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Jimmy Savile was a BBC source for stories about The Royal family, it's been revealed on Lorraine.

Prince William has been left “baffled” by Prince Harry’s continued association with Netflix after a new documentary alleged that Prince Charles sought PR advice from Jimmy Savile.After he retired as a working royal, Harry signed up to a deal with streaming giant Netflix, but is yet to release anything on the platform.Since starting the role, the prince has faced criticism from some commentators, and was even urged to drop the deal after a “disrespectful” portrayal of his late mother in popular series The Crown.Now, Royal Family concerns have been raised by a new documentary, which revealed that the Prince of Wales once wrote letters to paedophile Jimmy Saville asking for his “common sense” advice.Reacting to the news, royal commentator Neil Sean claimed that this new release would likely leave William confused by his brother’s continued relationship with the platform.“Prince William is rather upset as it is again another attack on his loving father,” Neil told viewers on his YouTube channel. “What baffles Prince William – and this has been told to me by a very good source close to the prince – is that, how could Prince Harry possibly still associate himself with an organisation like Netflix that continues to bash his family.” Harry is embarking on a trip to The Hague for the Invictus Games this week.

Jimmy Savile made some sickening remarks to the housemates. New Netflix documentary Jimmy Savile: A British Horror story shows footage of the vile presenter’s short stint in the Channel 4 reality TV series.Back in 2006, the series was remembered for its wide-ranging mix of housemates, including George Galloway, Chantelle Houghton and Pete Burns.The featured clip showed the disgraced presenter, who was exposed as a sexual predator after his death in 2011, entering the Borehamwood bungalow and being swarmed by the celebrities.Just a few minutes into his spine-chilling appearance, the prolific sex offender made some sickening comments to the celebrities.

Before Jimmy Savile died, he appeared to have the world fooled with his comedic, philanthropist persona - but his cunning jokes worked to disguise the truth.

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A chilling new documentary about Jimmy Savile has revealed his sickening crimes and how he got away with them for so long.

Jimmy Savile was one of the UK's most vile and disgusting paedophile predators.The TV presenter's crimes spanned over 40 years and some experts argue that there could be well over 500 victims.Savile used his status within the British establishment - he was knighted in 1990 - and his charity work to mask the rapes and sick abuse he committed throughout his life.The Jim'll Fix It man was suspected by the police as early as the 1960s, but the mishandling of evidence and the dismissing of witnesses meant that Savile built himself up to a place where he could readily abuse people at places like his BBC dressing room, or in Stoke Mandeville hospital where he was a volunteer.The Top Of The Pops presenter never faced the music for his vicious crimes, which according to one nurse also included him boasting about "mucking about" with corpses at Britain's notorious psychiatric hospital Broadmoor.Savile's horror crimes are investigated in a new documentary on Netflix called Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story, streaming from April 6.When Jimmy Savile died in October 2011, tributes poured in from around the country and from politicians and celebrities alike.Prince Charles said in a statement: "The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall are saddened to hear of Jimmy Savile's death and their thoughts are with his family at this time."The allegations against him were not widely known at the time, and he was given a large funeral in which mourners lined the streets.

Jimmy Savile was born in Leeds in 1926, and he was the youngest of seven children. 29 years later he would commit his first known incident of abuse. He would go on to commit 100s more.

Jimmy Saville is released on Netflix on Wednesday.Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story shines a light into how the twisted pervert duped the British public into thinking he was a hero, before more than 450 allegations of sexual abuse were made against after he died.It is thought the Jim'll Fix It presenter and charity fundraiser sexually abused up to 1000 young girls and police reckon he's one of the country's most prolific sex offenders.The documentary shows archive footage of the vile presenter making what are in hindsight extremely disturbing comments.At one point TV presenter Gloria Hunniford is seen interviewing Savile, who died in 2011 aged 84.She tells him: "You do a terrific job, Jimmy".But he replies: "No, that's all front. That's all lies."Hunniford believes it is a joke and chuckles.In another clip Saville tells an interviewer: "I'm not in your world.

BBC drama The Reckoning for tackling the subject of disgraced presenter Jimmy Savile.The actor, who plays Savile in the four-part mini-series, appeared on Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch where he stressed the importance of portraying characters like Savile.Speaking on the show, Coogan said: “I think that’s because Jimmy Savile played a trick on the entire nation so there’s a real feeling of antagonism about it.“But you need to look at someone like that to understand how they’re able to operate and to prevent it happening again. If you sweep it under the carpet and don’t talk about it anymore, then those people are destined to come back.”Coogan said he spoke to actors playing the victims on-set to put them at ease.

