Disgraced radio legend Jimmy Savile’s influence reportedly spread as far as Buckingham Palace as the paedophile had a working relationship with the new King, a documentary has claimed.
Then-Prince Charles led tributes after Savile died in October 2011 without a charge to his name – despite his wide-spread and long-term abuse of females, some underage.
Netflix documentary Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story has revealed that Savile produced a PR handbook for royals and their staff, with some suggestions even being brought before the late Queen Elizabeth II.
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And Charles even complimented Savile – who was knighted by the Queen in Buckingham Palace in 1990 – writing in a letter seeking suggestions on how to “get to parts of the country that others don’t get to reach”.
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Charles, who was unaware of Savile’s deplorable behaviour, referred to him as the “bloke who knows what’s going on”.
And Charles’ suggestions were even brought before the Queen, the documentary claims.
Rowan Deacon, the director of the doc, told the Times that ill-thought-out comments made by Prince Andrew during a visit to the Lockerbie bombing site in 1988 “reignited a discussion about how the Royal Family should respond to disasters”.
Savile wrote a dossier which Charles then brought before Her Majesty, Deacon said.
She said: “Jimmy Savile wrote this dossier, quite an in-depth document of advice, on how the Queen should behave and how members of the Royal Family should not be in competition with each other.”
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In a handwritten note to Savile, Charles later wrote: “I attach a copy of my memo on disasters, which incorporates your points and which I showed to my father. He showed it to [the Queen].”
Speaking to the Times, Deacon claimed Buckingham Palace’s response was “quite lukewarm, and Charles [was] frustrated by that. We know that from the exchange”.
In another note in 1989, Charles wrote: “I wonder if you would ever be prepared to meet my sister-in-law – the Duchess of York? Can’t help feeling that it would be extremely useful to her if you could. I feel she could do with some of your straightforward common sense!”
In a letter written the following year, Charles told Savile he was “so good at understanding what makes people operate and you’re wonderfully sceptical and practical”.
Buckingham Palace has been contacted for comment.
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