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Prince Charles wrote to depraved sex offender Jimmy Savile to ask him to help with the Royal Family’s ailing public image, newly revealed handwritten letters show.
The Prince of Wales’ correspondence with Savile, then the Jim’ll Fix It presenter, will be shown to the world in the new Netflix documentary Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story.
The future king wrote to Savile to request his personal assistance after a string of botches PR appearances in the late 1980s and 90s involving Prince Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson, reports the Sun.
In one note, the Prince asks if Savile would mind meeting his then sister-in-law to help reign her erratic behaviour in with ‘some straight-forward common sense.’
Knowing his connections within the charity industry, Prince Charles would also ask for Savile’s suggestions for public visits, without knowing these were the very places the television personality would use to attack his victims.
Later letters lavish praise on Savile’s affable traits – long before the presenter’s heinous past came to light – that the television star would use over a near 50 year campaign of terror to abuse hundreds of victims as young as five.
The Prince of Wales’ correspondence with Savile, then the Jim’ll Fix It presenter, will be shown to the world in the new Netflix documentary Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story
Savile came into contact with the Prince and Princess of Wales after his work on the Stoke Mandeville Hospital – whose spinal injuries ward Princess Diane opened in 1983
Savile came into contact with the Prince and Princess of Wales after his work on the Stoke Mandeville Hospital – whose spinal injuries ward Princess Diane opened in 1983.
Charles’ writings paint a picture of a hospitable relationship between the Prince and the TV star.
Charles informally signs off his correspondence with his first name, while addressing Savile as Jimmy.
A request to tap Savile’s influence and connections to form a ‘list of suggestions… to get to parts of the country that others don’t get to reach’ was among the Prince’s earliest letters.
Writing from Sandringham on January 14, 1989, Charles asked: ‘Perhaps I am wrong, but you are the bloke who knows what’s going on. What I really need, is a list of suggestions from you. I so want to get to parts of the country that others don’t get to reach.’
The Prince had earlier asked for Savile’s advice on responding to PR blunders, after Prince Andrew’s performance in the wake of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 in December 1988.
Eleven people died, along with the 259 passengers and crew on board the New York-bound plane which had set off from Heathrow. But Andrew had seemed to show little empathy in the wake of the national disaster.
Charles’ writings paint a picture of a hospitable relationship between the Prince and the TV star. He informally signs off his correspondence with his first name, while addressing Savile as Jimmy
Netflix’s new documentary will cast a light on the eccentricity and philanthropy used by Savile to mask his many decades of sex abuse allegations. Pictured: The Prince of Wales meeting Savile and Frank Bruno in November 1998
The day after the bombing, Charles wrote Savile and asked: ‘I wonder if you would ever be prepared to meet my sister-in-law, the Duchess of York?
‘I can’t help feeling that it would be extremely useful to her if you could. I feel she could do with some of your straight-forward common sense.’
In response, Savile concocted an action plan, which was reportedly viewed by the Queen and Prince Philip, that would see an ‘incident room’ with independent phone lines installed and required all proposed action to be vetted by Her Majesty.
Charles later wrote back on January 27, 1989, in which he attached a memo on disasters ‘incorporating your points’ that would be shown to the Queen.
On April 16 that year, as Charles pondered a speech he would make at London’s Guildhall, he wrote: ‘You are so good at understanding what makes people operate and you’re wonderfully sceptical and practical.
‘Can you cast an eye over this draft and let me know how you think we can best appeal to people?’
Netflix’s new documentary will cast a light on the eccentricity and philanthropy used by Savile to mask his many decades of sex abuse allegations
The television star would use his affable personality over a near 50 year campaign of terror to sexually abuse hundreds of victims, some as young as five
On July 4, he wrote from Highgrove House: ‘Dear Jimmy, I can’t tell you how grateful I am for the most useful assistance you have provided for my speech in the Guildhall the other day.
‘It was really good of you to take the trouble to put together those splendid notes and provide me with considerable food for thought.
‘Whether you think the final result is in any way worthwhile is another matter. With renewed and heartfelt thanks, Charles.’
Netflix’s new documentary will cast a light on the eccentricity and philanthropy used by Savile to mask his many decades of sex abuse allegations.
Savile, who rose from a humble working-class upbringing to become one of British television’s biggest stars, passed away aged 84 in 2011.
In his final years, he fought to quell growing speculation about his illegal exploits throughout his illustrious career with the BBC.
A Corporation-led inquiry into his actions found he had molested at least 72 children, some as young as eight, over a four decade campaign of sexual abuse with his first victim in 1959 and his last in 2006.
His horrific reign of abuse could be charted ‘in the corridors, canteens, staircases and dressing rooms of every BBC premises’, their 2016 report found.
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