Who Wants to be a Millionaire.Charles and his wife Diana were officially convicted by a majority verdict of cheating on April 7th, 2003 – 18 years ago to the day.Diana had herself legitimately won £32,000 in 2001 when she appeared before her husband on the show.The couple’s coughing scandal, which saw Diana clear her throat in the audience when Charles read out the correct answer from the four choices, cost the pair £115,000 between them – though they were eventually able to appeal this amount.The calculating pair were also handed suspended prison sentences for the con of 18 months each, suspended for two years.And after the hit ITV adaptation Quiz, which depicted the scandal in full technicolour with Michael Sheen at the helm as quiz host.
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