Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.twt.news From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Britain's tabloids in new royal feast Date: Sat, 14 Nov 92 16:22:11 EST Message-ID: \SE A;WORLD \SS (WS) \HD Britain's tabloids in new royal feast \BY REUTERS \DT LONDON LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's beleaguered royal family sustained another blow yesterday when tabloid newspapers reported that Prince Charles had been taped telling an old flame, a middle-aged married woman, that he loved and adored her. The left-wing Daily Mirror unleashed a frenzy of royal gossip when it said it had obtained a "love tape" in which the heir to the throne, whose marriage to Princess Diana is said to be on the rocks, and Camilla Parker-Bowles declared their love for each other. The story set off a string of copycat reports in other tabloids, which are vying with each other to publish ever more lurid accounts of the supposed breakdown of the 11-year marriage of Charles and Diana. In the summer, the emergence of a "Dianagate" tape, in which a woman widely held to be the princess was sweet-talked by a male admirer, sent shock waves through the monarchy and compounded the woes of the royal marriage. The Daily Mirror, which largely has been pro-Diana in the great marriage saga, said the prince, 43, and Mrs. Parker-Bowles, 45, told each other, "I love you." The prince also reportedly said: "I adore you, I'm so proud of you." It gave no further excerpts or context for the remarks, which it said were recorded in 1989. Nor did it say how the tape was obtained. But it said the tone of the conversation made the "Dianagate" tape look "tame." The Sun, which appeared to have no independent source for the story, said parts of the conversation were "smutty." Mrs. Parker-Bowles, a longtime friend of the prince's, is married to a brigadier who moves in royal circles and who has served as an honorary guard for Queen Elizabeth. Buckingham Palace officials said they had no comment on the latest in a wave of sensational stories about the reported rift between the king-in-waiting and his glamorous wife. This article is copyright 1992 The Washington Times. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM