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Posted on 11/09/2003 4:16:32 PM PST by george wythe
Furious Royal mistress Camilla Parker Bowles last night slammed the "Charles-and-a-servant" scandal and insisted: "My prince would never do that."
Fighting back tears of rage, she dismissed the sleazy gossip as a "pack of vicious, evil lies" and added: "He would never stoop so low.
"Charles is a man of utter integrity and honesty. I trust him implicitly."
Camilla bitterly blamed Princess Diana's supporters for dragging up the claims made by a discredited former servant.
She told one confidante: "It's all so cruel and unfair. I know Charles better than anyone and there is not one iota of truth in this. How could there be?"
But stunned Camilla knows the public love royal gossip and fears people will think: "There's no smoke without fire."
The revelations broke while the 54-year-old prince was thousands of miles away on an official trip to India and the Gulf.And loyal Camilla, who has been phoning him several times a day, admitted he now sounds "miserable and adrift".
She revealed: "Charles told me all about this nonsense long, long ago. I dismissed it as the bitter ramblings of a disturbed alcoholic.
"But now it has come back to haunt us and his reputation is going to be dragged through the mire."
Camilla backed Charles's private secretary Sir Michael Peat for going on TV to denounce the prince's involvement in the "compromising" incident allegedly witnessed by former valet George Smith.
One of her friends told The People: "She thinks they couldn't just sit back and let the rumours build around the globe like a raging inferno. She knows the incident never happened.
"William and Harry know their father could never have done what is claimed. They say it is all complete fantasy.
"It is even more galling because Diana was behind the tape that started all this.
"When she recorded George Smith's claims, she knew she had a little bit of dynamite and could set it off in her husband's face whenever she needed too.
"Camilla realises Diana's most devoted supporters would love her to have the last laugh from beyond the grave. It's like a curse on her and Charles - andd she is horrified to think the public might actually believe these lies."
Charles himself gave permission for Sir Michael to make his official denial statement. He confided to courtiers at Clarence House that he felt "stuck between the devil and the deep blue sea".
And he told them: "I have nothing to fear about the rumour apart from the rumour itself."
One source said: "He thought it was pointless to pursue the tactic of burying your head in the sand in the hope it would go away.
"He felt going on the offensive was the only thing that could minimise the damage to his reputation.
"For all that has been claimed, Charles is still very keen to be King one day. A rumour like this could have completely destroyed his chances and he was not going to let that happen."
Senior royal staff at Clarence House agree that it is the biggest crisis the prince has had to face since Diana's death.
The British media has been banned by the High Court from disclosing details of the allegations.
Charles's ex-valet Michael Fawcett also originally gagged the Press from naming him.
But that injunction was lifted on Thursday after a newspaper said it had no intention of repeating claims about him.
Royal watchers and public relations advisers were split last night about whether the prince's tactic would be effective.
Royal author Ingrid Seward said: "It's quite unprecedented for his private secretary to come out and make a statement about something which we probably know about - but the great world at large don't really know what he's talking about.
"I don't think the allegation is something people would particularly want to hear."
Hitlery thinks she is royalty.
We peasants are supposed to believe any good ol' story she tells us.
Hitlery's royal household is not better than the Windsors' family.
An aide to the Prince of Wales has denied allegations that he raped another male servant.The statement issued by solicitors representing the man, who has not revealed his identity, follows the claims made by former royal valet George Smith.
The aide said Mr Smith was unreliable and accused him of changing his story.
Mr Smith, from Newport, south Wales, waived his right to anonymity by speaking to the Mail on Sunday newspaper about the alleged assault.
The 42-year-old Falklands veteran has also accused the Royal Family of a cover-up.
Tape recording
Details of the alleged rape of Mr Smith emerged following the collapse of the theft case against Paul Burrell, former butler to Diana, Princess of Wales.
During his trial it emerged the princess had kept a cassette tape containing details of a case of alleged male rape of one of Prince Charles' members of staff.
So dressed to the nines, Mom and I attended this elitist do. I remember we had to wait for at least an hour behind a velvet cord before The Prince showed up. We could not enter the art gallery until he arrived. I was in the front row. He wasn't even 6 feet away from me, when he walked by. I remember shouting out something extremely polite such as: "Its good to see you, Sir". He pretended he did not hear me and walked into the gallery. After 5 minutes or so, the velvet barriers were removed, and we, the assembled waiting (about 100 of us) were granted access to the room.
There were wonderful examples of Australian art on the a wall; a huge banquet table with very expensive treats and no Prince. So we all just milled around, got a glass a wine, found something to eat, found an artist, congratulated him on his work and wondered if the Prince would ever return.
He finally did. He said a few bland words and immediately left. He made eye contact with no-one. It was so very surreal.
Many, many, many years later, I'm with Mr. Peel at a Republican Rally with guest, Dick Cheney. Mr. Peel pushed himself to the font of the line -- and said: "I've been waiting a long time to shake your hand, Sir". I saw Dick Cheney's face absolutely melt. There was intelligence in those eyes, there was warmth, there was a living breathing person there.
I never saw that with Prince Charles. And I got closer to him than Mr. Peel did with Dick Cheney.
Is The Prince gay? I honestly don’t have a glue. But I honestly wouldn't be surprised if he were.
That dog might not hunt this time.
There is another servant who has accused Fawcett of rape.
If this scandal breaks full force, the fact the Prince Charles might be covering up for his alleged boyfriend's rapes would be disastrous.
ROFLMAO!
;-)
Come on. Even Jeeves does that sort of thing. I don't know why fashionable Brits need a man to lay out their clothes, draw their baths, pack and unpack their valises, and so on; but there it is. That's what they do. You can't expect the Prince of Wales to squeeze his own toothpaste tube.
Still it must be said that Fawcett doesn't look much like Jeeves.
This stuff is "all in the family".
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