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Article: A ROYAL CRISIS: A prince haunted; by ghosts of the past Prince Charles's public denial that he had been involved in a compromising situation with a former member of the royal household is now seen as a monumental miscalculation that has resulted in humiliating publicity around the world. Kim Sengupta follows the trail back to Diana's notorious `crown jewels'
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- The Independent on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- November 9, 2003
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Just four bouquets of flowers were left outside Kensington Palace
this year on the anniversary of the death of Diana, Princess of
Wales. The astonishing, emotive scenes in the aftermath of her fatal
accident and the fierce criticism that lashed the Royal Family are
fading memories now.
Today, however, the House of Windsor is facing its most serious
crisis since those days, with growing adverse and humiliating
publicity around the world. And the late Princess remains the link
between these two stormy times.
The allegations being made about the Prince of Wales by his former
valet, George Smith, were brought to the forefront by what now
appears to be a monumental miscalculation by the Royal ...