Why I Think Wren Kingston is Charles DiLaurentis- A Pretty Little Liars Theory

Firstly, let’s talk about “that video” playing in Charles’room in the dollhouse. From what we can see, Mrs D is there with, presumably,Ali, Jason and a mysterious third child; Charles. After doing a little research, I realised this is not the first time we have seen this image. Check out this drawing by Wren. (Credit to gif owner)

A woman in red, with children, on a farm. Yep. Pretty similar to what we see playing in Charles’ room. But one key difference is the fact one of the little boys is missing. This same image may be seen elsewhere in Charles’ room..

The image is a bit blurry, but we can see a photo of a baby and a puzzle with a missing piece. This kind of coincidentally fits with Wren’s drawing; the missing puzzle piece probably represents the child from the video and child not drawn in Wren’s drawing… and I think this child is Wren.

We know A’s lair in the season finale was at Campbell farm; is this the same farm as the one in the video and Wren’s drawing?

THE THEORY: I believe Wren is really a DiLaurentis boy, born Charles. We know Ali suffered from an elbow injury as a child, and we also know Mrs D never reported this injury.

Why wouldn’t a mother report an injury suffered by her child? Marlene King has the answer.

I believe Mrs D never reported the injury because she believed it to be her son’s fault; Charles. As a consequence for *his* violence, he was sent away to live with his biological father (more on this later.) But… was it really Charles that hurt Ali? Jason suggests there may be more to the story.

We assume he is talking about Ali here, but what if he was really referring to Charles? I think he feels remorse for being partly to blame for Charles being sent away; he was about 7 at the time so would remember this. Maybe this is why he has drink and drug problems; he drinks to forget all the problems he feels responsible for.

Ok but, if Jason and Charles are twins, wouldn’t Charles biological father be Mr Hastings, meaning he would be sent to live with an American family, who live in the same town? Wait. Who ever said they were twins? Marlene has been hinting twins, but Marlene is extremely cryptic. Twins may be interpreted as one person being two people (Charles also being Wren, for example) or maybe even a split personality… The boys from the video really don’t look like twins, more like brothers of a similar age.

Going with the assumption these boys are not twins, it is very plausible that Charles got sent to live with his biological father after being blamed for Ali’s injury. Mrs D had an affair with Bethany Young’s father, and I believe this is who Charles’ biological father is, and how Bethany is of any relevance. We know Wren’s father suffered metal health issues, and we know Bethany Young was a Radley patient; could this connect the two? MHI can be hereditary after all.

I think Charles grew up in England, remembering what had happened to him as a child, causing him to grow up feeling abandoned, victimised and ultimately, craving revenge. I think he moved back to America after high school and lived with his Grandfather, Dr Louis Palmer. Here’s why I think these two are related.

Wren is talking to Hanna about how she might be suffering from an “ambiguous loss”; the idea of losing someone but them not physically dying. He uses the example of a family relative with dementia, and seems quite sad when saying it. We know Dr Palmer suffers from dementia, and is British… a solid connection between the two.

I believe Bethany, despite having a family in England, was sent to Radley so she could receive care from someone she trusted; her grandfather. I think Mrs D was close to Bethany because she feels remorse for giving up her own child, so makes up for it by caring for his sister. We know Bethany suddenly grows a hatred for Mrs D, and I believe this may be because her brother Charles found out she was close to her, and out of hatred and jealously, revealed to her the truth about Mrs D.

I believe Charles/Wren manipulated Bethany into his revenge scheme, and this is how Marion Cavaunaugh is connected. Marion and Bethany were friends at Radley, and we know Bethany may have “witnessed” her death.

We also know Radley were covering up for someone by saying she committed suicide… I think this person being protected was Bethany Young. I believe Wren/Charles requested that Bethany killed Toby’s mom to prove her loyalty to him, so he was sure he could trust her. Bethany did as her brother requested, and blackmailed Mrs D (who is on the board at Radley) to cover up for her… she does know her biggest secret after all.

Bethany was also “friends” with Ali, and had been invited by the Queen B herself for labor day; the same weekend Ali disappeared and “Bethany” was discovered to be the real buried girl. (More on this later.)

Remember the yellow dresses Ali found when she was little? I believe the other one was for Bethany. Mr D could not find out about this however, as he would think Mrs D was still involved with her ex-affair and violent son, and would consequently leave her.

Ali hated Bethany because she was jealous of her relationship with her mother. Bethany hated Ali for wrongly accusing her brother of hurting her (she was only 3 and may have been confused), and being the main reason he was abandoned by the family. I think “that” night Ali had her own revenge plan, hence why she went out despite her mother banning her from doing so. Mrs D was so anxious about Ali going out as she knew Bethany had escaped Radley, and feared she was coming to hurt Ali again. (Remember when Ali got injured that night when Mrs Hasting had to look after her, she claims this was a fight with a girl… Bethany?)

Wren/Charles helped Bethany to escape Radley so they could get their revenge. Meanwhile Ali had her own plan. Remember how CeCe Drake was dressed the same as Ali that night? Even Jason confused her for Ali. I think this was all part of Ali’s plan. Cece would pose as Ali to Bethany, whilst the real Ali took her revenge shot from behind. Wren and Bethany had the upper hand however…

Before Ali could initiate her plan, she was hit over the head by Bethany (who was doing her brother’s dirty work while he watched from a distance). Mrs D helped Bethany bury the body however, as Bethany had a lot of dirt on Mrs D.

