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The SCANDAL Mongers Podcast

Scandal Mongers Podcast

Fayed - Was Diana Warned? And Cricket’s Most Scandalous Player | Ep.87 | The Scandal Mongers Podcast

SEP 29, 202455 MIN
The SCANDAL Mongers Podcast

Fayed - Was Diana Warned? And Cricket’s Most Scandalous Player | Ep.87 | The Scandal Mongers Podcast

SEP 29, 202455 MIN

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<p>The revelation of many sexual allegations against Mohamed Al-Fayed has shocked the UK. The former owner of Harrods, confidante of Princess Diana and friend of British high society has been accused of a litany of crimes and a decades-long career of harassment and abuse. Given that Princess Diana died whilst under the care of the Fayed family, many have asked if she knew about this aspect of his personality, whether anyone tried to warn her and if her life could have taken a better and safer direction after her divorce from (then) Prince Charles. Phil delves back into his own biography of Diana and looks for clues.</p><br><p>Then the brilliant sports writer Leo McKinstry joins Phil to talk about the world of cricket in the 1930s-50s. Many consider this to be one of the most sedate and civilised of sports, but it was dominated during this time by some truly larger than life characters - none more so that England’s Bill Edrich: war hero, notorious boozer, committed womaniser and life-long scourge of ’the establishment’. By revealing the story of Bill’s extraordinary life Leo takes us into a truly fascinating world. </p><br><p>You can buy Leo’s book - and many thousands more - in our own shop...</p><p><a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/bill-edrich-the-many-lives-of-england-s-cricket-great-leo-mckinstry/7539527?aid=12054&amp;ean=9781399407847&amp;" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/bill-edrich-the-many-lives-of-england-s-cricket-great-leo-mckinstry/7539527?aid=12054&amp;ean=9781399407847&amp;</a></p><br><p>*** We now have a Thank You button (next to the ’three dots’) for small donations that help support our work***</p><br><p>*** If you enjoy our work please consider clicking the YouTube subscribe button, even if you listen to us on an audio app. It will help our brand to grow and our content to reach new ears</p><br><p>Looking for the perfect gift for a special scandalous someone - or someone you’d like to get scandalous with? We’re here to help...</p><p><a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/ScandalMongers" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/ScandalMongers</a></p><br><p>THE SCANDAL MONGERS PODCAST is also available to listen to on all major audio platforms.</p><br><p>The Scandal Mongers...</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/MongersPodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/MongersPodcast</a></p><br><p>Phil Craig...</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/philmcraig" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/philmcraig</a></p><br><p>You can get in touch with the show via...</p><p><a href="mailto:[email protected]" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[email protected]</a></p><p>(place 'Scandal Mongers' in the heading)</p><br><p>Produced by</p><p><a href="http://podcastworld.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">PodcastWorld.org</a></p><br><p><br></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>