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Military secrets, prostitutes and controversy

This thing about the prostitutes needs to go away. News of the World is not a reliable news source. If prositutes were indeed hired, dont you think he would have been fired as head of the Reserves? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sartime (talkcontribs) 04:37, 7 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree. It is factually true (and referenced by the entry to the Daily Mail, not the News of the World) that allegations were made, and factually true that soon after those allegations were made, he was replaced as the Assistant Chief. That is what the entry used to say before you changed it, and seems to me a reasonable sentence to include in any balanced description of his career. If you can cite evidence that, nevertheless, the allegations were untrue, it would be important to cite it and add that fact to the entry. If you have evidence that there was another reason for the replacement, it would be equally valuable to add that. If you want to continue this discussion here, it would help if you signed your entry on this talk page using the four tildes. In the meantime, I will revert your changes. Js229 14:55, 29 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I also agree that this section should be removed. We are running a big risk here of libel action by reporting rumour. There is a reason why The Times and The Telegraph removed their links for this story becuase they were threatened by his lawyers with the a libel action. Even if we are referencing the story from the daily mail website, which surprise, doesnt exist anymore, we can still face action. Londonfella (talk) 16:56, 13 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Fulham

Can anyone find a confirmation from a more prominant source as if true would make an amusing entry for the article. "The Duke himself had a trial with Fulham but was given the red card by the then duke, his father, who thought soccer was an unseemly sport for an aristocrat." [1]Alci12 12:12, 25 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

here [2]

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BetacommandBot (talk) 21:53, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Unverified statement moved from article

An informant of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation named the Duke as "Client Number 6" in the FBI's affidavit.[1]
  1. ^ McShane, Larry. "Richest man in England also a regular of prostitution ring in Spitzer scandal". www.nydailynews.com. Retrieved 2008-03-13.

This statement does not appear to be verified by the source given. There is no mention of an FBI informant, nor does it state that the Duke was Client 6. Dforest (talk) 21:29, 17 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Article reassessed and graded as start class. --dashiellx (talk) 17:28, 5 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]