and suggests he could even have a mental illness.

Rowling also gives fans a hint of Harry's new life by describing a mysterious cut over his cheekbone which signifies his membership of a top-secret group of wizards called the Aurors.

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The story is set during a Quidditch tournament - the fictional sport played by the student wizards on flying broomsticks in the best-selling books that is so popular with fans that they have adapted a version of the game that can really be played.

Rowling hit the headlines recently when she stated her support for a No vote in the Scottish independence referendum, a £1 million donation to Better Together and a blog detailing the "serious risks" of independence.

The Harry Potter author, who lives in Edinburgh, has just published her second crime thriller under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.

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The real identity of Robert Galbraith was revealed last year and sent the first novel, The Cuckoo's Calling, to the top of book charts.

She accepted a substantial donation to charity from the law firm which breached her confidentiality by revealing she was writing under a pseudonym.

Only a handful of trusted advisers, family and friends were initially aware of Galbraith's true identity until the story made headlines worldwide.

The sequel can be read on the Pottermore website in the meantime why not test how much you know in our Harry Potter quiz?

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