Alex Von Tunzelmann

But at this stage, you have to remember there was a lot more deference towards the royals.

So when this went to court and Edwina actually testified, she so didn't want to.

She didn't want to do any of this.

And she testified there and said, you know, I've never met Paul Robeson, which was a lie, by the way.

And apparently he was very upset about that.

afterwards that she denied it.

And it was a sort of very controversial thing.

But the newspaper did not defend themselves.

They issued a full apology.

They said, it's fine, we'll pay whatever damages.

Folded like a pack of cards.

I mean, there was no case for the defence, even though it was probably true.

But that's, of course, how this works, because the idea of going up against the royals was impossible.

And they offered to pay damages.

She actually refused to collect the damages, which I think tells you that she was just... It does, right?

Yeah.

She did.

It's possible she had a first of both of them.

Who can say?

She gave Hutch a cigarette lighter engraved with her own initials, which isn't a very good way to hide it.