Camillagate scoop raises questions for Murdoch

[deminks]

(Camillagate, people, 1989.)

http://www.smh.com.au/world/camillagate-scoop-raises-questions-for-murdoch-20110730-1i5cf.html?from=smh_sb

One of the most sensational and damaging British royal stories of the 20th century was the transcript of an illegally taped phone conversation between the married heir to the throne, Prince Charles, and his mistress, Camilla Parker Bowles.

The story was ''broken'' by New Idea, the women's magazine then part of Rupert Murdoch's media empire, in January 1993. Mr Murdoch's British papers, the rest of Fleet Street and the world media then republished with abandon.

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The long transcript of the intimate phone conversation from 1989 wrecked the prince's marriage to Diana, the Princess of Wales, and Camilla's marriage to Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Parker Bowles and caused additional personal grief to the Queen, who had lamented publicly that the previous year, 1992, had been her "annus horribilis".

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Minutes from a top-secret security meeting held in Whitehall in April 1993 revealed that Lord Robert Fellowes, then the Queen's private secretary, said: "Evidence had been found that the fixed telephone lines had been tampered with . It was almost certain that this was the location where the Prince of Wales had been staying on the night of the alleged conversation between him and Mrs Parker Bowles."

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IIRC, there were tapes of Diana as well. Who bugged Diana's phone? I have always wondered. I know, it's the royals. But still, illegal.

[malaise]

1. Murdoch et al should be in prison

Saw on BBC today that they're also going to be investigating computer hacking.
They should reopen the death of Diana investigation

[roguevalley]

11. I will get them anyway I can; that conversation was demented by the way

[Octafish]

2. Believe that's the conversation in which Charles revealed he wished he were Camilla's Tampon.

Charles: Oh. God. I'll just live inside your trousers or something. It would be much easier!

Camilla: (laughing) "what are you going to turn into, a pair of knickers?

Both laugh

Camilla: Oh, You're your'e going to come back as a pair of knickers.

Charles: Or, God forbid a Tampax. Just my luck! (Laughs)

SOURCE: http://www.textfiles.com/phreak/camilla.txt

[deminks]

6. That would be the one.

[xchrom]

3. Recommend

[Ruby the Liberal]

4. The first thing I thought of when this broke was Diana's death

Even looked it up out of curiosity, and Piers Morgan was at the helm of the Mirror back then (not a Murdoch rag, another tabloid).

Someone found out what restaurant she was at in Paris with Dodi and sent the Photogs after her.

[JVS]

5. anus horribilis

[glinda]

7. One phone hacking alone should be prosecuted let alone dozens.

[Generic Other]

8. That is coldblooded...and not even done in malice--just to sell papers!

I guess this is why the Queen hasn't knighted the old turd?

[Raine]

9. Ever since all this broke about Murdoch I've figured he had

something to do with those phone calls both Charles' and Diana's. Murdoch should be busting rocks in prison. x(

[jwirr]

10. One more reason to take this SOB down.