edotherocket 0 Report post Posted November 8, 2003 Royal rumour stories leak in Europe David Leigh, John Hooper in Rome and Ben Aris in Berlin Saturday November 8, 2003 The Guardian Efforts by the Prince of Wales's household to quash rumours of a sexual incident involving the future king suffered a further setback yesterday as the allegations were published in European news outlets and on foreign-language websites. The rash of stories among the continental media followed Clarence House's controversial decision to break its silence on Thursday to denounce the rumours as "totally untrue". In a statement, Prince Charles's private secretary, Sir Michael Peat, said that because the allegation was becoming common currency he wanted to make clear that it was "without a shred of substance". In Britain, the Popbitch email bulletin also broadcast details of the rumours, while television stations added to the sense that Clarence House was losing control of the story by flashing up images of Corriere della Sera, the Italian newspaper which was one of the first to publish. It is also understood that the Mail on Sunday, which was injuncted at the request of Prince Charles's former aide Michael Fawcett when it sought to publicise the allegation, has had the terms of its injunction relaxed. It will be allowed, like the rest of the nation's media, to publish whatever is in the public domain. However, this is unlikely to open the floodgates as the details in foreign media are not generally regarded by the courts as part of the public domain here. It was unclear whether Sir Michael had foreseen that it would be impossible to deny the allegation without it becoming public in the end what the allegations actually were. The report on page 19 of yesterday's Corriere della Sera, was filed by its London correspondent, Alessio Altichieri. It said that "the most lurid accusation against the British royal household came dramatically into the open yesterday". He went on to give details of the allegations. A semi-pornographic Italian website has also set out the central allegations. Other websites carried versions of the claims in Flemish and Portuguese. credit: www.guardian.co.uk So does anyone what the rumour actually is? The way they are making such a big deal out of it makes it sound like he took on 3 guys at once or something. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Firestarter 0 Report post Posted November 8, 2003 I saw this earlier today. Yeah, that's the way to kill a story, guys... deny whatever the story is but refuse to say anything about it. That should shut everyone up. Smart, real smart. "It's a bad idea when cousins marry. Bottom of the gene pool, you know. You're just scraping the barrel. We've haven't got enough for any more of you royals there, sorry..." - Eddie Izzard, Dress to Kill Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MikeSC Report post Posted November 8, 2003 Royal rumour stories leak in Europe David Leigh, John Hooper in Rome and Ben Aris in Berlin Saturday November 8, 2003 The Guardian Efforts by the Prince of Wales's household to quash rumours of a sexual incident involving the future king suffered a further setback yesterday as the allegations were published in European news outlets and on foreign-language websites. The rash of stories among the continental media followed Clarence House's controversial decision to break its silence on Thursday to denounce the rumours as "totally untrue". In a statement, Prince Charles's private secretary, Sir Michael Peat, said that because the allegation was becoming common currency he wanted to make clear that it was "without a shred of substance". In Britain, the Popbitch email bulletin also broadcast details of the rumours, while television stations added to the sense that Clarence House was losing control of the story by flashing up images of Corriere della Sera, the Italian newspaper which was one of the first to publish. It is also understood that the Mail on Sunday, which was injuncted at the request of Prince Charles's former aide Michael Fawcett when it sought to publicise the allegation, has had the terms of its injunction relaxed. It will be allowed, like the rest of the nation's media, to publish whatever is in the public domain. However, this is unlikely to open the floodgates as the details in foreign media are not generally regarded by the courts as part of the public domain here. It was unclear whether Sir Michael had foreseen that it would be impossible to deny the allegation without it becoming public in the end what the allegations actually were. The report on page 19 of yesterday's Corriere della Sera, was filed by its London correspondent, Alessio Altichieri. It said that "the most lurid accusation against the British royal household came dramatically into the open yesterday". He went on to give details of the allegations. A semi-pornographic Italian website has also set out the central allegations. Other websites carried versions of the claims in Flemish and Portuguese. credit: www.guardian.co.uk So does anyone what the rumour actually is? The way they are making such a big deal out of it makes it sound like he took on 3 guys at once or something. I suppose the possible homosexuality of a member of the most infamous inbred family in the world is huge news. -=Mike Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
{''({o..o})''} 0 Report post Posted November 8, 2003 Prince Charles + Sex = Eww! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vyce 0 Report post Posted November 8, 2003 The rumor was that the little prince here got hummers from a guy or two. Big deal. We've all been there, right? .......Right? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vyce 0 Report post Posted November 8, 2003 Double post. This guy is never going to be king. They'll leapfrog him right for that kid of his. He's mildly less embarrasing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MikeSC Report post Posted November 8, 2003 Double post. This guy is never going to be king. They'll leapfrog him right for that kid of his. He's mildly less embarrasing. Vyce --- at what point will you change your sig? I'm not sure a Dean-o endorsement is neat-o now. -=Mike Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slayer 0 Report post Posted November 8, 2003 I'm not sure a Dean-o endorsement is neat-o now. Maybe Vyce is a metrosexual with the stars and bars on his truck In that case, Dean is perfect for him Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
