This is bizarre. (BBC) The British press is legally barred from specifying what the allegation against the Prince is, but offers bountiful coverage of his denials. The Guardian did, at least, win a court battle allowing it to say who made the allegations against the Prince, a former royal aide. The fact that the claims cannot be specified has not stopped Royal spokespeople from smearing the witness’ credibility with suggestions he is psychiatrically unstable. The Guardian said:

This newspaper is not publishing the actual allegations. Not only do they differ from the highly coloured rumours about royal affairs which have surfaced recently in the tabloids, but we also have no reason to believe the allegations are true. The saga shows the extraordinary lengths to which both sides are going in the bitter battle between scandal-hungry tabloids and an increasingly bruised royal household.