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Jimmy Savile is buried and what happened to his gravestone after it was taken down.Jimmy Savile is one of the nation's worst-ever serial sex offenders and, after his death, his headstone was removed due to his vile crimes coming to light.There is a new Netflix docu-series titled Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story which can be streamed from April 6 and highlights how he managed to escape justice.The paedophile is thought to have preyed on around 500 victims - some as young as just two years old - as well as ill patients who were receiving treatment at Broadmoor Hospital.At the hospital, one former nurse told Savile case investigators that he performed sex acts on corpses and "mucked about" in the morgue.But what happened to Jimmy Savile's gravestone once people knew the vile truth?After his crimes came to light, his family removed it "out of respect to public opinion".People had lined the streets for his funeral at Leeds Cathedral when he died aged 84 in October 2011, however the public soon changed their tack.The headstone had cost around £4,000 and was removed in the middle of the night back in 2012, overseen by an operation funeral director called Robert Morphet.Jimmy's headstone had "it was good while it lasted" scribed onto it and was then sent to a landfill site.Talking about Jimmy's headstone, Morphet said: "The grave will now be ground down so the inscription is totally wiped and will be destroyed.

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Netflix have released a trailer for its new documentary about evil paedophile Jimmy Savile and it has been met with a backlash from viewers who claim airing the show insensitive to his victims. Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story clip examines how the the DJ and TV presenter fooled the British public into hailing him as a 'national treasure' before he was unmasked as paedophile after he died.Since the Top of the Pops and Jim'll Fix It presenter died more than 450 allegations of sexual abuse have been made against him and police have concluded he is one of Britain’s most prolific ever predatory sex offenders.Archive footage is shown in the trailer and at one point, Savile, who died in 2011 aged 84, is seen turning to the camera and saying: "Let me tell you, you really are missing something.

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Vernon Kay didn't have the best start to his Tuesday morning!MORE: Strictly's Tess Daly looks ageless in rare wedding photos with Vernon KayThe TV star took over hosting duties on The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show – but stunned listeners with a big slip-up.WATCH: Tess Daly impresses fans with dietary changeVernon, 47, was reading out fan tributes to Soft Cell's Marc Almond when the mistake occurred. He read out one message which read: "Love Marc Almond! Great voice, so unique, his music has helped me through some dark days.READ: Tess Daly's favourite mouth-watering dish leaves fans intriguedMORE: Vernon Kay and Tess Daly fairytale wedding day - all the photos"I saw him at Pride, and I think I was the first one at Hyde Park to run down and wait for him at the front.

Vernon Kay was left embarrassed after making a Jimmy Savile blunder live on radio this morning.

Vernon Kay’s presenting skills were put to the test today when he accidentally slipped up and called disgraced paedophile Jimmy Savile “iconic” live on air. He was chatting to singer Marc Almond about his 1991 hit duet I Feel Love with Jimmy Somerville when he slipped up and accidentally said “Jimmy Savile”.

Twitter users. Reading a message to Marc from a listener called Andrew, Vernon said: “Morning Vernon, love Marc Almond. “Awesome voice and so unique - his music has helped me through some dark days. “I saw him at Pride and I think I was the first one at Hyde Park to run down and wait for him at the front. “Amazing… His duet with Jimmy Savile… Jimmy Somerville - apologies!" At this point, Marc gasped and started laughing as Vernon tried to carry on.“Just blew me away,” he continued. “Absolutely awesome… Well that’s a clip that we don’t ever want to hear again - apologies.

Prince William is reportedly very “displeased” with the BBC for including his mother Princess Diana in a new drama about Jimmy Savile.Kate Tickle has been cast as the actress to play the People’s Princess, who is expected to be seen meeting the disgraced paedophile – played by Steve Coogan. The scene features a visit Princess Di made to Stoke Mandeville Hospital, alongside her husband Prince Charles, where it later emerged Savile had committed abuse.

Former BBC Radio 1 DJ Mark Page has been found guilty by a jury for four counts of trying to arrange sex with a child in court on Wednesday 9 March. Page, 63, denied the charges, which consisted of five counts of arranging the commission of a child sex offence. A jury found him guilty of four of those counts.