# Royal sex tape blackmail **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 28, 2007, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-sex-tape-blackmail/424350 "2007-10-28T18:00:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-sex-tape-blackmail/424350/1 "2007-10-28T18:00:44Z")
From CNN: > [@](#): > > Scotland Yard confirmed to CNN that two men have been charged with trying to blackmail an unnamed member of the royal family. The men aged 30 and 40 appeared behind closed doors at the City of Westminster magistrates’ court in London last month each charged with one count of blackmail. > > It is being reported in the British press Sunday that the men approached the royal household and suggested that they had video tape of a royal taking part in a sex act. Oh, dear, as Her Majesty might say. [List of Royal Suspects](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_of_succession_to_the_British_Throne). Was it Colonel Mustard in the library with a candlestick? ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-sex-tape-blackmail/424350/2 "2007-10-28T18:06:43Z")
Well considering that Prince Harry has practically admitted to being a whore, I have no doubt it’s him. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-sex-tape-blackmail/424350/3 "2007-10-28T18:08:31Z")
Also rumoured to be hoovering up a fat line of gack, too. My usual gossipy newsletters are letting me down, here, sadly. The writers must be too afraid of having a mysterious car crash in a tunnel, no doubt. I’d imagine it’s one of the younger ones? You never know, though. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-sex-tape-blackmail/424350/4 "2007-10-28T18:11:01Z")
Harry’s certainly enough of a pillock to have somebody film it without thinking ‘oh, this might not be such a good idea’. Remember the Nazi uniform? ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-sex-tape-blackmail/424350/5 "2007-10-28T18:17:50Z")
[QUOTE=jjimm] Also rumoured to be hoovering up a fat line of gack, too. [/QUOTE] Translate into American English? ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-sex-tape-blackmail/424350/6 "2007-10-28T18:18:20Z")
It’s apparently not a high-profile member of the family, according to 5Live news. Viscount Linley? Peter Philips? Freddie Windsor? I’m betting on the last one. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-sex-tape-blackmail/424350/7 "2007-10-28T18:20:33Z")
[QUOTE=Walloon] Translate into American English? [/QUOTE] Snorting cocaine. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-sex-tape-blackmail/424350/8 "2007-10-28T18:25:37Z")
Wait, where is Colonel Mustard putting that candlestick? ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-sex-tape-blackmail/424350/9 "2007-10-28T18:30:50Z")
[QUOTE=Struan] It’s apparently not a high-profile member of the family, according to 5Live news. Viscount Linley? Peter Philips? Freddie Windsor? I’m betting on the last one. [/QUOTE] I wonder what counts as ‘not high-profile’. Even Eugenie is 17 now… ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-sex-tape-blackmail/424350/10 "2007-10-28T18:35:58Z")
[QUOTE=GorillaMan] I wonder what counts as ‘not high-profile’. Even Eugenie is 17 now… [/QUOTE] Ah, I had assumed the royal person was the blow-ee. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-sex-tape-blackmail/424350/11 "2007-10-28T18:46:58Z")
Anyone [on this list](http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_1940000/newsid_1948200/1948219.stm) engage anyone’s tittilation gland? Not I. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-sex-tape-blackmail/424350/12 "2007-10-28T19:04:29Z")
[QUOTE=jjimm] Anyone [on this list](http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_1940000/newsid_1948200/1948219.stm) engage anyone’s tittilation gland? Not I. [/QUOTE] Methinks somebody was having a bit of fun finding some godawful photos. Can’t blame them. Zara Phillips can look alright, when the horsey teeth aren’t dominating her face… ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-sex-tape-blackmail/424350/13 "2007-10-28T20:24:52Z")
[QUOTE=Struan] It’s apparently not a high-profile member of the family, according to 5Live news. Viscount Linley? Peter Philips? Freddie Windsor? I’m betting on the last one. [/QUOTE] Doesn’t Lord Frederick prefer the company of gentlemen? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-sex-tape-blackmail/424350/14 "2007-10-28T20:26:23Z")
Sarah Ferguson and daughters are the lookers in the family. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-sex-tape-blackmail/424350/15 "2007-10-28T20:31:37Z")
[QUOTE=Walloon] Sarah Ferguson and daughters are the lookers in the family. [/QUOTE] Bottom of barrel, meet scraper. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-sex-tape-blackmail/424350/16 "2007-10-28T21:30:01Z")
[QUOTE=Walloon] From CNN: Oh, dear, as Her Majesty might say. [List of Royal Suspects](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_of_succession_to_the_British_Throne). Was it Colonel Mustard in the library with a candlestick? [/QUOTE] Well, obviously if it had to do with fellatio, there was candlestick involved. ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-sex-tape-blackmail/424350/17 "2007-10-28T23:11:14Z")
[QUOTE=Walloon] Translate into American English? [/QUOTE] I’m guessing on this side of the pond we call it “blow”, since we do use the term “hoover”. I’m hoping it’s Beatrice, she’s quite the looker! ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-sex-tape-blackmail/424350/18 "2007-10-29T00:04:44Z")
[QUOTE=Walloon] Sarah Ferguson and daughters are the lookers in the family. [/QUOTE] I don’t know about her daughters but _Fergie_? Face like a horse and a bray like an ass. And an ass like a … ---
**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-sex-tape-blackmail/424350/19 "2007-10-29T01:11:20Z")
[QUOTE=Walloon] [List of Royal Suspects](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_of_succession_to_the_British_Throne). [/QUOTE] On the learning something new front, I didn’t realize that Philip is only 476 heartbeats away from sitting on the throne himself. That’s quite some list. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-sex-tape-blackmail/424350/20 "2007-10-29T01:20:46Z")
[QUOTE=PastAllReason] On the learning something new front, I didn’t realize that Philip is only 476 heartbeats away from sitting on the throne himself. That’s quite some list. [/QUOTE] Actually it’s not at all unusal for the royal consort to be in line for the throne given all the [del]incest[/del] interbreeding customary among royal families. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-sex-tape-blackmail/424350.md?page=2)