Who was the royal involved in the blackmail plot in the UK?

Question

Who was the royal involved in the blackmail plot in the UK?

Answer 1

Whoever it is it's my opinion that there has been a complete c**k-up here. (Forgive the pun). Surely the idea of blackmail is to make public something that the person being blackmailed wants to keep secret. Now that it's been plastered all over the press and media it won't be long before the identities of these people are revealed so, in a sense, apart from being paid, the blackmailers have achieved their threat. I believe that all blackmail cases should take place in the utmost secrecy to protect the innocent. Of course if the blackmailed person is being threatened because he/she has committed a crime then normal police procedures should be taken against that person and the blackmailer charged also with with-holding evidence.

Answer 2

Please be very careful what you say about this case. It is still before a court & is thus sub-judice. Any identification of the royal individual alleged could be taken as contempt of court and, because of the libel laws here in England, render Yahoo liable for defamation proceedings.

Answer 3

why not google it, its all over the foreign newspapers!

Answer 4

hes not actually royalty just some ponce who is a distant relative

Answer 5

I don't know, and will you knowing really make any difference to your life?

Answer 6

The royal, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, had a low public profile. The Sun newspaper reported neither Prince William nor his brother Prince Harry were involved. The Times newspaper reported that it was an alleged homosexual act.

However, it has been revealed that David Albert Charles Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley was named as being the royal at the center of a blackmail scandal. Viscount Linley (born 3 November 1961), known professionally as David Linley, is a member of the British Royal Family, the son of Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon and 12th in the line of succession to the British throne. He is the chairman of Christie's UK, the international auction house.

Lord Linley married The Hon. Serena Stanhope on 8 October 1993. They have two children, The Hon. Charles Armstrong-Jones, born in 1999, and The Hon. Margarita Armstrong-Jones, born in 2002.

Ironically, he was the only one in the first 12 places in the line of succession to marry anyone who held a rank or title after Prince Charles who married Lady Diana Spencer. His wife, before marriage, was styled "The Honourable" and if her father had become an earl she would have risen to the rank of "Lady." His own children now hold the title that his wife was born with.

Lord Linley is a manufacturer of furniture, upholstery and interior design products known for their neoclassical appearance, dramatic use of inlaid woods, and attractiveness to high-profile clients such as Oprah Winfrey, for whom he designed a desk. He founded his own company, called LINLEY, in 1985.