They themselves live off the labour of centuries. ibid.
A billionairess with an income from grave-robbing. ibid.
When my sister and I were growing up, she was made out to be the goody-goody one. Princess Margaret
I would like it to be known that I have decided not to marry Group Captain Peter Townsend. Princess Margaret
She was a princess, at one time second in line to the throne. And he was one of London’s most notorious and violent criminals. Together they would create one of the biggest hidden scandals in royal history. One that if fully revealed at the time could have rocked the monarchy to its foundations. The Princess and the Gangster, 2011
This is the story of the secret relationship between the princess and the gangster. ibid.
The dream royal marriage had been a sham for nearly a decade with Margaret and Snowdon both having affairs. ibid.
Margaret was afforded a now unheard of level of privacy. ibid.
Mustique had a reputation as a hedonistic paradise. ibid.
With old-fashioned social boundaries blurring, in 1968 [John] Bindon met the aristocratic society girl and daughter of a baronet, Vicki Hodge. ibid.
[John] Bindon never let go of his criminal career. In 1974 Bindon was involved in a brutal street fight and was wanted by the police. ibid.
The gangsta from Fulham made a deep impression on her. ibid.
At the end of 1975 Bindon was invited a second time to Mustique where Margaret was to be there on holiday. ibid.
But Bindon didn’t stop at just talking about his friendship with the princess, he made it known that he was in possession of photographs featuring him with Margaret and began to meet with journalists who were offering money for them. ibid.
The gangsta was being monitored by Her Majesty’s security services. And Bindon, according to one of his former associates, was told what the consequences would be if he continued to be indiscreet about the princess. ibid.
Half dead, Bindon fled to Dublin and went into hiding. But with the body of Darke warm on the floor the Met police were soon on the case. ibid.
In March 1978 John Bindon pleaded not guilty to the murder of John Darke. ibid.
From then on she faded into obscurity. ibid.
Bindon never worked as an actor again and effectively became a recluse. By the eighties his promiscuous sexual lifestyle had caught up with him and he was diagnosed with HIV. He died in 1993. ibid.
World Exclusive: Princess and the TV tough guy: Together on the island of Mustique, Margaret and the man cleared of murder. Daily Mirror front page 14th November 1979
They [Princess & John Bindon] had many evenings together. Vicki Hodge
They did have that great weapon on their side: the British press proprietors were not prepared to overstep a certain mark. Noel Botham, author The Last Real Princess
Johnny Bindon – he boasted to me he had had Margaret in Mustique. Noel Botham
In 1973 Princess Anne’s big day had it all: crowds, pageantry, a radiant young couple, and a happy family. Dominic Sandbrook, The 70s: Doomwatch 73-74, BBC 2012
Princess Anne has it all: wealth, power, love, until a bad man tries to kidnap her … In the front seat beside the chauffeur sits the princess’s only security guard … A white Ford Escort swerves in front … He rushes the Royal car. Royal Inquest s1e1: Hunted Royal; The Queen’s Visitors, 2009
‘Ian Ball was a total loony’ … He is 24, living on welfare … Sirens are wailing; help is on the way. ibid.
A deranged man takes obsession too far: Queen Elizabeth is trapped … An intruder has broken into Buckingham Palace; now he is sitting on the Queen’s bed wielding a chunk of blooded glass … Michael Fagin, a 31-year-old unemployed labourer. ibid.
It was well known that Princess Margaret had a wild streak. One man claims her waywardness had led to one of the most audacious bank robberies in British history ... Rumour arose that Margaret was having affairs of her own with celebrities like Peter Sellers and the female singer Dusty Springfield. Royal Inquest, 2009
Fifty years ago the Queen’s sister, Princess Margaret, faced a dilemma: either marry her lover Peter Townsend and lose her royal privileges or renounce him and put duty first. It was the first modern Royal scandal. Timewatch: Princess Margaret: A Love Story, BBC 2005
Was Margaret’s a needless sacrifice? ibid.
The princesses were just nine and thirteen years old when the Second World War broke out. ibid.
Stories of her party-going filled the press. ibid.
Townsend has distinguished himself in the war as an ace fighter pilot. ibid.
Margaret agreed to wait a year. ibid.
Prominent establishment figures spoke out against a possible marriage. ibid.
The outcome of this royal love story may have been very different. ibid.
I’m not totally useless. Princess Anne
When I appear in public people expect me to neigh, grind my teeth, paw the ground and swish my tail – none of which is easy. Princess Anne
March 20th 1974, London 7.45 p.m. Just four hundred yards short of Buckingham Palace a small white car suddenly cuts in front of a royal limousine bringing it to an abrupt halt with a screech of breaks. A man brandishing a gun leaps out and moves towards the limousine shooting as he does so. His target – the Queen’s only daughter, Princess Anne. Infamous Assassinations: The Attempt on Princess Anne
Ian Ball – and he has been tailing the royal car since it left Sudbury House. ibid.
Ball fires eleven shots from his two handguns badly wounding three men. The whole affair lasts just ten minutes. ibid.
Ironically, Brain McConnell, the journalist injured in the attempt to kidnap Princess Anne, had in 1969 written a book entitled Assassination. ibid.
I’ve spent a bit of time with the Prince of Wales, who I respect greatly. I’d give two cheers for the monarchy. Sting
Exclusive: Andrew and the 17-year-old girl at centre of under-age sex case that has scandalised America. Mail on Sunday headline February 2011
Harry the Nazi. The Sun headline of Harry at fancy dress party
The Illuminati consists of the Jesuits and some of the world’s richest families, including the Rothschilds, Rockefellers and the Windsors. Hiroshima, Dresden, Auschwitz, Cambodia and Rwanda were sacrifices to their great god Lucifer. They are responsible for the two World Wars, the Depression and the Cold War. September 11th, the War on Terror and the Iraq War are the latest achievements. Dr Henry Makow
By 1992 the royal family seemed to be in trouble. Melvyn Bragg on Class and Culture III, BBC 2012
There was a time when the public tug-of-war between the Palace and Press threatened to tear apart the entire institution. Reinventing the Royals I, BBC 2015
The rules of press engagement were re-written. ibid.
Charles ... hired a spin doctor ... Charles’s reputation was in tatters. ibid.
They sit at the very pinnacle of British society. The First Family ... But with no political power how we see them and what we think about them is critical to the whole institution they represent. Reinventing the Royals II
A decades-long battle over personal privacy and public image. ibid.
Few people in Britain today can remember a time before Prince Philip. Bluff, direct, sometimes tackless, he is an apparently eternal fixture of the British landscape. For nearly 70 years he’s been at the Queen’s side; their marriage the bedrock of the monarchy. But the road to marriage was anything but smooth. As a young man Prince Philip was seen as an outsider and a threat. Secret History: Prince Philip: The Plot to Make a King, Channel 4 2015
It’s a story of plotting and intrigue … The story of a penniless Greek prince from a family with dubious German connections.
He [Mountbatten] was also a man of ferocious ambition. ibid.
Descended from Danish and German royalty. ibid.