Valet paid for Charles gossip
NZPA London The Royal Family faces renewed embarrassment with the possible publication of memoirs by Prince Charles' former valet, Stephen Barry, who quit in April after 12 years service. Britain's two top-selling newspapers had paid Mr Barry £lO.OOO (5NZ23.700) for his story, but had not yet decided whether to publish it, said a spokesman for the newspapers’ owner.
“The manuscript is not in any way offensive to Prince Charles' or the Royal Family,” said Arthur Brittenden. management spokesman for Rupert Murdoch's News Group, which owns the papers — the "Sun" and the Sunday “News of the World." The rival “Daily Express" reported under the headline "The Disloyal Servant” that
it believed that the memoirs contained intimate details of the Prince's private life. When Barry, a natty-dress-ing bachelor in his 30s, quit, the “Sun” reported that the Princess of Wales disliked him and had insisted on his being fired. There was no confirmation of the report. In a guarded reaction a Palace spokesman. Warwick Hutchings, said: “We are aware that Mr Barry is writing something." He declined to say if Prince Charles was trying to block publication. Palace sources said that the Prince would try to stop Barry’s storythrough unspecified legal means.
“We are told that all the details of the Prince's private life.... are to be revealed,” an “Express" columnist, Patrick Cosgrave. wrote.
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