The story of Harry Potter‘s Dudley Dursley goes beyond his last scene in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Dudley’s parents, Vernon and Petunia Dursley, encouraged their son’s mean-spirited attitude towards his cousin instead of trying to shape him into a better person. Dudley could have been like a brother to Harry, but instead he tormented him, contributing to Harry’s childhood being far more miserable than it should have been.