<p>Everyone is talking about the new Tom Bower book on Meghan and Harry - and Phil is no exception.&nbsp;But how much of it is real, and how much is simply ‘deranged gossip’,&nbsp;as one critic called it.&nbsp;As a former royal biographer, Phil explains how damaging personal royal stories like these come out…and why!</p><br><p>Then this week’s guest is Simon Dinsdale a very entertaining ex police detective who took his experience solving high profile murder cases and turned it into a new life writing crime novels.&nbsp;Simon talks very well about how policing has changed during his lifetime. Sometimes for good…but also sometimes for bad.&nbsp;</p><br><p><a href="https://simondinsdaleauthor.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Simon Dinsdale, the author of the Christian Dane crime novels</a></p><br><p>There’s information and extracts from Phil’s own new book here...</p><p>https://sites.google.com/view/1945thereckoning/home</p><br><p>You can order his book on Amazon UK and Amazon Australia, India and NZ - and it is available all around the world as an e-book and an audio book...</p><p>https://www.amazon.co.uk/1945-Reckoning-Empire-Struggle-World/dp/139971449X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=#</p><br><p><br></p><p>***We now have a Thank You button (next to the ’three dots’) for small donations that help support our work***</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>https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/ScandalMongers***</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>THE SCANDAL MONGERS PODCAST is also available to watch on Youtube...</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLT97Jikt2c</p><br><p>The Scandal Mongers...</p><p>https://x.com/mongerspodcast</p><br><p>Phil Craig...</p><p>https://x.com/philmcraig</p><br><p>You can get in touch with the show via...</p><p>[email protected]</p><p>(place 'Scandal Mongers' in the heading)</p><br><p>Show Produced By Podcast World Soho</p><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>