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British Duke Tied to Spitzer Hooker Ring

Posted Mar 13, 08 4:44 PM CDT in World,  Crime & Courts 

(Newser) – The richest man in England has been linked to the prostitution ring patronized by Eliot Spitzer, the New York Daily News reports. Sources identified Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, Duke of Westminster, as Emperors Club “Client 6,” who arranged four visits in late 2006. Grosvenor is a close friend of Prince Charles—and godfather to Prince William, second in line to the throne.

It is unclear whether Grosvenor was one of those caught on FBI wiretaps arranging trysts with the Emperors Club. Reports say the duke, despite being the 46th-richest person in the world, haggled with one girl over price; Emperors call girl Zana Brazdek said she wasn’t impressed, either: “I thought his conversation was quite boring," she said.

Sources: New York Daily News, NBC 4 New York, New York Times

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Duke of Westminster Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor here in a 2003 file photo, has been linked to the prostitution ring that also involved New York governor Eliot Spitzer.   (Getty Images)
A man watches a news account on Ashley Alexandra Dupré, the call girl at the center of the prostitution scandal engulfing New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, on a television in the concourse of the Empire State...   (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
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