Now regarding who is ACTUALLY buried. I have a theory. If you look closely, two different hands escape the burial (see G_xoxo “three girls buried that night” video), and three different bodies are buried.

One body comes from Melissa’s story, one from Ali’s, and the other…? I have a theory. After Ali was buried, she obviously escaped. I think then, either Cece (for revenge) or Spencer (because of the drugs) hit Bethany, which caused Melissa to bury her. However Doctor Wren was on hand to help his sister out. He then buried Sara Harvey (another missing girl) and switched her DNA with Bethany’s. This way, the Radley escapee could live freely, and continue to help her brother with his revenge as the Black Widow.

If you remember back to when they realise it is “Bethany Young” buried, a funeral is held, and the black widow attends. I think this is a hint. She is actually attending her own funeral.

Ok, so present day, -A and the black widow are living in Rosewood or the surrounding areas. Since Bethany has been pronounced dead, she is remaining anon, however, I believe Charles is now going by the name of Wren Kingston. We know he was engaged to Melissa and had a thing with Spencer and Hanna; all in the name of being close to the girls and finding Ali.

As we know, Mona was –A from season 1-2, but I believe Wren was helping her all along. A few clues throughout the series back up this idea. Firstly; Emily’s massage from –A.

Ok, ok. I know Mona admitted this was Lucas, but hear me out. She admitted to this after Big A had stolen the game… Therefore, she may have been protecting the person who DID steal the game, the person who really gave Emily that massage. A massage is kind of random, which is why I believe the Emily-massage fiasco was a tool to cast our minds back to season one, when Wren gives Spencer a massage.

I believe Wren was able to steal the game from Mona because he was already so involved. Back in season 3, Mona says that she doesn’t trust Wren because she knows where his loyalties lie.

This implies that Mona knows something about Wren that we do not; I believe she is referring to the fact that he took over once she was admitted at Radley, the same time Big A “stole the game” from her.

However, I also think Mona never truly left the A team. One reason is my “who really massaged Emily theory” I previously spoke about, another is thanks to something spooky Mrs G said to Hanna.

When this scene occurred, Monas was believed to be dead. However, we now know this isn’t the case. So what is Mrs G referring to? If you look closely, when the liars escape the dollhouse, they could be argued to be running uphill; implying the dollhouse is underground. Was Mrs G actually referring to the fact Mona was already in the dollhouse? You might argue that it was because –A kidnapped her, but this fishy quote from Mona implies otherwise…

If you think about the dollhouse, each girl’s room is an accurate replica of their real room. Was Mona’s casual compliment actually a clue that she might be helping the A team construct the dollhouse? Maybe Big A even made her get close to Mike to find out more about Aria and her room’s décor.

Ok, that’s the main theory. Now I’m going to talk about some more interesting clues I’ve picked up. Obvious hints pointing toward Wren being –A are; -A having access to drugs, them drinking the same drink, piano playing, OCD, birds everywhere and –A playing with body parts just as a doctor would. However, in my opinion, these are just the start of the hints.

Massive clue number 1: Marlene tweeted a picture of one of the little boys captioned “an apple a day does not keep –A away”, derived from the saying “an apple a day keeps the doctor away”. Doctor Wren perhaps?

Massive clue number 2: Wren is kind of irrelevant now, I’ll admit. Or is he? In season 5, he has been subtly brought back to life very ambiguously. The first time was when Spencer went to stay in London. She stayed with Melissa, who is now living with Wren… her ex-fiancée who created on her with her sister. A bit weird, but an excellent way of bringing Wren back into the story. The next was in the grand finale when Melissa randomly called. We never found out why she was calling, just that she was, from London, where she lives, with Wren. Hmm. Oh, also, check out this amazing find from a scene shot in Wren’s apartment.

Massive clue number 3: another spooky quote from Mrs G. Who do we know who has been touched by Wren? Spencer. Hanna wasn’t in this scene, hence the *one of you…*

Massive clue number 4: The nosey/nosy debate. Ok, we know the “nosey bitches die” message was from Mona’s reign as –A, but why on earth would she use the British spelling? Unless SHE didn’t, and her little helper Wren at the time did instead.

Massive clue number 5: Wren practically tells us he’s –A here. In this episode, the girls block the mysterious number from texting them. Later that night, a very drunk Wren claims he couldn’t phone Spencer beforehand as she had blocked his number.

And my favourite little hint… in Wren’s apartment we see a poster saying “love thy neighbour”. We happen to see the same saying in Charles’ play room in the dollhouse.

I’m now going to talk about something interesting I found regarding the name “varjak”. In a children’s story called “Varjak Paw” two brother cats don’t get along, and one of the cats (the victim) gets lost. This could also be seen within my theory; Jason is the mean brother but it is Charles/Wren who end up being separated from the family. Just some food for thought.

Lastly, I’m going to sow you some name meanings I found for Bethany, Wren, Kingston and Charles. Notice how similar they are to their characters, and how similar Charles and Kingston are.

I do have some extras to this theory, such as Andrew’s involvement and some cryptic clues regarding Eddie Lamb, but I feel like this is all the main parts. I hope you enjoy it and that it makes you think! If you enjoyed this and would like to see more, please follow my Instagram @wrenischarles where I post regular theory updates and new clues pointing toward Wren! Thanks x

(I’d like to state that this theory is all my own thinking. However, I have used other people’s findings to support my ideas. Most of the pictures are my own screengrabs however some I have found on tumblr. If I have used your picture and you want credit or it to be removed please inform me.)