Jimmy Savile: what advice did Prince Charles ask presenter for - as A British Horror Story airs on Netflix

[{"selector":"#anim-8a766d52-3688-475b-9253-1f70d017d80b [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(34.17024695013257%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}]

A new Netflix series, Jimmy Savile: British Horror Story, has revealed how Prince Charles solicited PR advice for the royal family from Jimmy Savile.

[{"selector":"#anim-74c7d2da-2d43-436a-a694-2b67bb01c1ca [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}]

Exploring their relationship through letters exchanged over the course of 20 years, the documentary shows how Savile

[{"selector":"#anim-8241139b-62b7-435e-aa9a-83d90ed0af1b [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(33.12499989760315%, 0, 0) translate(25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.14,.34,.47,.9)","fill":"forwards"}]

The Director of the documentary, Rowan Deacon, has stated that the documentary is “not suggesting for one moment” that the Prince of Wales knew what Savile

[{"selector":"#anim-cefa5375-a9cb-4856-9355-eb2bcdd891d1 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}]

According to a new documentary from Netflix, Prince Charles repeatedly sought PR advice for the royal family from Jimmy Savile who, after his death in 2011,

[{"selector":"#anim-6867fff1-3f01-4b6d-b861-6f3d965f7a5f [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(54.412626051954526%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}]

The documentary, titled Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story, claims that some of Savile’s suggestions were taken all the way to the Queen.

[{"selector":"#anim-a5cd978e-e79c-45fc-84dd-c7f3b85d8b33 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}]

Per the Times, producers of the documentary uncovered notes from the Prince of Wales to Savile which reportedly show Savile acting as an unofficial adviser to Charles

[{"selector":"#anim-630647e6-2d74-4bbf-9c55-f18fe4a21fe4 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(31.25968480363987%, 0, 0) translate(25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.14,.34,.47,.9)","fill":"forwards"}]

The documentary, titled Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story, claims that some of Savile’s suggestions were taken all the way to the Queen.

[{"selector":"#anim-6c1f9c75-b8dd-492a-82e9-5a6552ba1aa3 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(45.553768134874986%, 0, 0) translate(25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.14,.34,.47,.9)","fill":"forwards"}]

Tiger Woods at the Masters: A fairy tale or false dawn as golf’s

[{"selector":"#anim-3e0ea9cc-0b4e-4a3a-990c-5fd28c78ed3c [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] Learn more