According to a Netflix director, Prince Charles sought PR guidance from Jimmy Savile after the Lockerbie bombings when the Duke of York made a misstep.
According to filmmaker Rowan Deacon, Savile prepared a public relations handbook for the Prince of Wales, who then showed the information to the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh.
Prince Charles Allegedly Sought Advice From Pedophile Jimmy Savile
As said by Deacon, director of the upcoming documentary Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story, the late BBC broadcaster served as an unofficial adviser to the Prince during a 20-year correspondence. The filmmaker obtained hundreds of letters in which she alleges Prince Charles sought advice from Savile on public addresses and his personal life.
A document titled Guidelines for Members of the Royal Family and Their Staffs, penned by Savile for the Prince in 1989, is among them, according to Deacon. The paper, according to the director, was created in response to the Duke of York's remarks regarding the 1988 Lockerbie incident. "I think statistically something like this has to happen at some point," Prince Andrew told reporters, Telegraph reported.
After Prince Andrew's performance in the aftermath of Pan Am Flight 103's bombing in December 1988, the Prince had sought Savile's advice on dealing with public relations gaffes. Eleven individuals perished, along with the 259 passengers and staff members on board the Heathrow-bound flight to New York. Andrew, on the other hand, seems to have shown little empathy in the aftermath of the national calamity.
Prince Charles Exchange Letters With Jimmy Savile
In response, Savile devised an action plan that included the installation of an incident room with separate phone lines and the need that every planned action be reviewed by Her Majesty, which was purportedly seen by the Queen and Prince Philip. On January 27, 1989, Prince Charles replied, attaching a letter on catastrophes "incorporating your points" that would be given to the Queen.
The new Netflix documentary will shed light on Savile's eccentricities and generosity, which he exploited to hide his decades of sex abuse charges. Savile, who went from a low working-class beginning to become one of Britain's biggest television personalities, died in 2011 at the age of 84.
Throughout his successful tenure with the BBC, he sought to dispel rising rumors about his illicit adventures in his later years. Throughout a four-decade campaign of sexual assault, he abused at least 72 children, some as young as eight, according to a Corporation-led investigation into his crimes. His first abuse happened in 1959, and his last occured in 2006, according to Daily Mail.
Following Prince Andrew's performance after the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, Prince Charles sought to advise on disaster response. On December 21, 1988, a jet exploded over Lockerbie, killing 259 people, including 11 on the ground, yet the Duke of York seemed unconcerned.
Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story examines how Savile cultivated relationships at the highest echelons of society, including then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and top police officials, in the documentary Jimmy Savile: British Horror Story.
It also reveals how The Sun was one of the first periodicals to call attention to his dark side. The said publication released an essay in 1983 in which he provided a rare glimpse of his dark side, as per The Sun.
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