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THE royal tampongate scandal got its name from a 1989 phone call between the then Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles. The Crown has since reported that it will attempt to portray the phone call in its upcoming fifth series. 
The tampongate scandal refers to the leaked 1989 phone call between King Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles in which they discussed their sexual fantasies with one anotherRex What was the tampongate scandal? During the phone call, Charles and Camilla fantasised about being intimate with each other, and Charles joked about being reincarnated as a tampon so he could live ...inside her.... The incident rocked royal fans when it was leaked to the press in 1993. The call exposed the relationship between the then Prince and his lover, while they were both married to different people. The phone call occurred while the then Prince Charles was married to Princess Diana, and Camilla was married to Andrew Parker Bowles. Read more on The Crown 
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KING'S 'SUPPORT' Charles gave me 'permission' to play him in The Crown, says Dominic West Three months after Charles and Diana announced their separation, the press printed a transcript of the 1989 phone call. They also included the full audio of the conversation under the headline ...Charles and Camilla \- the tape.... Will The Crown show the tampongate scandal? The Crown will be revisiting the scandal in its upcoming fifth series. However, they plan to depict the call ...sympathetically..., as a moment between ...two young lovers.... Dominic West who is playing the then Prince Charles in the new series of The Crown, remarked that the show's depiction of the call was ...much simpler... than he had expected. Most read in Royal ROYAL MEDALS These are the medals that Mike Tindall has ROYAL HOME/OFFICE Get to know who lives in Buckingham Palace ROYAL FRIENDS All about Mike Tindall's and Prince William's friendship PRINCE'S PEN FRIEND A look at the author ghostwriting Prince Harry's memoir LOST HER MARKLE Meg's popularity plummets but she's still more loved than surprise royal TROUBLE BREWING Camilla 'spat out her tea at Harry's "ridiculous" suggestion to heal rift' He also explained that portraying the scene with his co-star, Olivia Williams, changed his view on the incident. West said that prior to filming, he had thought "it was something so sordid and deeply, deeply embarrassing..., however he explained that since learning more about it, he believes the young lovers were victims of the press' insensitivity. ...I think it made me extremely sympathetic towards the two of them and what they'd gone through,... he explained. Josh O'Connor, who played Prince Charles in series three and four of The Crown, said he told the show's producer's that he would not film the phone call. In 2020, the actor explained: ...When they offered me the role, one of my first questions was – I say questions, I think it was pretty much a statement – ...We are not doing the tampon phone call.... Luckily for O'Connor, he handed over the mantle to Dominic West to tackle the task. What has been said about the tampongate scandal? Princess Diana's former personal protection officer, Ken Wharfe, referenced the incident in his autobiography, ...Guarding Diana: Protecting The Princess Around The World.... He wrote: ...The backlash was savage. Establishment figures normally loyal to the future King and country were appalled, and some questioned the Prince's suitability to rule.... Princess Diana was said to have been ...genuinely shocked... after hearing about the leaked phone call. According to Wharfe she described the tampon comment as ...just sick....
The tampongate scandal refers to the leaked 1989 phone call between King Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles in which they discussed their sexual fantasies with one anotherRex What was the tampongate scandal? During the phone call, Charles and Camilla fantasised about being intimate with each other, and Charles joked about being reincarnated as a tampon so he could live ...inside her.... The incident rocked royal fans when it was leaked to the press in 1993. The call exposed the relationship between the then Prince and his lover, while they were both married to different people. The phone call occurred while the then Prince Charles was married to Princess Diana, and Camilla was married to Andrew Parker Bowles. Read more on The Crown WILLS BETRAYED William's pleas ignored as The Crown WILL recreate Diana's Bashir interview KING'S 'SUPPORT' Charles gave me 'permission' to play him in The Crown, says Dominic West Three months after Charles and Diana announced their separation, the press printed a transcript of the 1989 phone call. They also included the full audio of the conversation under the headline ...Charles and Camilla \- the tape.... Will The Crown show the tampongate scandal? The Crown will be revisiting the scandal in its upcoming fifth series. However, they plan to depict the call ...sympathetically..., as a moment between ...two young lovers.... Dominic West who is playing the then Prince Charles in the new series of The Crown, remarked that the show's depiction of the call was ...much simpler... than he had expected. Most read in Royal ROYAL MEDALS These are the medals that Mike Tindall has ROYAL HOME/OFFICE Get to know who lives in Buckingham Palace ROYAL FRIENDS All about Mike Tindall's and Prince William's friendship PRINCE'S PEN FRIEND A look at the author ghostwriting Prince Harry's memoir LOST HER MARKLE Meg's popularity plummets but she's still more loved than surprise royal TROUBLE BREWING Camilla 'spat out her tea at Harry's "ridiculous" suggestion to heal rift' He also explained that portraying the scene with his co-star, Olivia Williams, changed his view on the incident. West said that prior to filming, he had thought "it was something so sordid and deeply, deeply embarrassing..., however he explained that since learning more about it, he believes the young lovers were victims of the press' insensitivity. ...I think it made me extremely sympathetic towards the two of them and what they'd gone through,... he explained. Josh O'Connor, who played Prince Charles in series three and four of The Crown, said he told the show's producer's that he would not film the phone call. In 2020, the actor explained: ...When they offered me the role, one of my first questions was – I say questions, I think it was pretty much a statement – ...We are not doing the tampon phone call.... Luckily for O'Connor, he handed over the mantle to Dominic West to tackle the task. What has been said about the tampongate scandal? Princess Diana's former personal protection officer, Ken Wharfe, referenced the incident in his autobiography, ...Guarding Diana: Protecting The Princess Around The World.... He wrote: ...The backlash was savage. Establishment figures normally loyal to the future King and country were appalled, and some questioned the Prince's suitability to rule.... Princess Diana was said to have been ...genuinely shocked... after hearing about the leaked phone call. According to Wharfe she described the tampon comment as ...just sick....
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