What has the mystery royal done to be blackmailed over?

Question

What has the mystery royal done to be blackmailed over?

Answer 1

The mystery royal is actually David Albert Charles Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley, Princess Margaret's only son and Queen Elizabeth II's nephew.

In October 2007, Viscount Linley was named on American television and an Australian website as the prospective victim of a blackmail attempt. Two men were arrested after they allegedly attempted to extort £50,000 to prevent release of a video that had an aide stating that he had had oral s*x with a member of the Royal family. The aide is also allegedly seen on a video tape taking cocaine from an envelope embossed with his employer's name. The scam was exposed when a detective, posing as a royal aide, met the two men in a London hotel on 11 September and was shown the video.