A member of the Royal Family has called in police after being targeted in a “sex and drugs” blackmail plot.

Buckingham Palace is refusing to comment on the story, which was broken in The Sunday Times, but police have confirmed the arrests of two men, a statement from Scotland Yard reading: “A 30-year-old man and 40-year-old man appeared at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court each charged with one count of blackmail."

"Both have been remanded in custody to reappear at the Old Bailey on 20th December."

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Name: Kate	Comment: M-M.. I would suspect that even the royal mentioned in this Email Mag, if true, The Queen will be very much hurt and upset... I still say whatever is on the tape is very little, for the little amount of money asked for!. I hope these two lose their jobs, are shunned by their peers and have the pants sued ( no pun here intended)off them by the royal!

Name: Kate

Comment: The papers say that the blackmail money requested is £50,000, or approx 110,000 dollars. That amount is not exactly huge for such a case with a member of the British Royal family involved! I think if the tape were really revealing and "hot", then these two persons would have been asking 2 or 3 times that..... Like that amount of money was not going to help anyone retire etc.. Does anyone else have views on this aspect of this bit of news?

Name: M-M	Comment: An (American ?) publication called 'Radar' has confidently named the 'minor' Royal involved . Whether we believe he was really the one or a convenient sacrifice however is another matter . It could be any one of several male Windsors , and that is the awful thing . Very un-Royal behaviour indeed when it is open to blackmail . Those Windsor closets hide a lot of secrets

Name: Kate	Comment: I am sure we have heard everything before... what would you suggest? Come on! It's all about opinions on here! What is yours?

Name: Alberto	Comment: Where have I heard this before?

Name: Kate

Comment: ALL the royals, minor or senior, have been given a life of privilege due to birth...and their association and closeness to the crown, they should be thankful that doors of opportunity open to them for the mere fact that they are within the royal circle....I believe everyone are entitled to their privacy, but the royals have to be doubly sure of their associations with people.. It is their responsibility to keep the Monarchy as respected as can be, especially with the goings on of the past 25 years and Charles behaviour and the let down he caused...The monarchy needs the help of all the royals to raise it back up to the bar it was once...IMO , of course..PS.. the people behind the monarchy are not at all shy of telling lies when it is suitable to save the reputation of the monarchy...

Name: exploora

Comment: I think the royal unknown, (aren't they all becoming minor), was a victim, in a way it is a form of sexual abuse doing that to someone. I think it was good the person went to the police, because what those men allegely did is blackmail and could do it to someone else. If a person doesn't trust a person they can be described as a paranoid, and if a person trusts a person, and is burnt, then a person is said to have bad judgement. I am reading 1984 again, imagine living in a world where noone can trust another when being intimate. How can it work if you can't trust. Being human is what makes life enjoyable.

Name: M-M	Comment: If the Palace says it was a minor Royal , that could well mean that it was a senior Royal involved The person on the tape however can rest assured that due to their position , it will all be covered up

Name: Monika

Comment: I don’t want to say too much without having all the facts. I can understand the predicament and sympathize with the person to a certain degree. What is private should remain private. Having said that, bad judgment can destroy the life of the average Joe so it is not a stretch to say that bad judgment on the part of a royal (or any public person) is that much more of a gamble. Again, we don’t have all the facts so we don’t know if this was an affair or simply a one-time lapse in judgment. I just think it’s critical for the royals to watch their backs considering all that has happened over the years…taped telephone conversations, loyal servants selling out to the highest publisher, all kinds of leaks, etc., etc. I’m sure many people will ask whether a royal even deserves special handling in a situation like this? In the end, shouldn’t we be equally accountable for our actions? However, I realize these questions, like many others, cannot be answered until we have additional information.

Name: exploora	Comment: Well the act is what is done in private, no one is expecting to have the act videoed or the act would not work reasonably possibly.

Name: Laura

Comment: I feel sorry for the Royal, no matter if they are senior or not. And I feel sorry for several reasons. Obviously the royal whoever s/he may be was involved in a sexual act. They, we can only guess, were not counting on the act being videotaped, as they know the risks involved in doing this, so if there is a tape in existance then it's most likely been filmed without their knowledge or consent. I do know that Royals should know better, however, they are allowed and are entitled to a private life. Therefore what they do behind closed doors is there own business, and they should be able to do those things in private without fear of it becoming public or being blackmailed. (This is the opposite though of William and Harry who go drinking in PUBLIC places such as bars and clubs, as they know full well, what with the advancement in mobile phone technologoy that the chances of being captured on film (or memory card!) is higher then the chances of them not being filmed). I bet whoever it is on the tape must of felt devistated, mortified and embarassed. There is a chance that the tape could be a fake. Remember in the 1990's there was a supposed tape of Diana riding around Highrove's reception room on James Hewitt's back, only for it to be proved fake and that lookalikes were used. So who knows?

Name: Ursula

Comment: does it really matter whether the royal in question is senior or junior or minor - whatever that means?the news on the royals unfortunately do not get better.up to now it is a mere suspicion, as i understand it!sometimes i wonder if there is a purpose behind it and someone wants to damage the rf severely.the source of the sex-drugs-and-video affair should be investigated very intensely to leave no doubt about the integrity of the person involved.it really gives me the creeps thinking about the fact that there might be even the slightest grain of truth in it.but,as everyone can see, the members of the rf must be aware of the fact that there is always someone out to harm them,whether they claim to be friends at a private party or so called loyal members of staff even at home.that needs a real character not to go mad.i do hope and wish that the suspicion in question will never ever be confirmed.