LONDON (AP) - George Smith, a former royal servant whose claim of rape sparked lurid tales of sexual misdeeds within the royal household, has died at the age of 44, his father said Friday. Peter Smith said his son died Wednesday after a long illness. He did not disclose the cause of death. A former soldier in the Welsh Guards who served in the 1982 Falklands War, Smith was Prince Charles' valet for nine years until he was dismissed in 1997. During the 2002 theft trial of Paul Burrell, former butler of the late Princess of Wales, it emerged that...